Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Unfortunately, SNC-Lavalin continues to dominate the news ... and those sunny days for justin trudeau seem to have evaporated ... there’s talk to Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott forming their own party ... and after months and months and months of talk, we are still talking about Ride-Hailing. These stories and more made up what you read about this past week.   Here are the top 10 stories : 10) It’s outrageous the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications is flying over Alberta and Saskatchewan to go to BC, but not including those provinces in its travel plans http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/04/its-outrageous-senate-committee-on.html 9) FELDSTED: Whether Wilson-Raybould and Philpott would have remained in the government caucus is a side-show. It makes no difference to examination of the core issue http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/04/feldsted-whether-wilson-raybould-and.html 8) Its impossible to...

I met Martyn Brown shortly after the dying days of British Columbia’s Social Credit Party, following the 1991 provincial election. He was working with Jack Weisgerber, and a handful (seven) of the remaining Socreds, which were all that was left of a former political dynasty that had lasted several decades. Mr. Jack Weisgerber former MLA for Peace River South It was not long after that election that Jack Weisgerber, Richard Neufeld, and two other Socreds jumped ship to join a party many had never heard of – the BC Reform Party (which in fact predated the federal Reform Party). I actually called Jack Weisgerber’s legislative office to speak with him, and was told he was in the legislature but would call me back.   “Yah sure”, I said to myself, but low and behold he did call me back, that evening, and we spoke for roughly two hours. I was impressed by what he was attempting to do --– build something that British Columbians coul...

Just a quick note from me today. The Georgia Strait has an interesting commentary today ( Looking for a leader and in search of John Horgan ) from former Socred, Reform, Liberal researcher / advisor Martyn Brown ... who by all appearances from his most recent article, has fully gone over the deep end to the NDP side.  The following comment however, towards the end of his article, is completely correct I believe: " In the end, it is strong leadership that most voters want. Leadership that dares to be better. Leadership that taps into voters’ frustrations and anger with the status quo. Leade rship that negates phony partisan-fueled fears with a more hopeful agenda for positive change ." YES ... we DO want a leader with an agenda for positive change, but instead of simply saying we need "strong leadership that most voters want", can we also include, "F rom ANY party BUT the NDP or Liberals"? I and many others, I feel certain, are of the beli...