That John Horgan a-hole is not typical of what I want from an NDP leader. Jack Layton had to be about the best ever and had he survived we'd most likely still have him in Ottawa steering the ship in much calmer waters.
If he was running the NDP in BC you'd probably see clinics to supply opiod addicts with safe drugs, needles and a nurse standing by to help out. Not to mention that addicts would have easier access to treatment if they finally decide they're sick and tired of being sick and tired all the time. Look at Portugal now after decriminalizing all drugs almost 20 years ago. Nowhere's near the problems they had in their drug war days.
As for taking peoples homes for a few plants and making it easier is just asinine and criminal. They've always been able to do that but you had to get caught with a houseful of plants and evidence of trafficking before they would even attempt it. They would still do it even without a conviction but it was still rare.
As soon as Rachel Notly and her NDP got in here after 44 years of Con rule she immediately replaced the 100 mil the Cons took out of the education budget and upped it 10% to 110 mil. Millions more for the health system to get more doctors, nurses, mental health and hospitals. With oil dropping from $140bbl to 30 the cupboard was suddenly bare so with the low interest rates she went into hock to keep the improvements coming.
Now the Cons are back that a-hole Kenny is already promising to reduce corporate taxes start milti-billion court cases with Ottawa over the carbon tax and more to battle BC for the pipeline. All this plus a balanced budget in 4 years without raising taxes which got the idiots here to vote him in. Without raising taxes the only other way to do this is to chop services like education, health care and other things that mainly hurt the poor. Just like King Ralph did back in the 90s to appease his corporate bum buddies and keep his drunken ass in the driver's seat. I had him in my taxi 3 times back in the late 70s - early 80s. Once when he was still a reporter, once as mayor of Calgary and once as Premier. Each time they had to pour him into the back seat give me directions to his house as he was blotto, The last time his wife gave me $50 and told me to take him to the Magic Stick, (Majestic), hotel where 3 bouncers came out to get him. lol
I'm originally from the Vancouver area and was born there. Been wanting to go back as all my family is near Vansterdam or in Kelowna but it is even more f'ed up there than here plus I'd have to sell the farm and wouldn't have enough to buy back there so would be stuck in some basement suite or crappy shack and wouldn't likely be able to grow. The wife would lose her Alberta disability and in Oct I go on OAS tho that is more than I'm getting now on CPP-D. She was recently diagnosed with liver cancer so moving now is out of the question. I was planning on selling the place, giving her half and heading out on my own but can't leave until this issue is dealt with. Right now it's just a couple tiny tumors on the left lobe of the liver and may not be life threatening which is the best case scenario. My sister in Kelowna is on her second round of chemo for ovarian cancer and it ain't looking good.
Life's a bitch then you die.