Sunshine (she/her)

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Cake day: September 16th, 2024

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  • The Canada Food Price Report just issued reveals that a quarter of Canadian households are living in food insecurity and that they will be forced to spend nearly one thousand dollars more on groceries in 2026. This means that hunger in Canada will continue to rise as more Canadians will be forced to skip meals or sacrifice to keep their children fed.

    The report notes that only four food conglomerates control 72 per cent of the grocery market in Canada. New Democrats have long called for effective action to police anti-competitive practices caused by this monopoly. We reiterate our call for mandatory standards to ensure free competition and fight collusion in price-setting, and for the government to properly enforce the Grocery Code of Conduct.










  • Kamloops is currently scheduled to receive 10 heavy-duty electric buses after construction is complete in fall 2026. Work to prepare the site to receive new electric buses includes:

    Eight BC Transit systems are lined up for electrification projects, including Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Nelson, Powell River, Sunshine Coast, Victoria and Whistler. In 2024, BC Transit placed orders for 125 heavy-duty electric buses with Nova Bus and New Flyer. Fifteen electric buses are currently in service in Victoria.


  • But emergency departments are not intended for the long-term care of patients, and being stuck in the hallway came with stress. She witnessed, for example, hospital security tackle a man at the foot of her bed.

    Stories like Gill’s are far from rare in British Columbia. Over the last decade, the province’s hospitals have consistently operated over capacity. That means people admitted for overnight care are regularly cared for in locations including hallways and emergency room nooks, rather than in spaces designated for ongoing care. It also means nurses and other hospital staff are left caring for more patients than they should be.

    Hospital overcrowding leads to more medical errors and less effective care for patients, health-care officials broadly agree. As hospitals approach full capacity, traffic jams emerge and care becomes less efficient. Officials in Fraser Health have been warned that occupancy levels above 95 per cent lead to worse patient outcomes. The Tyee is supported by readers like you Join us and grow independent media in Canada

    New data provided to The Tyee reveals that seven B.C. hospitals operated at more than 20 per cent over capacity last year. In such hospitals, that means at least one of every six patients is cared for in an “unfunded” bed. Fifty of B.C.’s 87 hospitals had more patients than beds over the last year.

















  • Alexander believes the premier’s plan could have the opposite effect, potentially triggering more court cases from First Nations and thereby creating more uncertainty for resource extraction and other industries in the long run, while also damaging the province’s relationship with First Nations.

    “People have very fragile trust in the government of the day, but when they so intentionally change legislation to ensure that there’s no objective party reviewing how they perform reconciliation, it seems very insidious.”

    This year, B.C. passed legislation to fast-track the North Coast transmission line, renewable energy projects and yet-to-be-defined “provincially significant projects.” The B.C. government admitted it had not fulfilled its consultation obligations before introducing the legislation, which many First Nations forcefully criticized.



  • Dr Moran of the NGS criticised the Labour Party motion as “significantly misinformed” in many regards, including the reference to WHO guidelines. “There are no WHO guidelines regarding Gender Healthcare, and there have never been,” he said.

    He also criticised WPATH, saying what he called “the most extensive and authoritative review of evidence in Gender Healthcare,” by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass, “found that the WPATH Standards of Care (SOC8) were not evidence based and unfounded.”

    Mohan is a dirty transphobe doubling down on bigotry and denying healthcare to those who need it now.


  • Dr Moran of the NGS criticised the Labour Party motion as “significantly misinformed” in many regards, including the reference to WHO guidelines. “There are no WHO guidelines regarding Gender Healthcare, and there have never been,” he said.

    He also criticised WPATH, saying what he called “the most extensive and authoritative review of evidence in Gender Healthcare,” by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass, “found that the WPATH Standards of Care (SOC8) were not evidence based and unfounded.”

    Speaking to Prime Time, Deputy Sherlock defended her motion, stating that it “is part of a constructive contribution to the redevelopment process” for a new model of transgender healthcare.

    She criticised the lengthy waiting times at the NGS, stating that “if you are trans and waiting for four years to see somebody, it leads to other outcomes in terms of self-medicating.”

    In it, she said, “No country is perfect but we can learn a lot from Iceland, Malta, Spain and Australia. Malta is a small country like our own. It has shown the way. Its model is a de-pathologised model, building on maximising the health and psychological well-being of the individual.”