Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Well, after a many week absence due to the majority of posts and commentaries being about (or referencing) COVID-19 ... it’s time for a return to Day Seven ... a look back at the top posts of the week. You’ve probably missed a few of these, so let’s get started with ... #10 ... ROTHENBURGER -- With his ever-increasing spending announcements, one wonders how many more of his briefings we can afford (May 26 th )   ... PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU has been working very hard since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time for him to take a break. Almost every day around 8 a.m. or so, Trudeau steps out between the potted fir trees at his house and takes to the lectern to talk about the pandemic. It’s safe to say no prime minister in history has talked to Canadians directly as often as Trudeau now has ... #9 ... FORSETH – There must be more going on regarding world affairs -- but with what comes out of Prime Ministers Office, you wouldn’t know it (May 25 th ) ... Today Prime Mi...

One of Canada's largest long-term care operators is owned by a federal Crown corporation. 'We are extremely saddened by the difficult circumstances,' Treasury Board President Duclos says John Paul Tasker ~~ CBC News ~~ May 25, 2020 One of the largest operators of seniors' residences and long-term care homes in Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP), a federal Crown corporation charged with investing funds for the pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos The company, Revera , owns or operates dozens of properties across Canada; it also has major holdings in the United States and the U.K., with a portfolio of seniors' apartments, assisted living and long-term care homes. ... a $50 million class action lawsuit was launched against Revera earlier this month on behalf of the families of COVID-...

So, what was the top story of the day, on Friday? It's a fair question because there were several competing choices, depending on your personal stakes in a panoply of different things.   The race riots in Minneapolis got a lot of deserved attention after video showed a policeman killing a black guy suspected of being a rioter by holding his knee on the black guy's throat until he asphyxiated -- but there also was President Trump's war of words on and with Twitter, which was quite novel -- China's imposition of edicts against the vestiges of democracy in Hong Kong as part of its (China's) global empire-building -- the continuing saga of COVID19 -- and other perceived global crisis stories such as the environment, the economy, the markets and other aspects of the real world like mass media politics, economics and technological shifts.   Would it be fair to say these times are unprecedented?   Yes, though other times such as the onset of World War Two cou...