We’re paying a lot for parking. An awful lot. * Years ago, I was awaiting the fate of a grant application before Victoria city council to help build a community garden. Instead, council got bogged down debating a developer’s building permit and re-zoning application. The developer wanted a reduction in the number of parking spaces
No filing system is perfect. Especially when it might reveal a huge scandal for the provincial Liberal government. * I’m hoping much of this is already ancient news to you. But based on the relatively subdued way BC’s mainstream media has been covering the story as Focus is going to print, I’m not counting on
Policing expert Paul Palango, author of a new book on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, argues we need to revamp the dysfunctional organization–or get rid of the RCMP altogether. * Over the past few years, RCMP controversies have been in the news constantly. The extent of lying revealed during the inquiry into the tasering and
The National Priorities Project shows what extraordinary things could have been accomplished in the U.S. using the money that's been spent on the Iraq war. But what could that money have done in Iraq, where 1 dollar equals a whopping 1,200 Dinars?
Wipond, Rob. A "Patient-centred" Path towards Ignoring Patient Rights: A Critical Analysis of the Federal Senate Committee's Dismissal of Concerns about Involuntary Treatment Laws and Civil Rights Abuses in the Canadian Mental Health System. Abstract: The Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology released a report on the mental health system in