Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Today, we have a piece for you that was co-written by myself, and Ben Besler.   We were both coming at, thinking about, texting similar thoughts -- so it only made sense to piece them together, and present them to you. Let us know what you think in the comments section below: What kind of insights were there to a recent post ?   Here's a sampling: The right is in ruins. The government is all left wing and in tatters. A compelling figure could rise from the ashes, but who? Everyone is hell bent on not working together. Does the right take over the BC Liberals and then change its name? Does a new party with a name that has no baggage sprout? What about Kevin Falcon? Too much baggage? Rick Peterson? Couldn't even beat Brooks. Jordan Bateman? Too elitist?? Government will fall apart further, but I don't think BC is ready to deal with it yet. That said, someone better start organizing now to lead above the...

What is the governments role in informing British Columbians about important information?   Well according to an official government website, under the heading of Government Communications , they state: "The Government of British Columbia’s external communications role is to inform the public about government’s programs and services. The ministry-based communications teams focus on leadership through proactive strategic planning and by delivering value-added services." Why is it then, that more and more, with every passing year, government advertising becomes nothing less than a way for the Party in power to blow its own horn? And one things for certain, this 'external communications role' certainly does provide 'value added services' -- in the form of free self-promotional advertising for the ruling BC Liberal Party. On May 24th, on Facebook, I made the statement: There should be an independent office set up to not vet, but to create,...

While Canadians debate the right or wrong of Canadian coffee / donut icon Tim Horton’s pulling ads for Enbridge (by the way they were indeed wrong), all is still quiet in Kamloops when it comes to discussions and debate regarding the new proposed Performing Arts Centre for Kamloops.   Meantime the former Kamloops Daily News building and parking lot, site of the centre, continues to look like a bigger and bigger eyesore in our community.   Downtown Kamloops It would seem Kamloops City Councilor Tina Lange agrees, telling me that a new performing arts centre would provide us with many benefits including giving our downtown a jump start … providing an amazing anchor … creating quality jobs to build it … and because Seymour street is pretty dismal at the moment, it would drive investment in the existing properties .   As the preliminary report of the performing arts centre states, the discussion on the need in our community for a facility of this kind, h...