Harp[er]ooning the Humpback Whale
Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government has downgraded protection for the endangered Pacific Humpback Whale in order to remove environmental obstacles from the proposed project to ship oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline
All’s Quiet on the Classroom Front?
The ongoing dispute between BC Teachers and the Liberal Government is about to get a lot quieter as Vancouver School Board considers cutting all music programs in elementary schools to make up a budget shortfall.
24-Skiddo 2!
BC Liberal’s Bill 24, allowing removal of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, is a threat to the sustainability of agriculture say farmers. Increased pressure from developers will inflate land prices and make farming financially unfeasible.
Merritt Conservative M.P. Albas dances around the issue
Merritt loses a highly qualified and dedicated dance instructor due to bureaucratic bungling and red tape at the Department of Immigration. Conservative M.P. Dan Albas refuses to intervene and insists the decision is for the community’s own good, despite the fact that the studio will have to close and 70 pupils and many special needs children have lost their beloved instructor.
Harcourt plays hardball
Former NDP Premier Mike Harcourt has abandoned the NDP Party citing disagreements with the Party’s policies on the Carbon Tax, the Kinder Morgan pipeline and the ouster of former leader Carol James.
April’s Fools
![Canada's new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. [The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1502201431032014_3.jpg)
Canada’s new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]
Speaker spending scandal
The Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Linda Reid, billed taxpayers $5,528.16 to fly her husband in business class to an African safari.
“They will just have to adapt” 1792 and 2014
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says aboriginal tourism operators who stand to loose their livelihood because of cuts to BC Ferries Northern Routes will “just have to adapt”, revealing that attitudes haven’t changed much in the 222 years since Captain George Vancouver first sailed in!
B.C.T.F. A.G.M., March 15-18
“Beware the Ides of March!” BCTF president Jim Iker toEducation Minister Peter Fassbender
At the Public Trough
The Speaker of the B.C. Legislature, Linda Reid, has spent tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars on frivolous perks including: $48,000 for a touch-screen terminal in front of her chair, $14,000 for new drapes and $733 for a food display case for MLA’s free muffins and snacks.
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