Opinion

After every election, a new surge of lobbying begins by interest groups and organizations. The B.C. Liberals can expect to be swamped with requests for meetings, ideas for policy changes, demands for new programs and appeals for insider information.

A birthday is another milestone on the road to oblivion. At an age where reality bleeds into dream and dream into reality, the anniversary of one’s birth can be less a time of celebration and more a time of summing up.

When an eight-storey building collapsed in Bangladesh in April killing more than 1,100 garment workers, the rescue response was agonizingly slow.

‘Incredible,” she said. “It’s evening, we’re eating outside, and there are no mosquitoes. We’d never be able to do this down east.” “It’s Victoria’s secret,” I told her. “If the rest of the country knew how few mosquitoes we had, we’d be overrun.

On a quiet afternoon in the legislature with scarcely any attention, Finance Minister Mike de Jong attempted to explain the most jarring political contradiction in B.C. (next to the “New” in “New Democratic Party”). The B.C.

Canada’s submarines are effective at deep-sixing taxpayer dollars. Bought second-hand from the British in 1998, the four Victoria-class vessels have suffered serious accidents and expensive mechanical problems.

In my childhood, it was always a delight to hear stories from Indian mythology. Usually it was my mother, or an aunt, or grandmother, or some elder person in our midst who told the stories.

Wednesdays are fast becoming my favourite day of the week, I enjoy everything about them except for the insomnia that takes over in the wee hours of the morning because 10,000 butterflies stir in my stomach before I do. Seriously, wide awake at 5AM.

Money laundering is an enormous burden to countries around the world. It jeopardizes poverty alleviation and political stability.

The American diplomat did not want to meet in his embassy, then located directly across the street from Canada’s Parliament.