Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Gary Vidal, Conservative MP for the riding of Desnethe - Missinippi - Churchill River “ A minority government should not mean that we have no government ” Our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, had what he must have felt was a busy day, actually attending to the people’s business in the House of Commons. After all, he has over the past few weeks once again been traveling the globe – this time, in search of votes from dictators to allow him to have a ‘temporary’ seat on the U seless N ations Security Council ... and before that a sunny vacation (once again) ... along with storm watching on the B C coast ... and ... and ... and. He doesn’t spend much time in the House? Does he? But I digress ... Yesterday according to information from the Prime Ministers Office, Trudeau attended, "...  the Cabinet Committee on Operations to address the ongoing infrastructure disruptions caused by blockades across the country "... and was then in the House of Commons for Q...

USED with permission – originally published in Resource Works Social media channels continue to sizzle with people claiming to be “right” on the issue of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, the Wet’suwet’en council, and the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline. Our pages, like others, have been flooded with arguments supporting those hereditary chiefs opposed to the pipeline, or backing the elected council that supports the pipeline and its promised benefits. Many of them, though, strike us as more “righteous” than right. Some comments are thoughtful and intelligent. But many are stunningly simplistic, and are often emotional, and / or romanticized. Some, sadly, are outright racist. And, above all, they come in copious amounts from those who have no real stake in the outcome. We know that not all hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en oppose the pipeline, although sloppy reporting in news media often omits the word some , and thus implies t...

I received a copy of a response sent by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, regarding Amnesty International’s ridiculous attack on Alberta’s defence of energy jobs from the foreign funded campaign to land-lock Canadian resources. You can read it here. Kenney indicated that amongst the world’s major energy producers, Canada has by far the highest human rights, labour, and environmental standards. He went further in saying that Amnesty International could not be more wrong in attacking Alberta’s efforts to stand up to the foreign-funded campaign to block Canadian energy exports. Here is that response to the Canadian head of Amnesty International, Alex Neve: Dear Mr. Neve, Before responding to your open letter , titled Human rights concerns regarding the Government of Alberta’s “Fight Back Strategy,” I would like to offer a note of sympathy. Honestly, it can’t be easy being the long-time head of Amnesty International Canada (AI), stuck in annoyingly fre...