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The VicPD really wants your feedback through this public survey. That’s why the survey is open for a total of…3 days… cheknews.ca/vicpd-launch... #DefundVicPD #yyj
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“Whether you write in to council, organize with your local PAC against police in schools, organize abolitionist book clubs, events, or gatherings, your involvement helps to progress this community movement forward.”
defundvicpd.org/2026/03/15/i... #yyj #defundVicpd
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That’s literally your job Marg. People elected you to make decisions, not the cops #DefundVicPD #yyj
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Right now the city’s draft budget includes a 7.28% property tax increase:
🚔 5.06% of the increase = what VicPD is demanding, and what the city is prepared to give them
🏙️ 2.22% of the increase = everything else in the city budget
#yyj #DefundVicPD
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Wins & updates from Victoria’s budget discussions, March 3, 2026: defundvicpd.org/2026/03/05/w... #yyj #defundVicPD
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“It serves VicPD’s interests, not the public’s, to release text justifying their officers’ actions, while not releasing any text about what they did.” #DefundVicPD #yyj www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s...
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VicPD asks for even more money, but 98% of submissions to the city oppose increase defundvicpd.org/2026/02/21/w... #yyj #deFundVicpd
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You made your voices heard folks, way to go! Keep it up: DefundVicPD.org #yyj #Defundvicpd
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BC’s attorney general needs to consider whether giving the police more and more money without question every year and calling it “safety” could contribute to similar police actions in BC #Defundvicpd
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🚨Just two days left to provide feedback on the city’s draft financial plan. We’ve made it easy just check out our website for resources ⬇️ 🚨Or you can simply email council and say “Dont hire 25 more cops!” #yyj #DefundVicPD
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VicPD has lost half its budget appeals to the province. The province found VicPD couldn’t justify the costs. Only city councillors can reject items from VicPD’s draft budget. If they don’t, they should be clear it’s because they don’t want to
defundvicpd.org/2026/01/19/c...
#yyj #DefundVicPD
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Text that reads “In her sixth month as chief constable, replacing the retired Del Manak, Wilson enthusiastically welcomed the return of the foot patrol, which she said was disbanded “as a result of a decade of chronic underfunding and the necessary reallocation of limited resources to respond to the evolving demands of modern policing.””
Getting every budget increase they’ve wanted year after year, and then getting additional funding that was taken from other city projects is described as “chronic underfunding” by the VicPD chief. These cops live in an alternative reality #yyj #DefundVicPD
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Not great at writing an email on #DefundVicPD? You can submit a video with your feedback on the draft budget! We will help you! Further details and resources at the link below
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A pie chart showing the city of victoria plans a 10.44% property tax increase, with 5.42% going to the city a s 5.02% going to cops
Visit our website for details on how to provide feedback on the updated 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan. Comments must be submitted by January 23 at 11:59 pm! And share with your friends and family! #yyj #deFundVicPD defundvicpd.org/2026/01/08/v...
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Please share!
If you are a Victoria resident you have until Jan 23 to tell Mayor and Council to reject a 14% budget increase for VicPD. Councillors want specifics, so tell them not to hire 25 new officers! Easy template and emails on our blog: defundvicpd.org/2026/01/08/v... #yyj #defundVicPD
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#DefundVicPD opposes new funding increase for Victoria and Esquimalt police. martlet.ca/defund-vicpd...
— Thanks @themartlet.bsky.social for the story. No other media outlets have contacted us and we even sent a press release 🤔
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City Council: “This is hard. Residents should bring forward concrete ways to trim the budget.”
Us: “Ok. Dont hire 25 new cops.”
Council: “Not like that!”
#yyj #Defundvicpd
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
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Yes, Chief. A few years ago people got sick of seeing the police murder black, brown, and Indigenous people. We never went away. #DefundVicPD
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Today Victoria council will hear a presentation from VicPD on their draft $90 million budget. Nothing is final today, so keep writing to council and telling them to reject VicPD's proposed 14% budget increase, including hiring 25 more officers. www.victoria.ca/city-governm... #yyj #DefundVicPD
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The politicians demanded cops in schools. They fired the Victoria school board to make it happen.
Cops in schools dont make people safe #DefundVicPD
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VicPD wants to hire 25 more cops. Our libraries are closed on Sundays. We can learn a lot about the priorities of those we elect when we start to look a little closer. #DefundVicPD and support true community safety! Send an email today: DefundVicPD.org #yyj
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Another way to make your voice heard: Let City Council know you want them to reject VicPDs proposed 14% budget increase, including hiring 25 more officers. Put that money into the community supports and services that actually keep people safe! www.change.org/p/reject-vic... #yyj #DefundVicPD
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Some of these things were put back into the budget by council... But discussion of the police budget is later this month. Write to Victoria council and your MLA using the respurces on our website: defundvicpd.org #yyj #DefundVicPD
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A bike behind bars. Text reads “$90m for VicPD means…the city wants someone else to pay for the bike valet. Reduce the police budget and fund community services!
Cops respond to crime. The bike valet prevents it. But the city wants to stop paying for it so they can give VicPD more money! #yyj #yyjbike #DefundVicPD
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“To pay for VicPD’s demands, the city is even looking at cutting a children’s book prize, and a poet laureate and youth poet laureate program that only costs $8,000 (keep in mind that VicPD spent $22,000 on a retirement party this year)” 🚨➡️ defundvicpd.org/2025/11/06/c... #yyj #DefundVicPD
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Oh! Oh! We know #DefundVicPD and save our community grants and programs! Write #yyj council today using the resources on our website: defundvicpd.org/2026-draft-b...
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A cartoon by Adrian Raeside that appeared in the Times Colonist Newspaper. There is a drawing of a cop in a cop car limo sipping champagne in the back seat. The cop says “burglary in progress. 699 block Fort Street. Step on it James!” The chauffeur says “Very good sir.” Text around the drawing says “Already the most expensive police department per capita in BC* Victoria police deparment is looking for a 10% hike in budget. To justify the increase, why not instigate a monthly quota system for nabbing scofflaws?: 20 burglars, 15 cyclists bot wearing helmet, 35 vandals, 40 motorists blowing through a red light, 14 car thieves, 40 cyclists blowing through a red light. 25 shoplifters, 10 motorists picking nose at red light, 25 street criminals, 20 motorists texting while driving. 30 pedestrians texting while on the crosswalk (bonus points if city councillor). *not including 22k swearing in ceremony.
Raeside gets it. Most people do! Why doesn’t city council and the province? #yyj #DefundVicPD www.timescolonist.com/opinion/adri...
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