The Colonel meets UN General Assembly president, Dr. Ali A. Treki of Libya.
- If indeed the “Grilled Nation” of grilled chicken eaters is instituted as the 193rd UN member state, will David Suzuki be in line to be the new nation’s first ambassador?
- With all the outrage over the province and feds spending on lavish Olympic ticket allocations, it is useful to remember that the City of Vancouver turned down Olympic box seats (bottom of page eight)
- This is clearly as a result of the fact that the authors never offered a concrete plan with targets that wasn’t an exercise in personal brand building for their “fearless” former leader. Energy use, water consumption, waste management, food production and air quality were all ignored completely by the past majority council, and now the City of Vancouver finally has a plan.
- This warning by Victoria Chief of Police Jamie Graham shows how out of step lone NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton is with her ongoing arguments that mental health is a provincial responsibility. She voted against the idea of a mental health advocate at the civic level, and continues to believe that the city has no place in wading into the realm of mental health support. It is time for Anton to pull her head out of the sand and start to recognize that inaction by one level of government (the feds) is no justification for inaction by another.
- I am not sure why the Mayors blinked in their staredown with the province over Translink funding, but they should have a new strategy based on the legitimacy they have now achieved by ponying up more money. Rumour is that Transportation Minister Shirley Bond is in the preliminary stages of planning a sit-down with Translink to ensure long-term sustainable funding for their 10-year regional transportation plan. The Mayors should wage a very public campaign to push the province towards this so that if and when this provincial commitment happens, these civic leaders can at least lay claim to some of the credit.
