McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – New female politicians breaking the business-as-usual mould

June 2, 2019 // 3 Comments

IN RESEARCHING my previous column on abortion http://tinyurl.com/yy77xdmn, I couldn’t help but feel some important pieces to the puzzle were again being ignored. Not the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The Foreigner in our land

May 19, 2019 // 7 Comments

“IF A WOMAN HAS (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – All-talk, no-action complainers always pointing fingers

May 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

LET’S TALK ABOUT WHY really rich people paying for the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral might be the best plan going. And while we’re doing that, let’s [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Small-town secrets from of the Republic of Northern Island

April 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Republic Of Northern Island– Small towns can have many secrets but this small town, my newly adopted one of Port McNeill, has one of the best-kept secrets going. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – What’s the real reason behind demands to stop foreign aid?

March 31, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT’S LIKELY YOU’VE SEEN these on your social media news feeds. I’m referring to posts that urgently demand we stop giving money in support of foreign aid and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Electorate is actually more united than it is divided

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

MANUFACTURING VOTER UNEASE and suspicions as a means of achieving party ambitions has become the divisive tool of choice for many a politician. And polarizing public opinion [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking

March 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The question inevitably arises, ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’

February 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

“WHO’S GOING to pay for it?” It’s the battle cry of many when it comes to ideas that would improve society and if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Former Kamloopsian adjusts to retirement in a small town

January 25, 2019 // 3 Comments

By BILL McQUARRIE Notes from the Rainforest PORT McNEILL – It’s been awhile since we last chatted. Something like four months since I dashed out of town on what [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Economic Development – Are you a wind vane or the wind?

September 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

FOR THE PAST DECADE, the City’s approach to economic development seemed focussed on the Ajax mine. There was talk of economic diversification, usually about high-tech but [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Politics can be a cold, hard, cruel world

September 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

IN LAST WEEK’S COLUMN, Councillor Sinclair took me to task for not mentioning what a great job she was doing responding to emails and phone calls. Previous to that, she [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Getting the cold shoulder from City Hall

September 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

LOOKING BACK at past columns and thinking about trends in the comments, messages and emails, I’ve noticed how a number of them seem to come down to issues of accountability [Continue]

McQUARRIE – More discussion about City Hall and the performing arts centre

September 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

A FEW WEEKS AG0, I asked readers to let me know what was on their minds regarding the upcoming City Election. What were the questions needing answers? We know from past [Continue]

McQUARRIE – ‘I’ll say anything needed to get re-elected’

August 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

ALMOST EVERY WEEK I read a comment or have someone tell me how disappointed he or she is with a particular councillor or two. And by way of explanation they say something [Continue]