Thoughts on BC Politics and More

  A good political scientist is also, at the very least, a bit of an historian. Alberta, like the rest of the western world, had not had gay rights in the mainstream for the vast majority of its history. Then in 1997 the Vriend Case was decided at the Supreme Court stating that a Catholic School Board was legally wrong to fire a teacher for the sole reason he was a homosexual. In other words, one's religion didn't trump another person's Charter rights. This set off a firestorm of debate across the province. Premier Ralph Klein vowed at one point to use the Charter's Notwithstanding Clause, to stand up to the Courts pushing their wildly anti-family agenda. Many Alberta politicians were furious at the ruling. Many Albertans were disgusted and they let it be known. That was in 1997. Alberta has always been a socially backwards province. It is a province of three major cities: Grand Prairie, Edmonton, and Calgary and a pile of small towns and other smal...

Have you ever heard of Kari Simpson? I might be wrong, but if you haven't, I'd say that you’re lucky!     As the Executive Director for the Culture Guard website , and Facebook page , she is responsible for much of what is disseminated – regrettably. Simpson threatens protest at Surrey RCMP detachmen t Her latest target?   On her Culture Guard Facebook page, Kari Simpson is threatening a protest at the Surrey RCMP detachment, if they raise what she calls the anti-Canadian political symbol, the rainbow flag .   In fact, she is telling people to contact RCMP and say tell them STOP!” As part the rationale replayed to the RCMP, in a four-page Culture Guard letter, she quotes the RCMP Code of Conduct regulations. For example: 2.1   Respect and Courtesy : Members treat every person with respect and courtesy and do not engage in discrimination or harassment SERIOUSLY!   How can she possibly use that as the first r...