Only one spotted owl remains in Canada’s wild. The B.C. government says it is committed to recovering the species, even as it approves new clearcuts and recreational shooting in a Fraser Valley wildlife area set aside for the owl.
I don’t understand how people keep acting surprized that “elected” leaders (John Horgan is an example here but let’s get real, they all do it) run on a campaign of “saving natureTM” and then backpedal, shill, and eventually end up with jobs in the resource extraction sector. Like when do people come to understand that the vote harder culture is not working? Maybe next election cycle? Or the one after that? I don’t have kids but if I did, would I hold out hope for 16 years until real change kicks in? 24? 28?
I knew Horgan would do it – he was trying to court old BC Liberal voters, and because it’s BC the NDP are basically the Liberals, but I had really hoped Eby would back out of it.
I find the most infuriating part is that we had the BC “Liberals” forever, and them killing endangered animals they were also committed to ‘saving’ is pretty on brand.
The NDP, on the other hand, continuing to do both these things is the baffling part.
I’m not dissing you here but after all of the decades of smoke and mirrors, you are/were still putting your hope in Eby? It’s not the individuals who lie and cheat their way into the public trust… it’s the system that is built to allow everyone involved to profit from that public trust. Corporations do it. Governments do it. Banking and real estate conglomerates do it. They all gain our trust, and then rugpull and profit.
BC could go full Green Party next cycle and things would look a lot greener in the PR for awhile but shit would stay the same. The system itself, that fosters and gets these people elected, is rotten. I’m not insane for stating this on a public forum am I?
I’m not dissing you here but after all of the decades of smoke and mirrors, you are/were still putting your hope in Eby?
Well, they haven’t been in power for decades, they won in 2017. I’ve spoken to him personally quite a few times, and most (all?) of his other promises we spoke of he went through with. It was this one that wasn’t, and I was surprised when that happened.
No worries, glad to help. The BC NDP hasn’t been great, but they sure aren’t as bad as the BC ‘Liberals’ were (what the hell are they called now?). The issue is that they have so many easy wins to get Green votes, but they keep stabbing themselves in the foot instead. Not to mention it’s pretty easy to stop logging old growth, and forest the other billion km’s of trees we have.
They are absolutely the lesser of two evils compared to the BC Libs. There are some areas where they don’t seem very different, but on the human rights front they’re usually a lot better.
That said, I’m surprised they haven’t given any increase to disability payments during their tenure. With the rate of inflation it’s a necessity for many people.
Oh for sure, I vote them very begrudgingly, and you’re right that they are bafflingly silent on Disability benefits. I have a family member on disability and their monthly allowance for rent is like 350 dollars. It’s so callously out of date.
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