DAY SEVEN … the week of March 1st to 7th

After a two-week hiatus, Day Seven is back.  It’s time to take a look at the stories and commentaries that caught the most eyes over the past week ... and an opportunity for you to check out any you may have missed. Let’s get things underway with …

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And with that Public Service Announcement completed, let’s get underway with …

#10 … PECKFORD: Why can’t the rest of the people in Canada see the Agreement at the same time as the Wet’suwet’en people see the Agreement? (March 4^th)

… the Canadian people will not see the newly minted agreement among the three entities -- Federal Government, BC Government on the one hand, and the Wet’suwet’en people on the other -- until the Wet’suwet’en people have had a chance to review it. This seems strange to me …

#9 … BUSINESS, INDIGENOUS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS call for a return to order, the free movement of goods and people, and a commitment to certainty and future prosperity (March 5^th)

… compromise and common purpose are key to the functioning of democracy. We must continue to build an inclusive economy and society for all Canadians—and cannot allow a handful of uncompromising minority voices to undermine this collective progress …

#8 … The same well-funded and organized groups ... will stand in opposition to future major infrastructure projects, especially oil and gas (March 5^th)

… today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Canada further clears the way for the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. All five applications that were previously dismissed by the Federal Court of Appeal in 2019 have been denied the right to appeal …

#7 … FORSETH: And this comment, from MLA Todd Stone, pretty much sums things up .... “It’s complete amateur hour in NDP land folks” (March 5^th)

… these self-styled, modern day, Chev Guevara guerilla revolutionaries live in relative comfort (when not protesting on the steps of, or storming in, the legislature) enjoying all of the amenities of the cities and communities they have chosen to live in – including housing, jobs and education (if they want them), and of course their favorite caffeine beverage drink in a wax lined paper cup with plastic lid --- rather than on reserve where life can be hard, work is scarce, and those amenities often times are not found …

#6 … Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs were able to negotiate rights and title over their territory. Fraser and Bennett? They got nothing as ‘differences remain’ in the Coastal GasLink dispute (March 2^nd)

… we deserve to know why the federal minister for Crown and Indigenous Relations, Carolyn Bennett – along with Scott Fraser, BC’s Minister for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – were not come to some kind of agreement regarding the pipeline. Why was the ONLY thing negotiated, and successfully I might add by the Hereditary Chiefs, was Wet’suwet’en rights and title to territory in their region?  

#5 … FORSETH: It’s a shame that ‘common sense’ isn’t so common any more (March 7^th)

… the average human being now has an attention span of eight seconds. This is a sharp decrease from the average attention span of 12 seconds in the year 2000. Gaaahhhkkk ... how on earth does anything get boiled do to mere seconds? Can’t be done but I’ll do my best to keep it short and sweet …

#4 … CHAD NORMAN DAY: There must be someone willing to get a helicopter full of strong female Wet'suwet'en Elders -- that'll put a verbal whipping and knowledge session on these young people -- and set them straight (March 4^th)

… Her: If you're not standing with us and part of the resistance, you need to leave. Only warriors willing to rise are welcome here. [Two guys with their lower faces covered in bandanas then gather around her]

Me: The resistance? Are we in a Star Wars movie right now? Come on you guys, anyone here pretending to know the collective opinion of the Wet'suwet'en Nation is being rather naive at this point ...

#3 … Nearly a quarter of resource sector workers are now out of work – what is the provincial government of BC NDP Premier John Horgan doing about the situation -- Conservative leader Trevor Bolin (March 7^th)

… this month’s employment stats show nothing has changed in the way government is handling the situation -- and thousands of forestry workers, miners, and oil and gas workers -- along with 1000’s of others – simply continue to wonder whether they’ll ever be able to find work in the fields again …

#2 … FORSETH – Trudeau is ashamed of our rich resources; extracted by Canada’s hard-working collar workers ... but he’s not ashamed to grovel for a temporary seat at the United Nations Security Council (March 3^rd)

… it won’t happen anytime soon because our current federal minority government is interventionist in nature – and so they do not realize and understand that the best way to create a strong economy is to get the hell out of the way. This government also fails to proudly tell the world that through innovation being developed – and already being used -- Canada is helping countries all around the world have greener economies …

AND NOW … it’s time for the most read post of the week … here’s …

#1 … As Conservatives we believe in fiscal responsibility ... government being responsible for millions, to rehabilitate abandoned properties is not, in our opinion, good fiscal management ~~ Conservative leader Trevor Bolin (March 4^th)

… we also know that rehabilitation of these orphaned sites makes us better stewards of the lands, and it will also create more jobs in an industry that should be booming in BC.  It’s our opportunity to show world class leadership -- we are however committed to doing everything we can to reduce the need for wells to be orphaned in the first place …

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