I appreciate the dedicated coverage to BC - Thanks.
I do take issue with one thing Eby said:
"I also accept with humility the message that they sent. This is a narrow majority, I understand that they want us to work with other perspectives, with other MLAs in the house, with all British Columbians in addressing these serious issues. And we're going to do that.”
But he also said this, according Vaughn Palmer in the Vancouver Sun on November 4: “We’re open to working with the Conservatives as long as they meet our bright-line test around the kind of province that we want ... Eby hasn’t precisely defined the bright-line test for determining whether Conservative MLAs are acceptable or unacceptable to the NDP government."
In other words, Eby plans to brush aside elected representatives whose views don't meet some kind of purity test. He doesn't sound very "chastened" to me.
No one should forget that Eby produced an instruction manual on how to sue the police if your feelings were hurt during an arrest. That kind of ideology doesn’t just disappear into thin air.
You got the reference confused. It's not a reference to that expression.
The reference is to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who the townsfolk refused to pay him after he rid their city of rats. When they didn't pay up, he retaliated by taking their children away. The lesson being... the piper has to be paid or else.
Unless you can peer into his mind, you can't know that's what he meant, because what he wrote makes no sense. Why don't we let The Mcgojoh himself explain what he was trying to say? Then we'll know whether he's confused, I'm confused, or you're confused.
It's a one-way street. At least in South Africa the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a two-way reconciliation that avoided a bloodbath as minority rule ended. Both sides told the truth and both sides agreed to forgive (sort of.) In Canada, they want us to believe lies and reconcile ourselves to minority rule.
I'm waiting to see evidence of an actual change in course from this government. Eby's a competent operator, but a lot of his policy changes had the flavour of a deathbed conversion when faced with the prospect of an imminent loss. We've seen him jettison long-held positions before when they become politically inconvenient (i.e. a lot of what he advocated at PIVOT Legal Society vs. what he's done in elected office), but that feels more like an indication that he can be unprincipled than an argument that he's likely to follow the different path he hashed out on the campaign trail.
I'm also not sure what to make of his cabinet: a lot of ministers have returned to their previous portfolios. A couple of heavy-hitters (Adrian Dix and Mike Farnworth) have been removed from Health and Public Safety, but their replacements don't seem to have the same high profile in the NDP. It's a sign of change, but remains to be determined whether that change is actually for the better.
One other thing that's caught my attention was flagged by The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer: of 47 NDP caucus members, 41 are cabinet ministers or parliamentary secretaries. Palmer points out that it means there are very few NDP MLAs who aren't benefiting from increased pay and status at the pleasure of Premier Eby. Again, it remains to be seen whether this means Eby can jam through changes he wants to see, or merely stifle opposition from his party one way or another. I suspect this move probably diffuses accountability and adds complexity to decision making rather than putting more useful attention on issues, and the taxpayers get to pay for it.
"As British Columbians, I think we are are looking for the same thing: We want a job with a decent paycheque..." Is this why they are all getting raises?
Eby is an activist and would be unable to change despite his promises. He is a long term, decade s long proponent of failed policies in the downtown eastside in Vancouver and now those problems have sprung up in a massive scale in Victoria, Kelowna and Prince George, virtually every city and town. Rustad will take the next election as the BC Conservatives are a party of financial common-sense and represent the people of this province without really trying that hard.
>"They were slow to acknowledge complaints from people about the open drug use and street disorder caused by decriminalization and safe supply policies (which the government originally attributed to fear-mongering), a failure to hear cost-of-living complaints related to the carbon tax (originally framed as climate denialism) and an inability to recognize concern over major changes to land management under new Indigenous reconciliation efforts (which the Eby administration originally attributed to racism)."
LOL! And after all that they still returned the NDP to power. Way to go, BC. You're going to get what you voted for good and hard.
(Of course Canada is going to return the Liberals, too, whenever they deign to call an election, so I shouldn't be smug. When push comes to shove Canada likes Leftist rule, no matter how much they dislike the current leader. Look at his father. The country loathed him but elected him for 20 years.)
I appreciate the dedicated coverage to BC - Thanks.
I do take issue with one thing Eby said:
"I also accept with humility the message that they sent. This is a narrow majority, I understand that they want us to work with other perspectives, with other MLAs in the house, with all British Columbians in addressing these serious issues. And we're going to do that.”
But he also said this, according Vaughn Palmer in the Vancouver Sun on November 4: “We’re open to working with the Conservatives as long as they meet our bright-line test around the kind of province that we want ... Eby hasn’t precisely defined the bright-line test for determining whether Conservative MLAs are acceptable or unacceptable to the NDP government."
In other words, Eby plans to brush aside elected representatives whose views don't meet some kind of purity test. He doesn't sound very "chastened" to me.
No one should forget that Eby produced an instruction manual on how to sue the police if your feelings were hurt during an arrest. That kind of ideology doesn’t just disappear into thin air.
Given that was 17 yrs ago or when he was 31, You can bet he has changed since then.
BC must take away any support for UNDRIP.
Not going to happen. The piper has to be paid and we've been playing the same tune since before confederation.
You realize that expression doesn't make any sense the way you've rendered it. Just sayin'.
The expression is "He who pays the piper calls the tune." If you applied that to UNDRIP you would come to a 180-degrees different view of it.
You got the reference confused. It's not a reference to that expression.
The reference is to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who the townsfolk refused to pay him after he rid their city of rats. When they didn't pay up, he retaliated by taking their children away. The lesson being... the piper has to be paid or else.
Unless you can peer into his mind, you can't know that's what he meant, because what he wrote makes no sense. Why don't we let The Mcgojoh himself explain what he was trying to say? Then we'll know whether he's confused, I'm confused, or you're confused.
Reconciliation is a fake concept that will never be adopted in Canada.
It's a one-way street. At least in South Africa the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a two-way reconciliation that avoided a bloodbath as minority rule ended. Both sides told the truth and both sides agreed to forgive (sort of.) In Canada, they want us to believe lies and reconcile ourselves to minority rule.
I'm waiting to see evidence of an actual change in course from this government. Eby's a competent operator, but a lot of his policy changes had the flavour of a deathbed conversion when faced with the prospect of an imminent loss. We've seen him jettison long-held positions before when they become politically inconvenient (i.e. a lot of what he advocated at PIVOT Legal Society vs. what he's done in elected office), but that feels more like an indication that he can be unprincipled than an argument that he's likely to follow the different path he hashed out on the campaign trail.
I'm also not sure what to make of his cabinet: a lot of ministers have returned to their previous portfolios. A couple of heavy-hitters (Adrian Dix and Mike Farnworth) have been removed from Health and Public Safety, but their replacements don't seem to have the same high profile in the NDP. It's a sign of change, but remains to be determined whether that change is actually for the better.
One other thing that's caught my attention was flagged by The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer: of 47 NDP caucus members, 41 are cabinet ministers or parliamentary secretaries. Palmer points out that it means there are very few NDP MLAs who aren't benefiting from increased pay and status at the pleasure of Premier Eby. Again, it remains to be seen whether this means Eby can jam through changes he wants to see, or merely stifle opposition from his party one way or another. I suspect this move probably diffuses accountability and adds complexity to decision making rather than putting more useful attention on issues, and the taxpayers get to pay for it.
Always and only judge people on their service record, not what their lips pay service to...
"As British Columbians, I think we are are looking for the same thing: We want a job with a decent paycheque..." Is this why they are all getting raises?
A big thanks as a BC and Van Island resident for bringing Rob Shaw on board
Eby is an activist and would be unable to change despite his promises. He is a long term, decade s long proponent of failed policies in the downtown eastside in Vancouver and now those problems have sprung up in a massive scale in Victoria, Kelowna and Prince George, virtually every city and town. Rustad will take the next election as the BC Conservatives are a party of financial common-sense and represent the people of this province without really trying that hard.
If it's a true intention with commitment behind it. . .well other provinces should pay attention. But I remain skeptical. Not cynical, but skeptical.
He just gave all his grifters a raise. This guy is junk.
>"They were slow to acknowledge complaints from people about the open drug use and street disorder caused by decriminalization and safe supply policies (which the government originally attributed to fear-mongering), a failure to hear cost-of-living complaints related to the carbon tax (originally framed as climate denialism) and an inability to recognize concern over major changes to land management under new Indigenous reconciliation efforts (which the Eby administration originally attributed to racism)."
LOL! And after all that they still returned the NDP to power. Way to go, BC. You're going to get what you voted for good and hard.
(Of course Canada is going to return the Liberals, too, whenever they deign to call an election, so I shouldn't be smug. When push comes to shove Canada likes Leftist rule, no matter how much they dislike the current leader. Look at his father. The country loathed him but elected him for 20 years.)