Lesli Boldt

Lesli Boldt

@lesliboldt.bsky.social

Active, activist, advocate, communicator. President and owner of boldtcommunications.com

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Lesli Boldt
@lesliboldt.bsky.social

The story of this BC election isn’t just who won. It’s who didn’t vote. The NDP lost 270,000 votes, the Conservatives nearly 49,000, and overall turnout fell. Only the Greens gained votes. The BC election wasn’t decided by a surge of support for the winners, but by voters who stayed home. #bcpoli

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

President Trump temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton explains how corporate interests took power inside the EPA. Read more: nyti.ms/4il3336

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Hot takes on muni election results last night? What a mixed bag. Ken Sim's crushing defeat says everything you need to know about how voters felt about last four years w/ABC in YVR. Progressives held their own in Victoria but damaging campaign from IAFF against the previous council majority...(1/2)

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...had an impact on the results. New Westminister took a hard turn to the right after years of progress with Community First (don't let the name "New West Progressives" fool you). Doug McCallum in Surrey...again? Saanich said no to change and collaboration...at least for now. That's all I got.

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Colleague: "Conservatives are promising to scrap Massey Tunnel." Me: "What are they going to replace it with? A bridge?" Yep. This is BC Liberal revenge fantasy come to life (which somehow seems more normie than what the "conservatives" have brought to the party). #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caB.C. Conservatives vow to scrap NDP's Massey Tunnel replacement, build bridge instead | CBC NewsThe B.C. Conservative Party says it will replace Metro Vancouver's aging George Massey Tunnel with a new 10-lane bridge, if elected.
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Here come the DRIPA questions. Eby: "Two cornerstones to our success in our province, there's only one path forward: working in partnership with First Nations." Doerksen: "DRIPA has to be repealed. Lowan: "Conservatives are pushing misinformation and blatant fear mongering." #bcpoli

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Lesli Boldt
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Doerksen on housing affordability and accessibility: "The bureaucratic nightmare for builders." He's talking about permitting (which is a municipal issue - hello!), but then says province shouldn't be pushing municipalities to build more. I disagree. #bcpoli

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I was listening to CBC Victoria this morning + heard mayoral candidate Bruce McGuigan dump on developers for not building more parking. The reason parking mins are going way of the dodo is that fewer people can afford to buy homes + drive. Eliminating parking reduces cost of a home by $60,000 plus.

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These are being circulated together in my neighborhood. Sustainable Victoria. They’re not even trying to hide the fact that is the same people distributing both.

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Investigative Journalism Foundation
@theijf.org

The Alberta government pays millions to cover oil and gas companies’ delinquent lease payments. Which companies had land rents paid by taxpayers in 2025? Gov’t agencies don’t track and summarize that data. The IJF analyzed thousands of documents to answer this question. zurl.co/IuOMT

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Jen St. Denis
@jenstden.bsky.social

A BC judge has declared Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional and given Ottawa six months to bring the legislation in line with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

thetyee.caDULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The TyeeCompassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
Lesli Boldt
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What a cluster. And the fact that senior staff are going on leave a week before the school year is about to started says a lot about their priorities (or their legal advice). Victoria school district superintendent, other senior staff on leave cheknews.ca/victoria-sch...

cheknews.caVictoria school district superintendent, other senior staff on leaveThe Greater Victoria School District board alleges that one or more individuals who opposed its stance on school police liaison officers were given "financial benefits."
Lesli Boldt
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My dad knows best. Dad this morning: "For years I have heard complaints about changing clocks. Now that is ended, and suddenly you’d think @davidebybc.bsky.social was wrong." www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c... cc @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social's interview with @nikisharma.bsky.social yesterday...

timescolonist.comConstruction workers in dark over switch to permanent daylight time: trade groupConstruction trades were never consulted before the province decided to switch to year-round daylight time, says the Vancouver Island Construction Association.