Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
1. Eby threatens election if bill related to transmission line project fails to pass
David Eby has said he’d be willing to go to an election if Bill 31 – related to the North Coast Transmission Line – doesn’t pass in the Legislative Assembly. The premier said he doesn’t want an election, but is “prepared” for fight it out at the polls over the “non-negotiable” bill, blockage of which would be “a direct threat to [BC’s] economic prosperity.” Speaking of the transmission line project, he said: “It’s not a joke. It is the economic future of this province. It represents $50 billion in investment.” BC Conservative Leader John Rustad said that, if Eby “wants to go to the polls,” he should “drop the writ.” He added: “Let’s go dance.”
NEW – Premier David Eby did not rule calling an early election if the NDP cannot pass the North Coast Transmission Line bill. He slammed the Conservatives for trying to delay the bill, says BC Greens don’t support it.
“I will stake my government on it.” #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/c0vnDWXZSV
— Katie DeRosa (@katiederosayyj) October 29, 2025
2. Liberals promise more than half a billion dollars to ‘advance equality and inclusion across Canada’
The Liberal Party has warned of austere times ahead, with sacrifices necessary for the greater good – but perhaps not so much for feminist and LGBTQ groups. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on Wednesday that his budget, set to be announced on Nov. 4, will include $382.5 million to “advance women’s equality in Canada.” It’s also set to include $54.6 million “to support LGBTQ communities,” $7.5 million for security at Pride events and $223.4 million to “respond” to gender-based violence, including in the form of a hotline and research projects.
Today, Minister Champagne announced that #Budget2025 will provide new funding to advance equality and inclusion across Canada, ensuring every community benefits from the country’s economic growth. pic.twitter.com/6jV7PkH5sI
— Finance Canada (@FinanceCanada) October 29, 2025
3. Relatives of Canadians murdered by Hamas say Carney has ‘ignored every message’
In more Liberal Party news, the relatives of Canadians murdered by Islamist terror group Hamas in Israel two years ago have denounced Mark Carney for failing to meet with them. The Association of Families of the Canadian Victims of October 7th said Carney – unlike leaders in the UK, France and US – has not met with the bereaved family members and accused him of having “ignored every message and every letter that we sent him.”
Families of Canadians killed by Hamas say Carney still hasn’t met with them https://t.co/VbN78M84ZU pic.twitter.com/a9i08MJ0Nu
— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) October 30, 2025
4. Hodgson announces multimillion-dollar investments in carbon capture, battery projects
In yet more Ottawa news, Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $16 million of taxpayer cash will be spent on carbon capture and battery projects in Quebec, BC and Newfoundland and Labrador. Hodgson said Canada was aiming to create “markets for important items held in a chokehold by nations who do not share our values.”
Ahead of G7 meetings, energy minister announces funding for green tech projects
OTTAWA — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson today announced millions of dollars for clean tech projects ahead of the G7 ministerial meetings starting tomorrow.https://t.co/x8sxN3iKig
— oluf nilsen (@chees12) October 29, 2025
5. Sudan civil war increasingly being labelled a genocide amid news of yet more atrocities
The ongoing civil war in Sudan is now increasingly being described as a genocide by observers as reports of more atrocities come out of the country. One NGO, Protection Approaches, said there is “a deliberate strategy to destroy and displace” by the Rapid Support Forces group, which emerged from the Janjaweed Arab militias that massacred hundreds of thousands of non-Arabs in Darfur in the 2000s.
Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past https://t.co/WdxuiBH7lI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 30, 2025
Thumbnail photo credit: Government of BC
