Damned if you do: B.C.’s NDP government blasted by critics for approving Site C dam.

Paraphrasing Horgan: “Look, there has been over 150 years of disappointment in BC. I am not the first person to stand before you and disappoint Indigenous people.”

Media: What should we name it?

Horgan suddenly sounds like a very weak premier. His explanation is basically that it wasn’t his call. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

— Derrick O’Keefe (@derrickokeefe) December 11, 2017

You’re a bastard and a coward, John. You and your union donations and your patently false sunk cost fallacy. You have just made generations of British Columbians pay for your political cowardice. #bcpoli #SiteC @jjhorgan

— Lindsay Brown (@Lidsville) December 11, 2017

Photo is of @jjhorgan w farmers opposed to #SiteC.This is why public is so cynical about politicians. @jjhorgan, @bcndp claimed to respect Treaty Rights,science, BCUC review of #SiteC when in opposition. Now poised to approve it despite everything they said they stood for #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/opwHiKYXbK

— Faisal Moola (@faisal_moola) December 8, 2017

But I really think this one knocks it out of the park:

Reconciliation: doing the exact same thing you’ve always done but now feeling a bit more guilty about it.

— Ian Mosb? (@Ian_Mosby) December 11, 2017

Hmm, maybe they could name it the Reconciliation Dam!

Related satire: BC NDP remind disappointed supporters they’re still committed to working with, flooding First Nations.

Of course this is infuriating, but people threatening to quit the party or vote Green are seriously missing an opportunity to steer the party in a new direction. I believe Horgan when he says it was past the point of no return, but our strength lies in grassroots activism. Electoral politics were never going to be our thing.

Meanwhile: West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations to seek Injunction and launch Treaty Infringement lawsuit in wake of Site C proceeding.

Now let’s turn from one government that has completely disappointed me to another! Rent starts at “affordable” $3,333 for three-bedroom units at city-backed Vancouver development. I agree that STIR is an essential program…but what the fuck, Vision?

Exhibit B: Vancouver approved a condo project, in part, because it had rentals. They cost $5,400/month.

Hero of the day:

This guy is great #vanpoli pic.twitter.com/jGGDVf0xIX

— sarah blyth (@sarahblyth) December 9, 2017

Here are two examples of why we can’t keep platforming hate. It normalizes this behaviour and, as I’ve said repeatedly, the idea that “love trumps hate” is deeply rooted in privilege and ignores the constant fear in which minorities live in: Police investigating violent, hateful messages left in Deer Run. Calgary, home of the Caesar, ginger beef, and virulent racism.

Ontario: hold my beer: Man in southwestern Ontario charged after family attacked with bat amid shouts of ‘ISIS’.

Satire of the day: Autocorrect nightmare: Typo in Bill C-45 legalizes cannibalism instead of cannabis.

Bonus: Here are 11 of the most punchable faces of 2017.