Good morning, and
welcome to Day Seven ... and a week that was filled with talk and more talk about
the firing of Canadian hockey icon Don Cherry, for on-air comments he made on
The Coaches Corner.
Justin Trudeau, in
advance of the re-opening of Parliament, also met with all of the opposition leaders,
as well as Canada’s Premiers ... and labour troubles in BC appear to be heating
up with a transit strike in the metro Vancouver area ... woodworkers still out
on strike on Vancouver Island ... and a support workers strike in the Saanich
school district.
All this, and more, were part of this weeks commentaries. Here are the ones most read by you ...
#10 ... DAN ALBAS -- These situations affect
all of us and hopefully within a minority Government, MP's
can better work together across party lines to see more results being achieved
(November 13th)
... while it is easy
to oppose, there must also be awareness that if all of the three major
opposition parties oppose the Liberal minority government, it would fall and
trigger an election. I believe that Canadians elected a minority government in
order to see greater cooperation and compromise in Ottawa. The Throne Speech
presents an opportunity for the Prime Minister to reflect that sentiment
...
#9 ... ADAM OLSEN -- At
the heart of our vision is the understanding that a quality public education
system lifts the entire society (November 13th)
... I’ve also heard stories of exasperated parents called to pick up
their children because of the shortage of educational assistants -- the school
cannot get help to our children who need it. And exhausting stories of teachers
and administrators who cannot conjure solutions to staffing shortage any
longer. The consistent message I hear is that everyday in our district,
teachers and administrators are triaging crisis ...
#8 ... ADAM OLSEN -- What
I offered was my perspective on the broader question … asking how much
importance should we as a society place on education? (November 14th)
... in offices a little further south, in downtown Victoria, people
in fancy outfits are having a staring contest. Who will blink first? This is
one of the comments that I received to the post on Tuesday ...
#7 ... I’ll
continue to advocate for tough action to combat youth vaping, and holding
government accountable to provide necessary funding for in-school
awareness, prevention, and support programs – MLA Todd Stone (November
15th)
... on the education
piece, the jury is out on whether the NDP government is adequately funding
what’s really needed - we’ll see. I’ll continue to advocate for tough action to
combat youth vaping, holding the government accountable for implementing
actions quickly and providing necessary funding for in-school awareness,
prevention and support programs ...
#6 ... J. EDWARD LES -- Did
global banana consumption go down, at least, in the aftermath of this crippling
of Alberta’s economy? It did not. It went up. (November 15th)
... imagine that modern-day enterprising
Albertans took advantage of the fertile environment to grow bananas. Not
just ordinary bananas, but the most succulent and delicious of fruits, and
organic to boot. Imagine,
further, that this new industry sprouted in a world hopelessly addicted to
bananas, global production spiraling ever upward to satisfy the insatiable
appetites of banana-mad earthlings ...
#5 ... Despite
what Health Minister Adrian Dix says about ... increasing the number of
publicly funded health-care professionals ... there are still shortages
(November 13th)
... once again though, it seems that despite what Health Minister
Adrian Dix says about ... increasing the number of publicly funded health-care
professionals ... there are still shortages. And every new clinic that opens,
means the number of health care professionals available is going to get spread
thinner and thinner ...
#4 ... ALAN
FORSETH SAYS, ON THE OTHER HAND ... In recent years the silent majority are
more and more being made to feel what they think, and believe, is morally wrong
and reprehensible (November 12th)
... The late Canadian
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker once said, “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian,
free to speak without fear” ... but I ask, how true are those words these
days. We have become people who are
easily offended, who look for hidden meaning in words, who forget and dismiss
our past, and who look through rose coloured glasses at those who came before
us ...
#3 ... LAILA
YUILE SAYS, ON THE OTHER HAND ... Don Cherry didn’t say 'people's,
he singled out new immigrants. He went on a rant about them liking our milk and
honey but not spending a buck for a poppy (November 12th)
... It's not
offensive to state you think people should be more respectful of veterans and
that you are pissed off people don’t wear poppies. I get that. I live in a base
town and know veterans personally; most are recent veterans. But I support and
respect their sacrifices and service to our country and wear a poppy to show
that ...
#2 ... FELDSTED -- That
is ass backward. He, or she, is in Ottawa to represent ‘Us’, not some
political party (November 10th)
... Canadians
are fed up with watching several gangs of political hooligan’s scrap over who
will win the opportunity to order us about for the next few years. The notion
that if we don’t like how a political party governs
us, we can kick them out in four years is insane. We have just witnessed the
destruction a government can rain on us on four years ...
And now we come to the most read commentary of the week. This is one that the writer actually penned
several months back, but in light of recent talk, he updated it especially for
the Thoughts on BC Politics and More blog site ... and it’s the most read post
of the week ...
#1 ... GARRET SEINEN -- More than 10 years have gone by ... millions of
dollars have been spent ... but there has yet to be a ‘shovel
in the ground’ in support of moving oil (November 12th)
... are there really people who truly want to see others fail? A lot of
things happen that make me think there are … and some even speak in our
political leader’s ears. There is a segment of our society that stridently
opposes development, the green environmental activists. They insist,
development makes things worse ...
As always ... thank you
for talking the time to allow our writer to share their thoughts with you. And remember, please feel free to share any
story, ideas you have, with us for consideration.
Have a great week!
Have a great week!
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