#10 ... HISTORY’S IN THE MAKING ... and Canadians should pay attention (July 21st)
The average Canadian might not be aware, but
Leslyn Lewis has a good chance of winning the Conservative Party’s leadership
next month.
Born to immigrant parents
who left Jamaica in pursuit of freedom, peace, and hope for a better future,
Lewis is a mother of two, a successful Bay Street litigator, and a business
owner. She holds a master’s in environmental sciences and a PhD in
international law. She’s intelligent, articulate, and kind...
#9 ... J. EDWARD LES -- The
Hammer and the Dunce (July 27th)
This little piggy went to market, this
little piggy went home.
This little piggy had roast beef, this
little piggy had none.
This little piggy… went WE, WE, WE all
the way home.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s
Sultan of Sunny Ways and Grand Pooh-bah of Transparency, is being formally
investigated by the Ethics Commissioner for the third time since becoming PM —
this time after being caught shoveling oodles of taxpayers’ cash to his best
bros at the WE Foundation...
#8 ... FELDSTED -- We have no
reason to allow various foreign-funded non-government organizations to operate
in Canada (August 1st)
I cannot dismiss this article by Chris George
as I was engaged in the 2015 election, and happened to live in a riding
targeted by Leadnow.
I can vouch for the sudden appearance of a few dozen NDP campaign ‘volunteers’
who were not local or affiliated with any of the local NDP organizations. You
get to know your opponents over time, and these people were not local ...
With talk from the BC Liberals, this past week, and their call for the BC NDP to provide rebates to BC drivers, due to COVID-19, this commentary from back in April resurfaced ...
#7 ... If other public and private insurers can
pass on savings of nearly three quarters of a billion dollars, the
people of BC deserve the same from ICBC (April 23rd)
Two weeks ago, the
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), which represents companies providing private auto
insurance across Canada (excluding Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British
Columbia), made a major announcement, due to the impacts of COVID-19.
The April 8th
media release IBC stated that to help Canadians cope with the financial impact of COVID-19,
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) member companies would be offering substantial
consumer relief measures ...
#6 ... DAN
ALBAS -- Trudeau
Liberal government will, over the course of the next two years, remove the
excise exemption for 100% Canadian grown and produced wines
While it would be
relatively easy this week to cover the latest developments of the WE Charity
Foundation, as they unfold at the Finance Committee, I would rather focus on
outcomes of government policies.
More specifically when former Conservative Finance Minister, the late Jim
Flaherty, created a very important policy to the Similkameen and Okanagan
Valleys ...
#5 ... BC
GREEN PARTY announces names of the official candidates running for leadership
of the party (July 29th)
This morning I
received an email from Lesley Malcolm (Field Team Coordinator for the BC Green
Party) advising that the leadership application period has closed, and that
there were three official leadership candidates. They are ...
#4 ... FORSETH -- Today
was to have shed light on the entire situation – not that any of us
expected it to happen – despite the best attempts of the NDP’s Charlie Angus,
and Conservative Finance Critic Pierre Poilievre (July
30th)
This afternoon, Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau came before the Finance Committee to answer questions
about the #WECharity ... and the ensuing chaos that came about as a result of
the government handing over nearly ONE BILLION DOLLARS ($900 million) to the WE
Charity, before the contract was cancelled.
In the ensuing weeks, we have heard of multiple instances of the family of
Justin Trudeau having various roles, and participating in events WE held ...
and the same for the governments Finance Minister, Bill Morneau ...
#3 ... THE SIDEWINDER -- John Horgan’s do-it-yourself opioid solution
for local government (July 28th)
Throwing up his hands in an apparent
admission of defeat, Premier John Horgan has thrown a live grenade into the
laps of local governments as he challenges communities to solve their own
opioid drug crises.
A few common elements
have been present for decades in the systemic failure to deal effectively with
drug addiction, alcoholism and the mental illnesses associated with
homelessness ...
#2 ... STEVE FORSETH -- Electoral
Areas need provincial/federal infrastructure grant programs that don’t force
Electoral Areas to compete against bigger communities (July 27th)
This past Saturday – Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen wrote in this blog about
getting on with a fiscal framework for BC’s Local Governments -- which has been
discussed for many years with Provincial Governments of different political
stripes (Socreds, NDP, BC Liberals) however I want to look at this from an
Electoral Area point of view …
AND NOW
... let’s take a look at the #1 commentary of the week ... it’s from
the BC Liberals:
Today’s
shocking Site C announcement is a classic example of NDP mismanagement and
their lack of leadership on important files (July 31st)
The BC Liberals are
raising serious concerns about the NDP’s management of the Site C Project after
a report released today by BC Hydro reveals that, despite inheriting the
project that was on time and budget in 2017, the NDP has no idea what it will
ultimately cost or when it will begin producing electricity ...
And that’s a wrap ... the
end of the week ... and tomorrow we’ll begin anew.
Enjoy the rest of your day, and thank you for sharing time with us on BC Politics
and More – we appreciate you being here, and making it worthwhile to share what
we do 😊
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