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FORSETH – British Columbians want the Trans Mountain pipeline project built

June 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

“We appreciate the federal government’s second approval of this existing project. This approval is an important milestone for Alberta, and for Canada. The decision was [Continue]

FORSETH – Use of term ‘genocide’ detracts from causes of the violence

June 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

CBC NEWS … After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls [Continue]

FORSETH – Pig-headed B.C. government refuses to quit on pipeline

May 25, 2019 // 7 Comments

“BRITISH COLUMBIA’S highest court has spoken, unanimously, and the time for obstruction of the TMX pipeline is now over. I look forward to working with B.C. and the [Continue]

FORSETH – The Armchair Mayor asked what a tax grab is – here’s the answer

April 14, 2019 // 4 Comments

WHAT IS A TAX GRAB, the Armchair Mayor asked, in an editorial, where he also commented that ‘TAX GRAB’ is such a nasty term. I’ll now present an edited version of his [Continue]

FORSETH – It’s too soon to start another federal party, even for Wilson-Raybould

April 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

I MET MARTYN BROWN shortly after the dying days of British Columbia’s Social Credit Party, following the 1991 provincial election. He was working with Jack Weisgerber, and [Continue]

FORSETH – Telling those addicted to drugs ‘we love you’ isn’t cutting it

March 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

ON THURSDAY (March 21) the BC Coroners Service released updated statistics on deaths among homeless individuals, in British Columbia, to the end of December 2016. Those who [Continue]

FORSETH – 20 minutes a day could make a big difference in seniors’ homes

March 8, 2019 // 2 Comments

LAST FRIDAY, March 1, the B.C. Ministry of Health announced that seniors in the interior of B.C. would be benefiting from a nearly $5.3-million investment for 2018-19 to [Continue]

FORSETH – We need political will to deal with clear evidence on drug deaths

February 11, 2019 // 3 Comments

HOW MANY TIMES is this government going to frustrate the people of B.C. with their pious and pompous wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the thousand of British [Continue]

FORSETH – Justice is much more than police, the courts and prisons

February 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

DO YOU AGREE, or disagree, with the following statement? An effective justice system is one that actively supports the ability of families, communities and businesses to [Continue]

FORSETH – A look at the proposed 3.38 percent hike for Kamloops taxpayers

January 15, 2019 // 6 Comments

NOT THAT MANY days ago, Kris Sims, the B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stated that, “… people should brace for big tax hikes on a number of fronts [Continue]

FORSETH – How many times does govt have to announce something?

January 5, 2019 // 7 Comments

BC NDP government hoping to score 3 times the brownie points with re-announcement, of a previous announcement, that in itself was a re-announcement OKAY, MAYBE YOU LOST ME [Continue]

FORSETH – Just one issue in free, and not so free, interprovincial trade

December 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

IN DECEMBER 2014, federal, provincial and territorial governments began negotiations to strengthen and modernize the Agreement on Internal Trade – which last year (July 1, [Continue]

FORSETH – News media must remain free from political interference

November 26, 2018 // 9 Comments

LAST WEEK I received two emails, and coincidentally they were both on the same topic…. the News Media. The first was from Leah who said to me … PLEASE DO A BLOG ON [Continue]

FORSETH – In politics, as in life, no defeat is ever permanent

October 23, 2018 // 3 Comments

SATURDAY BROUGHT interesting results, from all around the province, as polls closed at 8 p.m. on municipal and school board elections. For starters, Saturday’s civic [Continue]