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Originally Posted by Locke

'Far Left Fringe' huh?

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...ers-for-payout

Mayor McCheese is hardly alone and you may call it the 'Far left fringe' but these are elected officials of these districts how then can they not be considered representative?

By this logic, as a citizen of Canada you are represented by the Trudeau Liberals, therefore you must support the carbon tax, so why do you hate Alberta?

Squamish, Victoria, Saanich, North Saanich, Colwood, Highlands, View Royal, Sooke, both the city and district of Powell River, Sechelt, Castlegar, Rossland and Slocan

The west Kootenays, Slocan valley, and metro Victoria. This is BC’s hippy belt.

I will point out again that the NDP here actually lost the election, cling to a tiny coalition majority, and only really oppose Trans Mountain because 3 Green MLAs demand it. They currently poll at 35% popularity. A majority in BC supported TMX when this was coming to a head in the spring.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4624611

There is a also an element here that is reminiscent of the first wave anti-vaxx nonsense that surrounded Andrew Wakefield’s supposed clinical trials that were funded by lawyers looking for a class action suit against big pharma. The Calgary Herald article mentions the following:

The request is part of a campaign by West Coast Environmental Law and started as a motion to Union of British Columbia Municipalities during its annual meeting this year.

The UBCM motion was defeated, but the West Coast Environmental Law campaign carried on by “demanding accountability from fossil fuel companies,” the campaign website reads.

So there is a group of activist lawyers looking to capitalize on the AB/BC divide by fostering further division and ultimately lawsuits. They are actively lobbying BC municipalities to do this.

Here is the campaign page for West Coast Environmental Law:

https://www.wcel.org/campaign-update