Thoughts on BC Politics and More

A group of Alberta NDP members and former candidates are lobbying the party to change its name. The three letters that currently title the provincial party are too often synonymous with the federal NDP, according to Alberta’s Progressive Future (APF) spokesman Brian Malkinson ... ... Malkinson and the APF argue perception around the name has hurt the provincial NDP's reputation and made it too easy for the reigning United Conservative Party to attack its rival ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Yesterday (August 1st) the government of Alberta completed the process to implement a ban on software (BOTs) used to scoop up event tickets ahead of real people.   What's a BOT?   For those unaware, a BOT is computer software programmed to quickly scoop up tickets from primary sellers, before real customers (you and me) have the chance. That inevitably leads to an extremely limited availability of tickets ... and ... HUGELY inflated prices on tickets sold by resellers, and exposure to a greater risk of fraud. Residents of Alberta will now be protected from companies gouging them, and now joins Ontario and Saskatchewan with legislation in place (Quebec has legislation but currently not in effect) to try and prevent this from happening. British Columbia?   Not so much ... in fact -- not at all!   It seems the process of putting together legislation to ban BOTs in BC, at least to me, is being unnecessarily delayed. A March 6th Government...