BC Lags Behind Other Provinces in Life Satisfaction

[FlamesAddiction]

The BC United party is saying that they are going to eliminate PST on new builds and have a rent-to-own system for condos. They will make it so developers have to set aside 15% of the units for rent-to-own with 100% of the rent going into the purchase.

It's about time something like this is being proposed in BC.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

The BC United party is saying that they are going to eliminate PST on new builds and have a rent-to-own system for condos. They will make it so developers have to set aside 15% of the units for rent-to-own with 100% of the rent going into the purchase.



It's about time something like this is being proposed in BC.

This does nothing to increase affordability when municipalities continue to block building multi-family dwellings. The province also doesn't lack for condos right now.

This is the BC United handing out gifts to their developer and real estate buddies again under the guise of public good.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Things are getting heated in Richmond over a proposed safe supply site:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-site-vch/amp/

The progressives telling Chinese Canadians to go back where they came from is an interesting turn

Huh. That was interesting, if not somewhat predictable.

I dont know. Having a safe-consumption site in a Hospital District doesnt seem unreasonable at all, but by the same token its really hard to determine the success rate of these sites.

Its great to give addicts a safe-space and safe drugs as they 'transition to getting clean' as that one guy alludes to, but...what percentage of addicts is that? How successful is it?

Any which way you slice it, it will consume time, money and resources but if you want to be compassionate then you should have already made peace with that.

I don't have an answer which I guess is the answer. You cant 'Quantify' it. Its not strictly a numbers game. Its an ethics and morality issue...good luck measuring those.

[activeStick]

Where is the Richmond Hospital precinct? I have a house a few streets down from the hospital so know the area well. It's a residential neighborhood with houses right across the street from the actual hospital at Gilbert and Westminster and a highschool about a 15-minute walk away. Not sure if the Richmond Hospital precinct is planning to go up somewhere new? The hospital is super old and I was always wondering when they'd move it somewhere else with more space to fulfill the needs given how much Richmond has grown. Maybe the residents are complaining because of how close it would be to their homes and Richmond High.

[Locke]

Well if its that close to the High School thats just 2 birds with 1 stone.

[calgarygeologist]

The progressives sure do make life entertaining:

The Province of British Columbia is now instructing its residents not to refer to themselves as “British Columbians” as the term is offensive.

The correct term, according to the guide, is “people living in B.C.”

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ians-offensive

[GirlySports]

they should rename the province then

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The progressives sure do make life entertaining:


https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ians-offensive

God forbid government workers use accurate language.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

they should rename the province then

To what?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by rubecube

God forbid government workers use accurate language.

"People/Persons" might be offensive as well. It is probably better to go with "carbon-based life forms".

[Locke]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

"People/Persons" might be offensive as well. It is probably better to go with "carbon-based life forms".

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

"People/Persons" might be offensive as well. It is probably better to go with "carbon-based life forms".

Only an absolute idiot would think that those two things are comparable analogies.

Again, it's also not entirely about what's offensive/inoffensive. It's about recognizing accurate terminology to describe people who live in B.C., who may not identify as British Columbians due to how they view their relationship with their traditional territories. Due to the fact that most of these territories being unceded in B.C., the courts and the government recognize them as nations within Canada.

Conservatives sure do get pissy about the dumbest ####.

EDIT: Also, how does this affect your life in any way? Are you a government worker in B.C.?

[Fuzz]

When you dine on a steady diet of Tristin Hopper content, this is about the level of dialogue you can expect.

[fotze2]

Calgarygeologist is a POS

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

When you dine on a steady diet of Tristin Hopper content, this is about the level of dialogue you can expect.

I have no idea who this clown is, but how does anyone read chud-brained #### like this and think "Wow, he has some really good points."

Awkwardly, the memo on “British Columbians” now being an offensive term has not yet made its way to the provincial government itself.

The official website of the ruling BC NDP contains nearly 900 usages of the term “British Columbians,” including many press statements issued in just the last few weeks.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The progressives sure do make life entertaining:


https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ians-offensive

I've taken the provincial Indigenous training courses and this theme has been around for a while as it pertains to using the term "Canadians". Some Indigenous People don't consider themselves Canadians, some do, and some consider themselves both. There is no hard and fast rule and it varies from person to person. As such, we are trained to avoid calling them Canadians unless we know that is how they identify. It looks like it is being extended to the term "British Columbian" now.

I am surprised that the government is now referencing immigrants and refugees who do not want to be called "British Columbians". I get it from an Indigenous perspective because they were here first before those terms even existed, but it doesn't feel the same for people who come here after. I am not sure why, but it feels different.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I have no idea who this clown is, but how does anyone read chud-brained #### like this and think "Wow, he has some really good points."

Well, see, he gets his leads for stories from places like True North, as pointed out in the article. And if that's the kind of place a "journalist" finds stories, well...

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I am surprised that the government is now referencing immigrants and refugees who do not want to be called "British Columbians" now. I get it from an Indigenous perspective because they were here first before those terms even existed, but it doesn't feel the same for people who come here after. I am not sure why, but it feels different.

Yeah, that stood out to me as well, but at the end of the day, I can't imagine why this would bother anyone other than government employees who might be tasked with re-writing official documents.

[powderjunkie]

I actually like this idea...I kinda abhor the idea of being referred to as an Albertan *shudder*. I'm just a mostly sensible person living in Alberta.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I actually like this idea...I kinda abhor the idea of being referred to as an Albertan *shudder*. I'm just a mostly sensible person living in Alberta.

Naw, in Alberta we are working our way back to B.C., but for us it's the time period.