Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis has sponsored a petition calling on Canada to withdraw from the United Nations and the World Health Organization, saying Canada’s membership in these bodies has undermined the “health rights and freedom of Canadians.” Liberal and NDP MPs have accused Lewis and the Conservatives of being dangerous conspiracy theorists as a result. What do you think? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in ... CLICK HERE for the full commentary

  Here in Canada we have witnessed firsthand the challenges of COVID vaccine administration due to lack of procurement supply from the Trudeau Liberal government. To put this in perspective, Washington State between January 25-29th went from having administered over 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine to 616,589 doses. That is an increase of 116,589 doses in a matter of days. Here in B.C. , over the same time frame, we went from having administered 119,850 doses up 129,241 doses. This is an increase of just 9,391 doses by comparison. This is by no means a criticism of the Provincial Health Officer or any of the regional health authorities. Simply put, provinces cannot vaccinate citizens without sufficient vaccine supply. For these reasons Canada has now fallen to 15th place in terms of total doses of vaccine administered per country. Canada drops even further behind if factoring in the total number of vaccination doses administered per 100 people in the population. With t...

  COMMENTARY REFERENCE   To build back better, we must reinvent capitalism ... The pandemic has brought into focus many of the vulnerabilities in our systems and institutions.  But it also offers us a chance to shape a more resilient and sustainable world. Here's how businesses and policy-makers can start building the green and inclusive future we need ..... CLICK HERE to read the full story   We are to believe that by destroying capitalism that we can rebuild a more robust capitalism? Let's have these chaps share a little of whatever they are imbibing. First, they convince our governments that the only way to combat a virus epidemic is to quarantine the entire population for an extended period. Most of the nation shut down with devastating effects on our economy, personal health and well-being. Efforts to provide income replacement for people forced out of their livelihoods have been deliberately overly complicated, piecemeal and unfocused. Financial ...

Alberta Premier, and UCP leader, Jason Kenney It isn’t just me. Thank God!   I was getting a little concerned for a while. But thankfully there is Rex Murphy, David Solway and Spencer Fernando to turn to. Alberta, through its Premier (Jason Kenney), has made it clear that if other western countries have approved a certain test for the Wuhan Virus, his Government would use it notwithstanding Health Canada’s lack of approval. Sadly, so many Canadians just swallow hook line and sinker whatever comes out of the mouths of so-called Federal experts. I chaired a Federal expert panel on Diabetes a few years ago. Oh, the bureaucracy!! I say no more. Many years later do you think it is better? Look, unless Health Canada can clearly scientifically explain what is wrong with certain tests -- approved by reputable health agencies like the FDA, European agencies or Australia -- I say use them. This is getting a little ridiculous. This reliance on the ‘ China challenged...