"Moving beyond Left & Right"
Here I sit in the armchair by the window, hair in a bun, eyelids low as I battle to keep them open after staying up past 1 am on an emotional see-saw watching BC's historic election results roll in. Watching people walk by on the street, I think about how ironic it is that my …
Continue reading All great changes are preceded by chaos ~ Deepak Chopra
With the election upon us tomorrow, I think it's safe to say that when it comes to BC politics, I am still a hopeful cynic. Hopeful because I know change is possible,even if the BC Libs retain power tomorrow. Cynical because despite that, I also know that a lot lof what goes on in BC …
Continue reading BC Election 2017 wrap-up : Just Vote please. Just damn well vote.
"Analysis says project is no longer going to benefit the provincial economy as once expected" That headline, from the CBC: A new report is calling for the suspension of B.C.'s Site C dam project, saying it's no longer going to benefit the provincial economy as once expected and that power from the hydroelectric station will likely be exported at losses …
That face-palm kind of moment when Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals use the threat of losing the provinces Triple AAA credit rating to attack the NDP... ...just months after the Liberals were warned twice in a year, that escalating BC Hydro debt threatens the provinces Triple AAA credit rating... ( But hey, the …
After a gorgeous weekend gardening with the Snowbirds and the CF-18 practicing overhead, the rain has returned and politics is once again on the agenda for both politicians and die-hard poli-watchers alike. While the official writ drop announcing the election just happened last week, the BC Liberals had already been campaigning for a month, courtesy …
Continue reading BC Election 2017: Promises, lies & integrity.Which will matter to BC Voters?
A quick post this morning, thanks to some interesting questions a reader sent on as part of an Angus Reid polling questionnaire currently out. In my opinion, most questions were push polling and several forced answers. But the Site C questions had my full attention... Take a look at some of the questions raising eyebrows …
"I have never been a calm blue ocean... I have always been the storm." Saw this phrase on a t-shirt the other day and I loved it instantly. From the time I was little, it has always been my nature to feel passionately and care deeply. Insatiably curious, I like to stir the pot, challenge …
Continue reading “When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside…” ~ Rumi
In 2015, we had Paige's story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paige-death-government-release-report-1.3280603 In 2016, it was Nick's story: http://globalnews.ca/news/3015820/bc-childrens-watchdog-report-on-death-of-15-year-old-nick-lang-released/ And here we are just days into the second month of 2017...and we have Alex's story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/children-s-advocate-says-province-failed-teen-at-abbotsford-hotel-1.3968887 "On a mid-September morning in 2015, in an act of obvious desperation, an 18-year- old Métis youth named Alex took his own life by …
Continue reading Not Forgotten. How many children must die before someone takes responsibility?
It's not often I open up the blog to guest posts. But when I do it's because 1) I have asked them,they didn't come to me... and 2) I think it's something readers need to see, hear or consider. Long time readers well know that I have always had a dream of more independents in …
