If a personal mistake should not disqualify the BC’s Premier – what should? While on holiday in Hawaii, British Columbia’s Premier was stopped for speeding and subsequently charged with impaired driving by the police in Maui. Remorseful, the Premier recognizes that he showed poor judgment and will not contest the charge. The question is should the Premier resign? Voters elect people to office, and people – human beings – are not perfect. At this time, the Premier faces an alleged impaired driving charge. Most people that are not “teetotallers”, have been in the situation, where the question is: should I drive or not? When in doubt, there is of course only one rule — don’t drive and conduct your self

A survey that prove the obvious, that a majority of people in the South Okanagan of British Columbia want a healthy environment and jobs for future generations, – who would not want that. “This is what we are hoping to achieve through our regional growth strategy a truly balanced approach. There is a tremendous amount being done for environmental sustainability”, are worthy remarks to the survey in a recent press release, made of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, and the areas elected (MLA) member of the provincial legislative assembly. The MLA also happens to be the Minister for water, land and air protection in the Provincial Government. Assumedly the survey indicates that the majority of the society that makes

A few words regarding the upcoming elections in British Columbia… On May 14, 2013, both the strength and the Achilles heel of democracy will be fully in play in our backyard. Winston Churchill defined democracy as “ the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Churchill saw vividly the particular strengths of democracy displayed in guarantees of free speech, opinion, and assembly, as well as the importance in any democratic system of a free press, academic freedom, and an independent judiciary. These guarantees allow us in British Columbia the opportunity to make our electoral judgments with evidence-based understanding of the economic system, as well as of the social and