Skip to main content

“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

BEN BESLER: Good Lord! Someone punch me! What kind of a hell hole did I just stumble into?

“No hockey, bikes, chalk drawings: This BC neighbourhood has declared a war on fun.” ... reads the headline from the National Post and the Vancouver Province.

This can’t be the “Beautiful BC” I grew up in?

In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned,
anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat,
half-demon", who, during the Christmas season,
punishes children who have misbehaved
NEW ARTISAN GARDENS BY-LAW
“Any use of a roadway for any purpose other than access to and
from strata lots and, where permitted, for parking is prohibited.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a roadway may
not be used for play, including hockey, baseball, basketball, skateboarding,
chalk artistry, bicycling or other sports and recreational activities.”

A BC strata, Artisan Gardens in Chemainus, has found the need to summon, and unleash, the spirit of Krampus on its children a bit early this year.  How?  By
invoking a “children should be seen and not heard” policy. They have effectively removed children from their strata’s outdoor common areas.

The rationale for this enforcement is, of course, the priggishly disingenuous concerns for the children’s safety. Someone could get hurt! They cry.

Seriously?  Hasn’t this whole, “the world needs to be bubble wrapped” nonsense gone on long enough?
Listen! If you don’t want kids around, move to an adult only community.

But when visits to grandma’s house get cut short, or don’t happen at all, because grandma will get a fine by the nosy apparatchiks (if the kids need to
get a little fresh air), don’t come crying to me.

 Think about it.

We expect our meat to be raised better than this ... we want it Free Range.

Don’t we?

 If this is just the beginning, tell me, "Where will the war on kids end?" 

No chalk ... No bike riding ... No street hockey ... because it’s unsafe?  Puh-leez ... how un-Canadian ... eh!


BEN BESLER ... has been active in provincial politics for many years.  Former Vice President of the BC Conservative Party and Regional Organizer for the successful Fight HST citizens initiative. He offers a often colourful perspective to conservative thought.
Labels:

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 9, 2018 at 5:04 PM

    They haven't removed children from common areas -- but from the roadways. It is the same in my complex. There are grassy areas and a park just down the street. I think everyone is being a bit silly about this story. I.M.H.O.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nurses Take Job Action After Years of NDP Neglect

Image Credit:  BC Nurses Union BC nurses have reached a breaking point after years of unsafe conditions, rising violence in the workplace and a government that wouldn’t listen. Now they are on the picket line fighting to be heard. Last week, nurses began job action with a 72-hour strike notice, refusing non-essential overtime and stepping back from non-nursing duties. As of Tuesday, they have escalated to picket lines for the first time in decades. This moment was avoidable. It is the result of years of unanswered concerns from the frontline workers who keep our hospitals running. Nurses have been raising the same concerns for years: unsafe staffing levels, rising violence on the job, and a workload no single person should have to carry. None of it is new, and none of it should have taken a strike vote to get the government's attention. "Nurses are exercising their legal right to job action, but it shouldn’t have had to come to this," said Kiel Giddens, MLA for...
Post a Comment
Read more

British Columbians Still Don’t Know Who’s Paying for NDP’s BC Hydro Deal

The NDP is making billion-dollar promises with BC Hydro, but British Columbians still don’t know who will pay the bill. Last week’s memorandum of understanding isn’t what the federal government and the NDP are making it out to be. It’s an admission that the NDP failed to make the long-term investments needed to keep B.C. powered. Now British Columbians have serious questions about the cost and whether BC Hydro ratepayers will end up paying the price. David L. Williams, MLA for Salmon Arm-Shuswap and Shadow Minister for BC Hydro and Electrical Energy Development , said British Columbians deserve clear answers about the full implications of the Canada–British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement. “British Columbians deserve the full truth,” said Mr. Williams. “This multi-billion-dollar announcement does not answer who pays for cost overruns, who pays for new generation, who carries the risk if industrial customers do not materialize, or whether ratepayers will be forced ...
Post a Comment
Read more

NDP Government Blames Everyone but Themselves

The federal government has announced new measures to support British Columbia's forestry sector, including $65 million in funding for projects across the province. While any support is welcome, it falls far short of the level of assistance other provinces have secured for key industries. Conservative Forests Critic Ward Stamer says the NDP government needs to take responsibility for its mismanagement of B.C.’s forest industry instead of trying to pass on the blame. Despite promising to create more jobs in the forest sector, the NDP government has overseen the loss of thousands of forestry jobs and 21 mill closures which have devastated communities. “If Premier Eby spent more time addressing the regulatory issues impacting the forestry sector than he did complaining about the federal government, we would not be in the position we are now,” said Stamer. “And instead of trying to place the blame for mill closures on Donald Trump, Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar should t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Labels

Show more