Thoughts on BC Politics and More

We used to help build each other’s barns. When a family was in need of help the community would come together for a good ol’ fashioned barn raising. The church basement once was the main home of community social services. The doors would be open wide to host soup kitchens or a shelter when our neighbours were in need of warmth in their bellies and their spirits. To be clear, these first few sentences are less a critique of those doing important work in faith / service-based organizations. Rather, it’s a social lamentation that as an elected official I'm looking to resolve. Governments are sucking the life out of community and replacing it with an ever-growing network of loosely connected policy, agencies, ministries and processes. Government has weened citizens from a culture of community self-reliance. Instead we are driven by a philosophy that “government knows best” and only they can provide these services to the public. The probl...

El Paso - 20 dead, 26 injured ... Gilroy - 3 dead, 13 injured ... Dayton – 9, dead 27 injured.      In one week and the 66 injured doesn’t count hundreds of others traumatized by presence or who lost loved ones or whose family and friends were hurt in the melees. Harm ripples out from the core. Politicians, public figures and celebrity publicity hounds all express disbelief, horror, revulsion and ‘thoughts and prayers' for the survivors and families of victim. They like to pretend they care. The usual suspects will demand that we ban guns to make the shootings stop. It is the wrong solution for the wrong reasons. All of the shooters were young. We can reasonably conclude that they suffered some combination of isolation, immaturity, detachment and anger with a society they couldn’t understand or cope with. ...

It’s Sunday ... and that means it’s time to take a look at the Top 10 most read stories of the week ... including one back for a second week... and that’s #3 about the BC Conservative Parties new leader Trevor Bolin. Also this week we talked about Trudeau’s historical record setting run at creating the most debt ... losses from another delay on the Trans Mountain Pipeline ... Caribou consultation meetings being held through-out the province ... and the Trudeau governments disregard for the rule of law. These stories and more top the list of one you read the most – but – if you missed any of them, here’s a chance to catch them now ... starting with #10: #10   Trudeau breaks record for debt growth among prime ministers in Canadian history, says Fraser Institute http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/04/trudeau-breaks-record-for-debt-growth.html #9   FELDSTED: We cannot continue a representative contract with a gigolo gover...