Following up on yesterday’s post about the chronology of the growth of Greens across Canada, there is a point at the end that deserves a little more attention. It’s the notion I raise about voters feeling like they need to settle for “good...
Canada Day is always a busy day in Saanich North and the Islands.The festivities start with a pancake breakfast at the Mary Winspear Centre followed by a parade through Sidney-by-the-Sea where thousands of residents of the Saanich Peninsula line the streets.From...
One of the primary realizations I’ve made in my brief time in provincial politics is how easy it is to slip into an unhealthy lifestyle. Without careful attention to my overall fitness, personal wellbeing quickly gets lost in the background noise. There is a lot...
There have been a lot of words about old-growth thrown around from the Minister of Forests recently. The sense I am getting from the flow of correspondence coming to me is that people are not buying the story he is trying to pitch.Here he is quoted from Hansard in...
It’s no secret our family doctors are stressed and stretched thin. On the Saanich Peninsula, nearly a third of us do not have a family doctor. Unfortunately, the problem goes much deeper. In the next few years many of the doctors practicing in our communities will...
