Nelson council hands out dollars for positive community-building, gets tasered by blogger, and more at April 22 meeting
Every second meeting of Nelson City Council, like the one held on April 22, is designated a Committee of the Whole meeting at which individuals and groups may present their activities or issues to council. Schunke tasers council (verbally) Local blogger Claus Schunke appeared before council to criticize the Nelson Police...
COMMENT: Election
Once every four years citizens are offered a brief reprieve from the responsibility of endless decisions about matters concerning their kids, their homes, and their work; of just getting along and making ends meet. Once every four years we are inundated with propaganda telling us that all the problems associated with the...
COMMENT: B.C. Liberals in no position to give other parties lessons on political fundraising
It's a bit rich for the B.C. Liberal party to be giving lessons to the BC NDP on political fundraising, as they tried to do over the weekend after the NDP sent a fundraising appeal to corporate Liberal party donors. The Liberals might have been well-advised to leave well enough alone, if for no other reason than it might...
Alex Atamanenko addresses Genetically Modified Alfalfa at the House of Commons
New Democratic Party member of parliament (MP) Alex Atamanenko made the following speech in the House of Commons, Friday April 19th. Mr. Speaker, last week a National Day of Action was held across Canada to stop Forage Genetics International from releasing Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa. I would like ...
NDP release dollar figures; Liberals trumpt LNG as way to out the debt
BC NDP leader Adrian Dix continued to offer up his election platform in Kelowna Sunday, committing to change for the better for BC’s food producers and agricultural communities. Dix said an NDP government would make an annual investment of $8 million in programs to develop local markets and promote stability for BC growers....
No clear answer as Nelson/Creston candidates tackle healthcare
Week one is complete in the sprint to form the next provincial government in B.C. The Nelson Daily will give constituents in Nelson/Creston riding a chance to see what the three candidates — incumbent Michelle Mungall of the BC NDP, Liberal Greg Garbula and Sjeng Derkx of the Green Party of BC — are offering when voters go ...
LET THE 28-DAY SPRINT BEGIN
Tuesday marked the start of the 28-day sprint to assume the top job in Victoria as current B.C. Premier Christy Clark asked Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to dissolve parliament, marking the start of the provincial election campaign. "British Columbia is at a crossroads with two very different choices in front of us in ...
Opinion: Nelson city council needs to re-think its communication about the budget
Councillor Robyn Cherbo, in the role of acting mayor at Nelson city council’s April 8 meeting, commented on the lack of public participation in the council’s recent budget process. “Maybe it’s time for a participatory budgeting process,” he said. Cherbo did not explain what he meant by that and no one asked, but participatory...
COMMENT: Clark’s pitch ignores reality
For a while, I was wondering whether Christy Clark and her supporters realized THEY were in government, not opposition! They all spent much of the Liberals’ half-hour paid advertisement on Global TV Sunday night warning against the evils of deficits and debt: BC NEEDS a balanced budget “for our kids”; BC should NOT leave those...
Party your way to equitable politics?
The under 45 generation are getting tired of working and studying more, to have less. With rising home prices, cost of living, and incomparable wages, young people and their families are being squeezed of time, and income, and are being forced into crushing debt. On April 15 - 17, from 7 – 10 p.m. at Birchbank Golf Club...
