Thoughts on BC Politics and More

What a week this has been!!   It was one which was mainly centered around hard-working British Columbians – and Canadians – being forced to watch as our economy ground slowly to a halt … where people couldn’t get home to their families due to transportation disruptions … where individuals were given free rein to mount illegal protests … and where the Canadian flag was disrespected … It was disgusting to watch – and to listen to – as BC and federal governments failed to act in the best interests of the Canadians. It was one that I hope not to see again, but that I have little hope will in fact be reality. This is the week that was February 9 th to 15 th , and here are the stories and commentaries that caught your attention the most … #10)   PEATS: Liberals are stuck, and would rather sacrifice the economy and the common citizen, while they "virtue signal" the rest of the population stating how "important" it is to talk (February 15 th ) ...

Tracy Redies, MLA for Surrey-White Rock The last few days have been extremely troubling ... and don’t bode well for our Province ... and our country. CN Rail, which moves $250 billion in goods along its railway, shut down its Eastern tracks because the police and governments were not enforcing the law. VIA Rail has canceled its trains across the country. The West Coast express and several key thoroughfares in the Lower Mainland and elsewhere were blockaded with tens of thousands of commuters impacted. Delta port closed down. The parliament buildings in Victoria were almost impenetrable at one point this week with employees, MLAs and officers spat on, pushed, and bullied all the time having obscenities yelled at them just for trying to go to work. A constituency office, open to do work for the community, occupied by 50 or more protesters, saying ‘ This is war’ . A lone constituency assistant barricaded herself in the bathroom of the constituency o...

FAIRMONT HOT SPRING S :    Earlier today Doug Clovechok, BC Liberal MLA for Columbia River – Revelstoke, took to Social media to announce and share that he was: “... humbled by the actions of the House last week in Victoria. On Wednesday March 6th, I was voted in by all of BC MLA's (unanimously!) to sit on the Legislature's Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services; an honour I do not take lightly .” He continued, “ In short, the Committee reviews the budget estimates and plans for nine offices (ie: Auditor General, Elections BC, Ombudsperson, Human Rights, Police Complaint, Child & Youth, Conflict of Interest, Merit, and Info & Privacy). Our Committee also hosts public hearings & budget consultations across the Province, hearing from British Columbians on matters that are important to them .” So how often, I wondered, does someone in their first term as an MLA would be appointed to a post like this – after all it seemed to...