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FORSETH – If a service is declared essential, it should be available to all

January 24, 2024 // 1 Comment

WHILE THE WHEELS of transit, in metro-Vancouver, sit idle, BC United leader Kevin Flacon has a solution: “Frankly, these are essential services. People use transit to get [Continue]

FORSETH – Failed cancer clinic promises are a fitting reason for recall campaign

January 4, 2024 // 5 Comments

THIS IS A COMMENTARY I started several days ago; now, with a story airing on CHNL 610 today, it seemed like a good time to continue …. BC Premier David Eby vows in the [Continue]

FORSETH – Announcement of Len Marchand Jr.’s appointment incomplete

December 8, 2023 // 6 Comments

TODAY, PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau appointed the Honourable Leonard Marchand as the new Chief Justice of British Columbia and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Yukon. [Continue]

FORSETH – As Canadians count nickels and dimes, the CBC ponders bonuses

December 6, 2023 // 5 Comments

WHILE WATCHING The National the other night (Dec. 4, 2023) I listened as CBC president Catherine Tait announced the ‘public’ broadcaster will cut up to 10 per cent of [Continue]

FORSETH – As Alberta forecasts a big surplus, B.C. looks at equally big deficit

December 1, 2023 // 3 Comments

RECENT BUDGET UPDATES for the province of Alberta, and B.C., show how much of a difference there is in how finances are managed in each province! In neighbouring Alberta, [Continue]

FORSETH – Why not standardize designs for schools and other govt facilities?

November 18, 2023 // 7 Comments

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU; however, it has always puzzled me that when any provincial facility is built such as schools, hospitals, and offices for government agencies, [Continue]