Thoughts on BC Politics and More

I’m angry! Yah ... I guess maybe I’m a grumpy old man, although I’m only 68, but is the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) not going to quit until there is nothing left of “local” media in small and medium markets across the country – including right here in BC?   How many more nails is the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) going to allow be hammered into the broadcast media (radio and TV) in Canada?   Luckily for me, I was able to be part of a proud industry in what was for me its’ heyday ... a 25-year span in the late 60s to the early 90’s, and all in smalltown British Columbia – Williams Lake in fact (although I did spend another 10 years in radio in Kamloops).   As a 14-year-old kid I walked into Cariboo Radio’s CKWL studios, ready to become an on-air personally (back then we were still called DJ’s), and my best friends Dad and station manager, Bob Leckie (awarded the Broadcast Citizen of the Year award by the BC Association ...

    If you really want something in life, and I mean you really want it deep down inside and you have a strong-enough reason you absolutely must achieve it, faith is the thing that helps you to see that through. It’s at the core of a persistent heart. Never give up on your hopes and your dreams just because you faced some initial setbacks. Lean on your faith as often as possible and you’ll soon come to realize why having unwavering faith is so important in life.  ~~ Robert Kanaat     For over a year now I have been following an organization that started out as the Centre Ice Conservatives, and which then morphed into the  Centre Ice Canadians .   Speaking for myself, I feel extremely disillusioned with options available to me in terms of federal political parties. I have no appetite for Capitol "L" liberalism as now espoused by Justin Trudeau's Liberals ... who are being propped up by the NDP, and I personally do not want government ...