Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Sunday is here ... and it’s the day we look back at the most read blog stories of the week ... including a surprise return in the #9 position from back on March 13 th .   If you’ve missed any of the following, now’s your chance to get caught up ... First though, because it was only just a few reads back from making it into the Top 10, I’m going to include John Rustad at #11 with this post; “ Zero Emission Vehicles? BC collects significant gasoline taxes which pays for transit as well as road maintenance and upgrades . If nobody is buying gasoline, how will this bill be paid ” #10 ... IAN C. MacLeod -- If lying and undeliverable promises are what the voters will reward , the politicians will deliver! #9 ... “ CANADA’S ENERGY CITIZENS :   We wanted to show you a headline from this morning” #8 ... STEWART MUIR -- Waterfront spill response demonstration shows current state of preparation     #7 ... DAN ALBAS -- The same safety co...

The most glaring deficiencies which occurred during the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIGW2S) is that it was biased, confrontational, contradictory, controversial, misandrist, racist and sexist. I say this because many, if not most of the ‘findings’ of the Commissioners, are applicable to men, women and gays of all cultures, not just to indigenous girls and women. Lack of shelter (homelessness) and poverty are universal maladies of our society. Lack of safe shelters for battered women is universal; we don’t have adequate facilities, particularly in remote areas. Discrimination against gays is universal; diminishing but still a problem. Lack of food (nutrition) is a result of poverty, not a separate problem. Sadly, the Inquiry correctly identified colonialism as a root cause of indigenous tribal and family breakdown -- something which has had a horrendous effect on indigenous peoples’ well-being -- but it failed...