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Topper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:25 pm Today's announcement was granting the Eskay Creek mine permit.

Eskay operated as an underground mine, one of Canada's richest. Ore was direct shipped without concentration to smelters in the Orient.

Today the government patted themselves on the back for granting a permit for the mine to reopen as an open pit operation. No big deal.

Government also trumpeted the cooperation of the Tahltan Band.

The Band held a vote about a month ago on whether they would support the mine. A few days before the vote, Skeena Resources announced an up front cash payment of $40 million to the Band. Roughly $10 thousand for each Band member.

Surrey level extortion.

I cringe at what they might eventually get when there is a new pipeline to the coast.

Why does Government believe they need to build social housing and low income housing? Is it not Governments role to set a regulatory framework and then get out of the way? Their role should be to providing stimulus (tax incentives) or penalties (tax penalties) to steer things in the manor they choose, but not to Nationalize or compete in the industry.

Every time I see a Government news release trumpeting a new social housing development they are building I think of Jamaica in the 1970's. Governments built large social housing projects, filled them with their supporters, essentially stuffing the ballot box for that neighbourhood, and then making alliances with local gangs to maintain order and loyalty.

In time, those gangs became international drug gangs, initially trafficking weed then moving to transshipping cocaine and heroin and instead of beeing tool of the local politicians, the politicians became the gangs puppets.

Are we seeing similar in Canada? Who runs Richmond? Who runs Surrey? Who controls North Vancouver?

Why are communities of less than 5,000 people and 8 problematic addicts community 80% of the property crime getting 50 bed drug treatment housing and 300 unit low income facilities? These communities then need more government employee unionized medical staff and social workers to go along with those on government supports.

ahhhh cynical conspiracy theories

Burnaby dissident Iranian who has, for many years, been critical of the Iranian regime and warned of IRGC co-ordination with local drug gangs to intimidate the community went missing a few days ago...

Coal

https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/loc ... r-11810306

And need is that the new ministerial staking regime, after one year, claims staked is down nearly 30% and surface area 60%.

The much heralded 90-120 day timeline for Aboriginal consultation is averaging 127 days.

The process of a failure.

Topper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:55 am Why are communities of less than 5,000 people and 8 problematic addicts community 80% of the property crime getting 50 bed drug treatment housing and 300 unit low income facilities? These communities then need more government employee unionized medical staff and social workers to go along with those on government supports.

ahhhh cynical conspiracy theories

Conspiracy....imo not so much.

Outside of Social Housing or Treatment Locales in Vancouver we have been constructing future Ghettos for years with all the mid level condo spaces jammed into tight locations.

The shitty construction, lax permitting/processes of inspection and graft have created 3 dressed up as 9 buildings which will fall apart and lose value rapidly.......you can already see it happening in some of the leaky condo build ups from the '90's.

I don't have an answer but it is what it is...

...reality bites.

I've been noticing that the old urban motels the Province purchased for homeless crack shacks are now so dilapidated they are dropping under the excavator bucket.

All those wood frame 3 story apartment complexes built throughout the Vancouver (Marpole, parts of Kits, Strathcona, Metrown, New West) area in the 50's - 70's, I believe were largely funded buy tax incentives for Dr.s and lawyers

2Fingers wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:30 am So it seems there are 6 candidates for the BC Conservatives.

Who do think has what it takes to manage the party and win the election?

Donny an I have been loosely discussing this privately.

It is a purity test between the traditional BC Conservatives and the old BC Liberal/BC United big tent centre rights that held both Federal Liberal and Conservative members. A bit of an unwieldy coalition that claimed its first victim with John Rustad.

I watched last nights debate between four of the six candidates. Two were no shows. The most interesting of the no shows was Caroline Elliot. A career backroom player for BC Liberal/BC United. She is Kevin Falcon"s sister-in law. She has parachuted in Doug Ford's campaign team to manage her and it is run by part time CTV Conservative pundent Kory Teneycke. A class A scumball.

Initially Caroline accepted the invitation to the debate and her campaign immediately bought all seats to the debate venue so the audience would only be her supporter. Juno News, the debate host, caught the trick, and moved to a much larger venue. Caroline then dropped out of participating in the forum.

Peter Millobar, the other no show, a long time MLA for the BC Liberals/BC United, was the other no show. He said from the very beginning that he had a pre-booked conflict for the day debate.

The four who did show up.
- Hamm, Cranbrook businessman, nice guy, never held any form of office, no political experience and can't sting a short sentence together when speaking publicly. Give him a C for trying.

- Fulmer, Chancellor of Cap College has already agreed not to run a full slate of candidates and has a side deal with Dallas Brodie's One BC party. Likely the most right wing of the four.

- Black, very well spoken, sitting MLA,

- Findlay, ex Harper era Surrey MP and cabinet member. Lawyer, KC, taken cases for and against First Nations to the Supreme Court and won. Likely the most experienced of the bunch. Throughout the evening she played on her experience.

All candidates agreed on everything, no debate about any of it. They all hate Caroline Elliot only slightly less than they hate Eby. All BC Conservatives with no real ties to the old BC Liberal/BC United Party. They could have held this around a campfire roasting marshmallows it was so friendly. All want to be BC's Danielle Smith, No DRIPA (though all are smart enough to know some other framework needs to be there for reconciliation), No SOGI, Yes pipelines, yes log it, yes mine it, yes ship it. Yes to slimming the civil service.

Interestingly Eby came out in support of Elliot backing out of the debate and labelled the host Juno News as "White Supremacist". Well, they are a spinout of Rebel News...Elliot has also received support from ex Alberta Premier Jason Kenny Her strong out of Province ties were mentioned often by all.

After the debate, Black and Findlay looked the sharpest of the four.

Haven't seen the debate, but from your brief summation of the 4 who showed, I think Findlay may be what this province needs right now in light of the current Indigenous land claims.

I think, in this province, so long as Conservatives include "slimming the civil service" in their platforms then they are doomed to fail. Too many people with their hands out who hate the cost of living but don't realize that so much of it is driven by their socialistic choice at the polls.

It would be more advisable to sell it as maintaining current services and creating opportunities for improving efficiency. Don't say anything about trimming the fat.....then, if you get elected, treat it like a brisket - trim the useless fat, maintain services, and improve efficiency which replaces public sector jobs with private sector jobs. Fire bureaucrats and hire service providers. When the election rolls around and the left point to the undeclared cuts, counter with evidence of improvements, more jobs, and lower costs.

Topper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 12:56 pm Fulmer, Chancellor of Cap College has already agreed not to run a full slate of candidates and has a side deal with Dallas Brodie's One BC party. Likely the most right wing of the four.

What's your take on this guy Tops? I've only just received some of his "marketing" this week, primarily about "uniting the right".....he doesn't strike me as an idiot, and certainly sounds like he's as capitalistic as they come in this province.

Mëds wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 1:46 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 12:56 pm Fulmer, Chancellor of Cap College has already agreed not to run a full slate of candidates and has a side deal with Dallas Brodie's One BC party. Likely the most right wing of the four.

What's your take on this guy Tops? I've only just received some of his "marketing" this week, primarily about "uniting the right".....he doesn't strike me as an idiot, and certainly sounds like he's as capitalistic as they come in this province.

They are all smart folks, Hamm (helicopter pilot, aircraft maintenance engineer, businessman) is the only one who may lack extensive University learning. Hamm is a deer in headlights against these political machines.

I think the big knock on Yuri is he's already conceding 5 seats to the extreme right of the Party (OneBC) and may be alienating the more centre right/left.

End of the day, whoever wins will need to accommodate the old BC Liberal/BC United folks who joined the BC Conservatives in disgust of Falcon's soccer team rebranding while keeping the further right from holding their noses and joining with Dallas Brodie's right wing populism.

The consensus on civil service cuts was back to 2019 levels (mid Horgan years) and possibly back to 2017 (Christie/Horgan transfer) levels.

The Federal Liberal/Conservative coalition in BC politics goes back to the early 1950's WAC Bennett Social Credit that re coalesced under the BC Liberal moniker.

Thanks Tops, I missed the debate last night. I want a leader who is more concerned about the economy, not necessarily about tax cuts but we can’t run a huge deficit year after year.

Government needs to be slimmed and down and agree with the take that it’s a hard sell while running. I want a more economic friendly version with engagement with the indigenous. SOGI, as having a family member who belongs to the group I want to see a fair approach and not see a extremely one way approach, but honestly this is really a minor issue in society compared to all the other stuff going on.

I want to see a fair method of extracting resources that brings in the $$$ to fund all the promises. There is no other way except tax increases if we all want to keep our social services at the level they are now. I have given up ever making the hard choices that is needed to cut the crap going on.

Everyone wants more money for teachers, senior homes, specialists and the list goes on.

I do know that it is time for the NDP to be gone.

you can find it on youtube, search for Juno News

remember there is a difference between running for Party leadership and running in a Provincial election. One is played to the Party, the other to the broader electorate.