Mayor Ken Sim is in trouble! The only question is how much trouble. On December 6, 2023, the mayor announced his intention to abolish Vancouver’s Park Board. Established in 1888 through the Vancouver Charter to oversee Stanley Park, the Park Board now has responsibility for all of our parks, community centres, pools, ice rinks, street…
Author: timlouislaw
Facts Don’t Matter when Poilievre Panders to His Base
The ’soundbite machine’ is at it yet again. On November 21, 2023, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre ordered his Conservative Members of Parliament to vote against a bill modernizing the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. Why? Because the Agreement endorses cooperation between both countries to “promote carbon pricing and measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks,” Never…