Opinion

Well another week down - this has been another trying one! Sorry for the lateness of last week's update - it has been a busy week.

I want to assure everyone in the community-living sector that our government is fully committed to improving supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

Imagine a person of my advanced generation taking a child by the hand to a promontory, waving at the prospect before them and declaring stentoriously: “One day all this will be yours.” Now imagine the child’s reply.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is painted into a corner on Senate reform.

The provincial budget is disappointing for those of us who believe it’s both pragmatic and morally right to help British Columbians when they need it.

If criticism for not doing things can be inferred as commitment those things should be done, the New Democrats are writing a long, expensive to-do list, if they win the May election.

I’d like a robot. I’d like a robot to prune my trees, mow the lawn, water, pull ivy, hack blackberry, trim the hedges, plant and nurture a vegetable garden, and leave a bucket of fresh herbs and produce by the door every morning.

The application form for the Times Colonist Health Challenge asked WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS? And I answered: Get healthy, kick ass, and inspire others to do the same. Well this week, I had to re-read that statement.

The creative arts are perhaps the strongest means of communication – building bridges that transcend language or speech; causing us to think, inspiring us with beauty, or touching our hearts with love.

In January, six of British Columbia’s universities reported the province is facing a shortage of skilled workers. The Research Universities’ Council of B.C. has declared that by 2016, the number of B.C.