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DAY #7 .... a look back at the week of May 12th to 18th ...


Good morning ... and I hope your Victoria Day Long Weekend is going well.  Another seven days have passed with over two dozen commentaries posted, including a record number for a Saturday ... four.

We’ve talked about timber sales ... we’ve talked about the Tanker Ban in the Senate ... Suits and Boots have added the Canola farmers to their organization ... and the upcoming Quest Sawmill closure in Quesnel, by Tolko Industries.

Other topics this week included debt and deficits with the federal Liberal party of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ... and the upcoming Money Laundering inquiry that Premier John Horgan’s NDP government has finally been pressured into calling.

Of all the topics we discussed this past week, here are the top 10 that had the highest readership:


#10 ... This is an important first victory, but our battle (to sink the tanker ban) hasn’t yet been won ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/this-is-important-first-victory-but-our.html


#9 ... RICK PETERSON:  “It takes courage to stand up to a tank,” said Suits and Boots founder Rick Peterson, “and it takes courage to stand up to China today” ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/it-takes-courage-to-stand-up-to-tank.html


And back for a second week, we have this commentary, still hanging in at #8 ...

Frankly, it’s a joke for Liberals to lecture anyone after blowing a budget surplus, racking up huge deficits, and shattering their promise to balance the budget ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/frankly-its-joke-for-liberals-to.html


#7 ... Some people use natural disasters as an opportunity to prey on the vulnerable ... when there were fires in Quesnel some took the opportunity to loot, and people were outraged at that ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/dan-albas-some-people-use-natural.html



#6 ... Public Inquiry into money laundering to be held -- afterwards some might be saying of the BC NDP and BC Liberals, “It sucks to be you!” ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/public-inquiry-into-money-laundering-to.html


#5 ... JASON KENNEY: “These were significant victories in our efforts to stand up for Alberta against misguided and punitive federal policies” ~~ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney ...


#4 ... ADAM OLSEN -- Timber Sales ... Old Growth ... and ... “You started it” – PART #2 ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/adam-olsen-timber-sales-old-growth-and.html


#3 ... When necessary – and only when necessary – the program can attach (garnish) wages ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/when-necessary-and-only-when-necessary.html


#2 ... FELDSTED – It’s an attempt to appear to be doing something useful when all they accomplish is seizing more of our income, and then squandering it on boutique spending ...


And finally, rounding out our week, here is the story that caught the eyes of the most readers.


#1 ... On the Tolko closure in Quesnel, “My opinion is that when the mills went to the free market system to get logs, their area just went for a shit. The cost to get logs to Quesnel is pretty high” ...
http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/05/on-tolko-closure-in-quesnel-my-opinion.html


And that’s a wrap for the week.  Stay tuned and we’ll begin anew tomorrow with stories, that will hopefully spark a discussion within you, on political, economic and social issues impacting British Columbia, and Canada.
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