Thoughts on BC Politics and More

February 9 th , 2022 ( Public Safety and Solicitor General ): “ ... Time has run out for research and discussion. It is time to take action. ”   August 31 st , 2021: “ On International Overdose Awareness Day ...we remember loved ones lost to this terrible poisoned drug crisis ... today’s report from the BC Coroner’s Service shows just how devastating it’s been ... We will do everything we can to turn this drug poisoning crisis around ” Here’s a sobering thought ... i llicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in British Columbia -- second only to cancers in terms of years of life lost (Public Safety and Solicitor General). In just the first 6 months of 2022 there were 1,095 drug deaths recorded – 182.5 per month. In the last full year of data (2021) there were 2,224 deaths – 185.3 / month)   Now consider this.   On average there are around 182 motor vehicle occupants killed in crashes across BC every year (BC Injury research and prevention unit - ht

  LAST NIGHT (Wednesday Oct 21) on the 6pm TV news out of Vancouver came a story about a mentally unstable individual who had again severely stabbed someone unknown to them – for the second time in just a handful of days.   And the relevance of this some may ask? Well, of course, it happened on the same day that the NDP government of Premier John Horgan announced their much-awaited report on ‘ expert recommendations on repeat offending ’.   Sadly, this report, and it’s recommendations, will do little to stem what has become a plague of street crime by several dozen thugs with rap sheets a mile long – many with 100’s of charges (one alone with 400+ arrests) and VERY LITTLE if any jail time, random assaults on innocent victims on downtown city streets, an epidemic of drugs overdoses and thousands of deaths through a poisoned drug supply, and untold numbers of people suffering from mental health issues who are unable, or unwilling, to care for themselves.   According to a