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...

This old stone building resists change. The physical manifestation of government, the people's house on Belleville St. in Victoria, is a metaphor. The emergence of three Greens is shocking on its own. Three MLA's negotiating a pathway through a tied house, is exceptionally unusual. The seat count in this place has not been so close in decades. A majority here is the norm. And, it provides comfort for the status quo to prevail. Layers of "this is how we have always done it" insulates us from the peril of having to think about "how we can do it better?" Or even, "who do we serve?" Perhaps, that is why my first few months in this place was so chaotic. Everyone speculating about how unstable it is. Not because it is any less stable, none of us love elections, but because it was unusual, uncomfortable, and different. Far too much resistance There is so much resistance holding us back ... take ride-hailing as...