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Prime minister no-show for his own partyABC protestors take to the streets and fields of MetchosinKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff
A field full of sheep graze around a giant ABC, spelled out in their pasture in hopes that Stephen Harper might see it from the air.
But the sheep don’t seem to mind as the sound of guitars and voices singing carry over their domain.
While this Metchosin field is quiet most days, Saturday was different. A few Metcho-
sin friends got wind that the prime minister was supposed to be appearing at a Conser-vative fundraiser just down the road from those sheep, and thoughts of a peaceful protest began to form.
It all started with the idea of painting the sheep orange and snowballed from there, said organizer Shannon Carman. “We thought we’d gather Metchosin and have a little rally.”
While this was an ABC – anyone but Con-servatives – rally, it did not look to promote one specific political party but wanted to be inclusive, while encouraging Canadians to get out and vote for change on election day, Carman said.
“The idea was to keep it fun and light-
hearted,” she said as she bounced a fussy baby.
“We didn’t want to be angry, we wanted to be taunting.”
The group of protestors included a wide demographic, ranging from raging grannies to those wanting more support for veter-ans, and even a few clowns donning signage demanding more services for children. In total, roughly 150 assembled for the dem-onstration. Unfortunately for the group, the prime minister was not one of them. He wasn’t even on the Island Saturday.
However, among those parading down William Head Road, was none other than Tony Turner, a former Environment Canada scientist who was suspended due to his
viral YouTube protest song called “Harper-man,” a rendition of which he led the crowd in.
“It showed me how it struck a chord with Canadians,” Turner said of his song, which was inspired by the ways he felt the current federal government undermined democ-racy.
Turner announced his resignation last week, hopped on a plane and landed in B.C. to rally protestors over the weekend. “I felt I had to do something,” he said. “I think this is the most important election of my adult life.”
Katherine Engqvist/ News Gazette staff
A group of protestors takes to the streets of Metchosin on Saturday. The non-partisan group included representatives from a diverse range of organizations and voiced their frustration with the Conservative government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Parties each have different formula for economic prosperityCowichan-Malahat-Langford candidates talk jobs, the economySarah Simpsonand Don DescoteauBlack Press
Green candidate Fran Hunt-Jin-nouchi takes to heart her party’s platform ideal that a country need not sacrifice environmental values for investments in the country’s economy.
While the economic priorities in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding may differ from one end to the other, the Green Party’s eco-nomic stimulus plan can benefit them all, she said.
“It’s about taking big, bold steps to get people working and meet two needs at once,” she explained. “It’s about working with the infra-structure and the retrofitting of busi-ness, hospitals and schools. It’s an imme-diate way to get peo-ple working and it is also addressing the loss of energy,” she said, referring to the heating inefficiencies of aging buildings.
While some people believe the Greens espouse shutting down the Alberta oil sands and shrink-ing the resource industry, Hunt-Jinnouchi said, the party recog-nizes the importance of those jobs to the national economy. At the same time, the Greens hope to see Canada reduce its dependency on fossil fuels, stop exporting dirty coal and focus more on renewable technologies as a way to create new and replacement jobs.
“The overarching theme is to diversify,” the Langford resident said. “It’s become abundantly clear that our B.C. premier and our prime minister have a singular focus, and that is oil and gas.”
She suggested that more atten-tion be paid to small business in B.C. and federally, which contrib-utes more by percentage to the country’s gross domestic product.
“It’s really a matter of shifting pri-orities,” she said.
For candidate Alistair Mac-Gregor and the NDP, the environ-ment and economy are also intertwined.
“I think for the last 10 years that we’ve been told that we can have either the economy or the environment,” he said. “I don’t believe in that false choice. I think the real eco-nomic opportunity lies in the environ-mental sustainabil-ity future.”
The NDP recently laid out its fiscal plan and living within its means is the plan. “We want to break the deficit spending cycle we’ve seen in recent years under the current government and diversify our economy a little bit more,” he said,
noting having all the country’s eggs in the oil industry basket isn’t the best way to go.
An affordable $15 a day child care plan is also one of the party’s two major policy planks.
“It’s not only a good social policy, it’s good econom-ics, because cur-rently the work-life conflict that’s expe-
rienced by employees with pre-school children costs the Cana-dian business community about $4 billion a year.”
MacGregor said the NDP also wants to raise the federal mini-mum wage to $15 an hour in the hopes of inspiring provinces to do the same. “That will not only raise people out of poverty, but allow them to spend that extra money on the local economy; it will reduce the need for govern-ment services as well.”
The NDP doesn’t plan to touch personal income tax rates, instead it looks to help small businesspeo-ple by reducing their taxes from 11 to 9 per cent. The corporate tax rate, however, would rise from 15 to 17 per cent. “The 17-per-cent
rate will still be below the overall average that existed under the 10 years of the Harper government.”
The Conservatives don’t speak much of the environ-ment when it comes to economy, but can-didate Martin Barker said his party’s fiscal strides have kept Canada strong dur-ing Harper’s run in office.
“The Conserva-tive government has been a strong man-ager of the Canadian economy. In 2008 the world experienced the worst recession since the ‘30s. We
have focused on keeping taxes low for individuals and competi-tive for business,” he said.
“With our sound management, the economy has generated 1.3 mil-lion jobs,” he added, noting that the Con-servatives have already committed to creating another 1.3 million jobs by 2020.
“Despite global economic uncer-tainty, the Conserva-tives have balanced the budget one year ahead of schedule and are currently running a $5.2-billion surplus in the current fiscal year.”
Barker cited relief for families and seniors, as well, with income splitting, universal child care ben-efits, doubling of child-activity and child-care tax deductions, and specialized tax breaks for seniors among the Conservatives’ latest efforts.
Transfers to health care are now at record highs, investment in First Nations is up 33 per cent this year and the budget for veter-ans is up 13 per cent, Barker said. “A balanced budget ensures that all these measures and successes will continue.”
He noted his party is also the only one to promise no new taxes, and said the GST has been cut from seven per cent to five, “a move which reduced the cost of
literally everything.”All the other parties are prom-
ising increased taxes and signifi-cantly higher spending, Barker said.
“Mr. Trudeau criti-cized deficit spend-ing when it was necessary, and is now planning defi-cit spending when it is not needed. Mr. Mulcair is claiming he will run balanced budgets despite bil-lions of dollars of new spending prom-ises. The NDP need to be clear on how they will pay for these promises.”
Liberal Party candidate Luke Krayenhoff said Cowichan-Mala-hat-Langford is a “riding in transi-tion.” He referred to the shifting
of emphasis on the forest industry and its related resource-based businesses and into other areas, such as high tech-nology.
“If you look at the glory days of for-estry, there were 5,500 IWA jobs. Now we’re down to about 500 and we’re exporting raw logs out of Crofton every month,” he said. “We
need to figure out what’s best for the forest industry, but it’s clear this is a riding in transition. We can’t rely on the forest industry to carry us any longer.”
He called high-tech the biggest area of new job growth. “We’ve got a huge high-tech community on the South Island to draw from.” Can-ada’s tax regime, with respect to tech firms, has allowed companies to experiment with new technologies, he said, and as such grow their businesses.
One of the major planks in the
Liberals’ platform for creating sus-tainable job growth is to invest heavily in infrastructure projects, he said. In August, leader Justin
Trudeau commit-ted to nearly dou-bling infrastruc-ture spending over the next decade to almost $125 billion.
K r a y e n h o f f doesn’t see govern-ment dictating what kind of industries will lead the way in an area, rather he sees it as providing the supports, such as a good tax sys-tem, to unleash the private sector.
“In the depths of the recession, people were despairing that the economy will never come back. But people will always be innova-tive, and as long as there’s infra-structure in place to allow people with new ideas and new technolo-gies to move forward with con-fidence,” he said, Canada’s econ-omy will never be down for long.
For Alastair Haythornthwaite, Marxist-Leninist candidate, the fundamental question for the Canadian economy is “Who decides?”
“The Marxist-Leninist Party and I believe (that) workers must decide and run the economy in their interests, the interests of the overwhelming majority of Canadi-ans,” he said. “I will uphold pub-lic right over monopoly right with
decisions about the economy made in Canada, not in the boardrooms of Wall Street.”
Haythornthwaite said domestic manu-facturing is his par-ty’s priority. “Our resources must be processed in Canada into products to fill our domestic needs. Public assets will no longer be sold to ‘friends’ at fire sale prices, but instead, public assets will be
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Instrumental in getting Turner to the Island was Crystal Sawyer. She orga-nized Victoria’s Harperman sing-along on Sept. 17, which saw roughly 350 show up for the event. She heard about last weekend’s Conservative fundraiser about three days before the event and instead of pursuing her own rally, joined forces with Carman for one big demonstration.
“And here we are,” she said with a smile. That smile van-ished as she added, “In my
lifetime I have never seen one issue unite so many Canadi-ans. I’m downright embar-rassed and shocked by the direction our government has taken.”
Sawyer wants her son to grow up in a country he could be proud of. “It feels like this country is at a crossroads in its history and it could go very well or very bad.”
She urged Canadians to get out and vote on election day Oct. 19. “The most impor-tant thing is that we vote together,” she said. [email protected]
Public have their say in ColwoodMajority of speakers against proposed developmentArnold LimNews Gazette staff
One by one, more than a dozen Colwood residents walked up to the microphone and said their piece.
Approximately 60 people were at Colwood Pentecostal Church last week for a public hearing on a proposed development that would introduce nine single-family homes and two apartment complexes onto properties at 3320 Metchosin Rd. and 3319 Painter Rd., the former site of the Pilgrim United Church. The church’s atmosphere was anything but dull.
“The scale of the development is mismatched with the scale of the existing community,” 11-year Col-wood resident Ken Gray said. “My primary concerns are traffic and parking, (and) I have concerns about the density, because it is quite a leap from single-family housing.”
His views were well represented at the meeting, with those speaking against the development outnum-bering those for by approximately four to one. Some vocal residents chimed in by asking for clarity on Colwood’s future development plans, while others implored council for less density to curb traffic safety. Still others challenged mayor and council to keep the interests of the
closest neighbours in mind before supporting developers who would be “parachuting into the commu-nity” for financial gain.
“I don’t think increasing the density, especially at Painter and Metchosin, is wise given that within the next five years there will be extensive construction at Royal Bay,” Gray said. “Doing that at this time, I would use the word ‘reck-less.’”
While many in attendance agreed, some painted a different picture of the potential of the area. Jeff Ander-son said if the neighbourhood accepted the density, it could open the door to future amenities.
“I live on Farview Road, so I am right there and I think we need to start building and investing,” he said. “If we have more people in the neighbourhood then we will get more services like the bus and things like that.”
With traffic already bad, he added, additional traffic from the proposed development would not be a big fac-tor. The addition of a sidewalk in the area, and the raised pathway through the development, could actually help increase safety for children in the area, said Anderson, whose three children walk to Sang-ster elementary across Metchosin Road.
“(The developers) put a lot of effort into listening to us – they came around door to door and tele-phoned – they have been engaged,” he said. “The real letdown is there
isn’t enough people here tonight who don’t mind the development … it’s easier to not come and sup-port something that is good for the neighbourhood.”
Colwood Coun. Gordie Logan, who has a child attending Dunsmuir middle school nearby on Painter Road, said council and the City have done their due diligence by asking developers for amendments, gain-ing concessions, including lowering the number of driveways from 10 to seven, moving the pathway through the property away from the parking lot, and raising it to make it safer for pedestrians.
Despite the controversial nature of the dialogue, Logan said he was heartened to see the large turnout and the enthusiasm of residents, calling it a demonstration of love for community.
“I think the residents who are in the neighbourhood have been there for a long time and are facing the reality there is going to be some change in their neighbourhood. And with change comes some additional pressures, like traffic,” he said. “But with change comes the opportunity to improve the situation. We real-ize this is a change, but we are also looking at what the community will look like 10, 15, 20 years down the road. We are not looking short term, we are looking long term.”
The proposal must still pass third reading at council, which is sched-ule for Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Tony Turner, former Environment Canada scientist, leads a group of protestors through the streets of Metchosin on Saturday, singing his viral Youtube protest song.
Instrumental in getting Turner to the Island was Crystal Sawyer. She orga-nized Victoria’s Harperman sing-along on Sept. 17, which saw roughly 350 show up for the event. She heard about last weekend’s Conservative fundraiser about three days before the event and instead of pursuing her own rally, joined forces with Carman for one big demonstration.
“And here we are,” she said with a smile. That smile van-ished as she added, “In my
lifetime I have never seen one issue unite so many Canadi-ans. I’m downright embar-rassed and shocked by the direction our government has taken.”
Sawyer wants her son to grow up in a country he could be proud of. “It feels like this country is at a crossroads in its history and it could go very well or very bad.”
She urged Canadians to get out and vote on election day Oct. 19. “The most impor-tant thing is that we vote together,” she said. [email protected]
Public have their say in ColwoodMajority of speakers against proposed developmentArnold LimNews Gazette staff
One by one, more than a dozen Colwood residents walked up to the microphone and said their piece.
Approximately 60 people were at Colwood Pentecostal Church last week for a public hearing on a proposed development that would introduce nine single-family homes and two apartment complexes onto properties at 3320 Metchosin Rd. and 3319 Painter Rd., the former site of the Pilgrim United Church. The church’s atmosphere was anything but dull.
“The scale of the development is mismatched with the scale of the existing community,” 11-year Col-wood resident Ken Gray said. “My primary concerns are traffic and parking, (and) I have concerns about the density, because it is quite a leap from single-family housing.”
His views were well represented at the meeting, with those speaking against the development outnum-bering those for by approximately four to one. Some vocal residents chimed in by asking for clarity on Colwood’s future development plans, while others implored council for less density to curb traffic safety. Still others challenged mayor and council to keep the interests of the
closest neighbours in mind before supporting developers who would be “parachuting into the commu-nity” for financial gain.
“I don’t think increasing the density, especially at Painter and Metchosin, is wise given that within the next five years there will be extensive construction at Royal Bay,” Gray said. “Doing that at this time, I would use the word ‘reck-less.’”
While many in attendance agreed, some painted a different picture of the potential of the area. Jeff Ander-son said if the neighbourhood accepted the density, it could open the door to future amenities.
“I live on Farview Road, so I am right there and I think we need to start building and investing,” he said. “If we have more people in the neighbourhood then we will get more services like the bus and things like that.”
With traffic already bad, he added, additional traffic from the proposed development would not be a big fac-tor. The addition of a sidewalk in the area, and the raised pathway through the development, could actually help increase safety for children in the area, said Anderson, whose three children walk to Sang-ster elementary across Metchosin Road.
“(The developers) put a lot of effort into listening to us – they came around door to door and tele-phoned – they have been engaged,” he said. “The real letdown is there
isn’t enough people here tonight who don’t mind the development … it’s easier to not come and sup-port something that is good for the neighbourhood.”
Colwood Coun. Gordie Logan, who has a child attending Dunsmuir middle school nearby on Painter Road, said council and the City have done their due diligence by asking developers for amendments, gain-ing concessions, including lowering the number of driveways from 10 to seven, moving the pathway through the property away from the parking lot, and raising it to make it safer for pedestrians.
Despite the controversial nature of the dialogue, Logan said he was heartened to see the large turnout and the enthusiasm of residents, calling it a demonstration of love for community.
“I think the residents who are in the neighbourhood have been there for a long time and are facing the reality there is going to be some change in their neighbourhood. And with change comes some additional pressures, like traffic,” he said. “But with change comes the opportunity to improve the situation. We real-ize this is a change, but we are also looking at what the community will look like 10, 15, 20 years down the road. We are not looking short term, we are looking long term.”
The proposal must still pass third reading at council, which is sched-ule for Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Tony Turner, former Environment Canada scientist, leads a group of protestors through the streets of Metchosin on Saturday, singing his viral Youtube protest song.
Identity theft could be motive for break insKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff
While Canada Post is busy transitioning neighbourhoods to community mailboxes, the West Shore RCMP has been preoccupied investigating a string break-ins and thefts from existing multi-unit mailboxes in Langford and Highlands.
Between the end of August and late September, seven incidents of community mailboxes being broken into and the contents stolen.
According to West Shore RCMP, the mailboxes were forced open in overnight break-ins. Police are investigating the possibility that the incidents are related due to their proximity to each other.
While stolen mail is a serious issue, detachment spokesperson Const. Alex Berube said police are also looking into possible identity theft. “There’s always a risk,” he said.
Berube said identity theft techniques often include “dumpster diving” and mail theft. The goal of these acts is to obtain key pieces of personal information about a potential victim, found on such items as bank or credit card statements.
RCMP are encouraging residents to pick up their mail daily and not leave anything inside the boxes overnight.
Anita Brunckhurst’s mother was a victim of one of these break-ins. Brunckhurst picks up her mother’s mail from the community mailbox near Humpback and Irwin roads in Langford. It was broken into at the end of August and it took Canada Post about a month to replace the box, she said.
“The whole front swung open like a door, you could see everything,” she said, noting it looked like the box had been pried open with a crowbar.
Brunckhurst said identity theft was their biggest concern.
“I still wonder if mail is missing,” she said, adding they had no way of knowing what might have been taken.
She said Canada Post told her they had held her mother’s mail from the time the break-in was reported, but when she went to pick it up, there only
seemed to be about a day’s worth. “Mom usually receives a lot more mail than that,” Brunckhurst said.
She was also disappointed with the new box, which was installed at the same location even though residents wanted it moved to a safer area.
“The metal doesn’t feel as thick,” she said, adding that it also featured larger compartments for packages, making it more appealing to thieves. “I check frequently now just to make sure the box is empty.” She said she never knows when the mail will be dropped off as the times often fluctuate.
One of her other concerns was how hard it was to track down someone at Canada Post to notify them. “I checked a number of phone books and I was surprised.” Brunckhurst said she thought the number would have been included with other government services, but couldn’t find it anywhere. “It is alarming; we have a lot more community boxes going in.”
“The cutbacks are really harming basic service,” she said, but she didn’t blame local employees. “I believe the post office employees are trying
really hard … I don’t think they can spread themselves as thin as expected.”
Anick Losier, a spokesperson for Canada Post, said in an emailed statement that criminals are determined regardless of the target and Canada Post is
committed to doing everything possible to support police in their efforts to catch those individuals.
Losier couldn’t go into specifics on what actions Canada Post was taking to deter and stop property crimes due to the fact that exposing
them would aid those committing the crimes. But promised efforts include everything from equipment to monitoring.
Berube said RCMP are “working closely with Canada Post investigators.”
Several community mailboxes like this one just off of Sooke Road in Langford on the corner of Asworth Road and Yorkshire Place have been broken into.
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Identity theft could be motive for break insKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff
While Canada Post is busy transitioning neighbourhoods to community mailboxes, the West Shore RCMP has been preoccupied investigating a string break-ins and thefts from existing multi-unit mailboxes in Langford and Highlands.
Between the end of August and late September, seven incidents of community mailboxes being broken into and the contents stolen.
According to West Shore RCMP, the mailboxes were forced open in overnight break-ins. Police are investigating the possibility that the incidents are related due to their proximity to each other.
While stolen mail is a serious issue, detachment spokesperson Const. Alex Berube said police are also looking into possible identity theft. “There’s always a risk,” he said.
Berube said identity theft techniques often include “dumpster diving” and mail theft. The goal of these acts is to obtain key pieces of personal information about a potential victim, found on such items as bank or credit card statements.
RCMP are encouraging residents to pick up their mail daily and not leave anything inside the boxes overnight.
Anita Brunckhurst’s mother was a victim of one of these break-ins. Brunckhurst picks up her mother’s mail from the community mailbox near Humpback and Irwin roads in Langford. It was broken into at the end of August and it took Canada Post about a month to replace the box, she said.
“The whole front swung open like a door, you could see everything,” she said, noting it looked like the box had been pried open with a crowbar.
Brunckhurst said identity theft was their biggest concern.
“I still wonder if mail is missing,” she said, adding they had no way of knowing what might have been taken.
She said Canada Post told her they had held her mother’s mail from the time the break-in was reported, but when she went to pick it up, there only
seemed to be about a day’s worth. “Mom usually receives a lot more mail than that,” Brunckhurst said.
She was also disappointed with the new box, which was installed at the same location even though residents wanted it moved to a safer area.
“The metal doesn’t feel as thick,” she said, adding that it also featured larger compartments for packages, making it more appealing to thieves. “I check frequently now just to make sure the box is empty.” She said she never knows when the mail will be dropped off as the times often fluctuate.
One of her other concerns was how hard it was to track down someone at Canada Post to notify them. “I checked a number of phone books and I was surprised.” Brunckhurst said she thought the number would have been included with other government services, but couldn’t find it anywhere. “It is alarming; we have a lot more community boxes going in.”
“The cutbacks are really harming basic service,” she said, but she didn’t blame local employees. “I believe the post office employees are trying
really hard … I don’t think they can spread themselves as thin as expected.”
Anick Losier, a spokesperson for Canada Post, said in an emailed statement that criminals are determined regardless of the target and Canada Post is
committed to doing everything possible to support police in their efforts to catch those individuals.
Losier couldn’t go into specifics on what actions Canada Post was taking to deter and stop property crimes due to the fact that exposing
them would aid those committing the crimes. But promised efforts include everything from equipment to monitoring.
Berube said RCMP are “working closely with Canada Post investigators.”
Several community mailboxes like this one just off of Sooke Road in Langford on the corner of Asworth Road and Yorkshire Place have been broken into.
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The federal budget document began with an ominous warning about deep cuts. Social programs, justice and corrections would be spared as much as possible, but no department would escape the knife.
The stark truth was revealed in a table of figures. Health care spending, the core of the Canadian state, was cut by 3.8 per cent in just the first year of the fiscal plan, as population and need continued to grow.
No, this is not from the Stephen Harper budget of April 2015, or any other in the last decade. It’s from the Jean Chretien budget of 1995, more than 20 years ago. That’s the last time anyone actually cut health care spending.
But wait, you may say. Didn’t I hear that Harper has slashed health care spending by $30 billion? Yes, you probably did hear the biggest, most brazen lie of this election campaign, either from the government unions that advertised it or the politicians who parrot it.
If health care really is everyone’s high-priority issue, as pollsters have long assured us, voters should at least know the facts.
After cutting provincial health and social services transfers for years to end the string of operating deficits that began under Pierre Trudeau and continued under Brian Mulroney, Liberal finance minister
Paul Martin rose briefly to the top job.
In 2004, Martin staged meetings with premiers, emerging with what was billed as “a fix for a generation,” with federal health transfers to rise six per cent each year into the future.
The future for Martin’s government lasted only two years, as his minority was replaced with one led by Harper.
These galloping increases continued until the Conservative majority of 2011, after which then-finance minister
Jim Flaherty came to Victoria to inform provincial finance ministers of the new plan. (I was there, and the joke was that this was as far from Ottawa as Flaherty could get without leaving Canada.)
The six-per-cent increases, by that time triple inflation, would continue for another five years. Starting in 2017-18, increases would be tied to economic growth, with a minimum hike of three per cent, still well ahead of today’s inflation. That remains the Conservative plan today.
All provinces east of Saskatchewan pitched a fit. Manitoba’s NDP finance minister termed it “un-Canadian.” Lefties immediately called it a cut, to which Flaherty replied that transfers to provinces would rise from $30 billion to $38 billion in 2018-19, and
continue to grow after that.In B.C., then-finance minister
Kevin Falcon praised the long-term approach, acknowledging that health spending was ballooning to half of the provincial budget and had to be brought under control as baby boomers start to retire. B.C. has largely accomplished that, with spending increases below three per cent and health care outcomes that continue to lead the country.
As the current election campaign turns into the home stretch, Statistics Canada has announced a milestone. For the first time in history, the number of seniors exceeds number of children. This demographic shift is inexorable, predictable and must be addressed by whoever wins the Oct. 19 federal election.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair is on record that he will scrap the Conservative formula for growth-based increases that he pretends are cuts, returning to six per cent every year while balancing the budget. Little detail has been provided on how this would be done.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced in Surrey last week that he will ante up an extra $3 billion over four years for health care, and “sit down with the provinces immediately” to renegotiate, a rerun of Paul Martin’s political theatre.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
Voters on the West Shore, whether your home falls in the Cowchan-Malahat-Langford riding or Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, have had a number of opportunities to hear your candidates for member of parliament speak on all manner of subjects in group settings.
And more all-candidates meetings are scheduled on the West Shore ahead of election day Oct. 19.
But experience tells us that not every all-candidates meeting provides equal value for the voter. While some provide residents with a great chance to hear in-depth answers to questions that may be on voters’ minds, others devolve into a spouting of party line, if the candidates are not forced to think on their feet by alert moderators and audience members.
Attending one of these meetings is an investment in education on the part of residents. With so many people unsure of which candidate and party best fits their own values and hopes for their riding and country, hearing MP hopefuls in person, perhaps looking them in the eye, can go a long way toward building confidence in one’s voting decision.
It’s unfortunate that the organizers of some of these non-partisan meetings have seen certain candidates turn down their invitation to participate. More often than not it’s been Conservative candidates who have taken a pass on getting in front of larger numbers of their prospective supporters at one time.
While we understand that candidates and their handlers must make tough decisions on where best to spend their time, we wonder how giving your opponents more chances to sell voters on themselves and their party in your absence can pay off at the ballot box.
We believe voters are more likely to connect with newcomers to the federal political stage by getting in front of them. And with our ridings drawn differently and comprised of a different group of eligible voters, missing an opportunity to connect with more people would seem like a good investment in a candidate’s time.
Those strategy questions will be answered for candidates come Oct. 19.
Tom FletcherB.C. Views
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‘The last time anyone actually cut federal health-care spending was 1995.’
Our politicians spend millions of dollars on unnecessary things that the vast majority of us do not want our money spent on. What benefit is there for the majority of Canadians? As taxpayers, we have some obligation to help some of the Crown corporation companies.
The problem we have is the wages being paid out to certain management. Why are we being stuck with paying so much for the CEOs? Who makes the decisions to pay out such wages using taxpayers’ money?
That being said, it’s time to end this exploitation, corruption and greed by senior public servants. It is time to take control of these overpaid, underworked employees.
Come to think of it, perhaps it’s a good thing that these people aren’t putting in 100 per cent each day. If they worked any harder, they probably wouldn’t need half the employees.There you go, I just saved us a couple billion dollars.
I hope that one of these new election candidates will have much better control and knowledge of our spending.
Look at the departing federal politicians leaving behind those who
supported them. Who comes up with the figures behind their severance pay and pensions?
Stefan MieczkowskiLangford
Younger votershave trouble registering
I vote for change. And because its my right; a right that is relatively difficult to exercise.
It was tricky for me. I just moved to town and haven’t updated my ID yet (Victoria’s
housing market is tough to break into and I travel for work).
Anticipating this, I applied to vote by mail from my Ottawa address before leaving. My application got lost. But, I followed up.
My older brother also had problems. He moved temporarily from Toronto to Montreal and picked up a sublet. He has a Canadian passport, a valid drivers license and a valid medicare card, but no proof of address. He’s been jumping through loops to get registered. Elections Canada
asked him to pay to get a letter notarized.
My younger brother has no fixed address. He is back in Canada in between living in Seoul and taking off for an internship in the Philippines. He’s waiting to hear from Elections Canada what he has to do.
That is the reality for my generation. We move around. Getting registered is a nuisance. Despite this, on Oct. 19, let’s get out in record numbers to vote for a Canada we believe in.
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Municipal democracy sufferingFollowing the recent public
hearing around the proposed development proximate to Metchosin and Painter roads, I have some suggestions and concerns with the process of community engagement.
This should interest all Colwood residents, as other neighbourhoods can and will face the same dilemma: How do councillors make decisions which balance the needs, rights and experience of existing residents with a desire to develop our community to a highest and best possible use condition? What is “best” and for whom?
I cannot point to a single change in perspective or design on the part of the land-use subcommittee, council or staff
since I have been following the proceedings. A staff member and council member have each told me that they “like this sort of thing in their home neighbourhood.” Well good for you, but this is our neighbourhood.
On one occasion I attempted to convene public meetings where some real conversation could occur. My proposal was refused by all parties except local residents. Staff said they were legally restricted by municipal legislation and the B.C. Community Charter. Only two councillors actually met with residents and only one in a meaningful way. Is this truly the state of municipal democracy?
I think council needs to commence a review of the
official community plan. In the process, community members need to participate; I am ashamed to say I only attended one charrette leading up to the promulgation of the current OCP. We need to invest in local democracy long before we are directly affected, positively or negatively.
I further invite councillors to state publicly their approach to development in Colwood. One year into your mandate is a great time to tell residents what you see and believe. Otherwise I can only assume that intensive development along Latoria, Wishart, Metchosin and Lagoon roads, among others, is the new norm and the only way forward.
Ken Gray Colwood
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City of ColwoodNotice of Public HearingNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to a� ord the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaws at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held at the COLWOOD CITY HALL, 3300 WISHART ROAD, COLWOOD, B.C. on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 at 6:30 P.M.
1. Colwood Land Use Bylaw, 1989, Amendment No. 146 (Miscellaneous Amendments), Bylaw No. 1590, 2015
The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1590 is to amend the Land Use Bylaw by improving the regulation of “Assembly”, “Civic”, “Institutional” and other related permitted uses in light of recent British Columbia case law; clarify and reconcile de� nitions contained within Section 1.2 in light of recent British Columbia case law pertaining to “Assembly”, “Civic”, “Institutional” “Personal Services”, “Home Occupation”, and other related uses; update other de� nitions and permitted uses to bring into alignment with current Provincial legislation; clarify and bring certainty to the permissibility of certain uses including those associated with schools, daycares and “boarders or lodgers” in Commercial, Institutional and Residential Zones.
2. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 148 (C2 Zone Text Amendment-1939 and 1945 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1597, 2015
The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1597 is to amend the text of Section 7.2.01 of the Land Use Bylaw by adding “Boarding School” as a permitted use in the Community Commercial (C2) Zone on the properties more particularly described as Lot 3, Section 1, Esquimalt Land District, Plan 20919 except Part in Plan 50597 (1939 Sooke Road) and Lot 2, Section 1, Esquimalt Land District, Plan 20919 except Part in Plan 50597 (1945 Sooke Road) as shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map.
3. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 147 (CD15 Zone Text Amendment-Paci� c Landing), Bylaw No. 1593, 2015
The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1593 is to amend the text of the Comprehensive Development 15 Zone (CD15) of the Land Use Bylaw by prorating the payment of the amenity contributions over the course of the development on a per unit basis, and to make changes to the a� ordable housing provisions on the property more particularly described as Amended Lot A, (DD606821 and DF14931) of Section 33, Esquimalt District, Plan 2194 as shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map.
A copy of the proposed bylaws and other related materials may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from Thursday, October 15, 2015 up to and including Thursday, October 22, 2015. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 250-478-5999 or [email protected] .
Ivo van der Kamp,Deputy Director of Planning
TAX EXEMPTION BYLAW (NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS) NO. 935Notice is hereby given, that the Council of the Town of View Royal intends to adopt Tax Exemption Bylaw (Non-Pro� t Organizations) No. 935 under the authority of Section 224 of the Community Charter.
The purpose of the bylaw is to exempt the non-pro� t organizations listed below from a portion of the property taxes imposed under Section 197(1)(a) of the Community Charter for the years 2016 - 2025, inclusive.
Town of View Royal45 View Royal AvenueVictoria, BC V9B 1A6Ph: 250-479-6800 Fx: 250-727-9551www.viewroyal.ca
Any person wishing to review a copy of the proposed Tax Exemption Bylaw may do so by contacting the Chief Administrative Of� cer.This notice is given in accordance with Section 227 of the Community Charter.
Kim Anema, CPA, CGA. Chief Administrative Of� cerTown of View Royal. (250)-479-6800
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Election campaign winding down, local businesses start ramping up
Tour de Rock triumph(Photo right) Victoria Police reserve Const. Diane Luszniak (from left), Military Police officer Michael Lemire and Nanaimo RCMP Const. Mihai Illoi from this year’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock hoist a cheque representing more than $1.13 million for the Canadian Cancer Society. The proceeds of fundraising efforts by riders, schools and other community members from around Vancouver Island. The tour, which featured a handful of West Shore-connected riders, wrapped up Friday in Victoria’s Centennial Square after nearly two weeks on the road, starting in Port McNeill. Above, junior rider and pediatric cancer patient Carter Hodgson watches with his mom, Lynsay Whelan.
We are in the home stretch of the election campaign, with only 12 days until we decide who will be our Members of Parliament for the West Shore. It’s a friendly reminder to everyone to make sure you have your electoral cards and are prepared to vote.
Speaking of voting; the ballots are being tallied for the first-ever Best of the Westshore. Keep your eyes on the Gazette as we announce the category winners on Oct. 30.
There are some new businesses opening their doors on the West Shore and this is great news for our five communities. Make sure to stop by and welcome them to the neighbourhood.
Many people may have noticed that Rexall pharmacy has opened its doors in a new building on the Old Island Highway at Goldstream Avenue; we’re waiting with anticipation for the new Royal Bank branch there to follow suit.
Langford Best Buy, converted from a Future Shop earlier this year at 779 McCallum Rd., hosts its grand opening on Oct. 9. The store offers home theatre products, electronics, computers and so much more; watch the Gazette for details on upcoming events.
Coming soon will be the opening of the new McDonald’s Restaurant beside Rona on Langford Parkway. The ribbon-
and cake-cutting will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 14, so be sure to mark that date on your calendars.
Orange Theory Fitness is the newest tenant in Westshore Town Centre and will be located close to Fairway Market. The new gym is offering some great pre-opening rates; get in touch with them to find out how affordably you can fit fitness into your day to day.
A new fitness and supplement store is opening on Goldstream Avenue. House of Grains will offer supplements and nutrition products, feature a smoothie bar and a full clothing line at the front of the store, with the rear of the space dedicated to fitness instruction and classes geared to all fitness levels.
Tomorrow evening (Oct. 8), an all-candidates’ debate for the riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke takes place at Church of the Advent, 510 Mount View Ave. in Colwood. This event
starts at 7 p.m. This is a great chance to see and hear from your candidates.
On Oct. 13, a candidates’ debate for the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding happens at the Royal Canadian Legion, 761 Station Ave. in Langford. And, voters in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke have what may be a final chance to hear the views of their MP hopefuls, when the Metchosin Community Association hosts a forum the following night (Oct. 14), 7 p.m. at the Metchosin Community Hall, 4401 William Head Rd. at Happy Valley Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The Goldstream Station Market hosts its final farm market of the season Oct. 17; mark this one on your calendar as a wrap up for the season and a chance to make connections with your favourite vendors.
And, the Westshore Chamber of Commerce hosts its Chamber mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Darcy’s Pub, 737 Goldstream Ave. The pub is offering two-for-one drink specials and members are welcome to stay to hear Rifflandia performers Steph MacPherson and Christian Down.
Do you have business news about the West Shore? Send an email with the details to Christine at cscott@goldstreamgazette, or to Shelley at [email protected].
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Even after a 35-23 loss to Langley ended their season with a 2-8 record for the third straight year, the Westshore Rebels found reason to celebrate.
Do-everything player Hunter Lake, one of five Rebels who played their last junior football game Saturday at Westhills Stadium, had a big smile pasted on his face.
With a number of family members gathered round, including his dad, Ryan, who drove down from Clinton in the B.C. Interior earlier in the day, Lake said he felt a combination of “happiness and heartbreak” knowing his time with the B.C. Foot-ball Conference club had drawn to a close.
“It’s heartbreaking to know you’re not going to pull on a Rebels jersey again, but I couldn’t have done it with a better group of guys,” said Lake, who played most of the game at quarterback in place of starter Talyn Davies.
Lake connected on 16 of 26 pass attempts for 258 yards, with the three touchdowns. He also rushed nine times for a team-high 44 yards, includ-ing an impressive 25-yard run in the second half that set up a TD pass to fellow graduating veteran Nick Spindor.
“The level of commitment we’ve had this year is unlike anything I’ve ever played with,” Lake said. “You can tell this team is going to be one to deal with; the level of no-quit, nothing but just pure fight and heart out of every single guy on this team.”
He enjoyed how teammates went all out to make sure veteran guys like Spindor and fellow receiver Joe Barkhouse got the ball.
Spindor, injured for much of this season with ail-ments ranging from a torn hamstring and broken hand to torn ligaments in his ankle, made the most of his last game in a Rebels jersey, catching four passes for 84 yards.
While the ankle was still tender, he wasn’t about to sit this one out. “This was my last game, so I thought I’d push through (the pain),” he said. He plans to heal up, start training again and try for a walk-on spot in the B.C. Lions’ camp next summer.
Barkhouse had seven catches for 80 yards, while Michael Peverelle added 69 yards on two catches, one of which went for 67 yards.
The Rebels led 8-7 after one quarter with Lake finding Davies with an eight-yard pass for a touch-down. Langley picked up the tempo and scored a pair of TDs and a field goal in the second quarter to take a 24-8 lead into the locker room. The teams went back and forth in the third period, with the
Rams’ Wayne Palmer connecting on a 35-yard field goal, but the Rebels showed in the final quarter they weren’t done.
As well as the TD pass to Spindor, Lake hit Darcy Cherneff in the end zone and found Noah Rogers for a two-point convert.
Despite the loss, Rebels head coach J.C. Boice was thrilled with the effort of his players.
“At the end of this game you saw graduate play-ers compete to the bitter end, making great plays and setting a tremendous example for the young guys coming up,” he said.
“Hunter Lake, Nick Spindor, Joe Barkhouse, Cohen Sassaman, those guys set a great example making plays. And then you saw the young guys – and we had to play a lot of young guys – you saw them out-experienced, out-physicaled a little bit, yet they didn’t stop, they kept competing. The thing for the Rebels is we have to compete and we’re starting to do that.”
Among the priorities for the club this off-sea-son, Boice said, will be to find a dedicated Rebels weight room in the community to be able to add strength training to their running regime.
Westshore Rebels receiver Nick Spindor (80) is congratulated by teammates after catching a touchdown pass Saturday in B.C. Football Conference action against the Langley Rams. The visitors won 35-23. For more photos from the game, visit the Gazette’s Facebook page.
Rebels put a wrap on 2015 seasonFive players wind up their West Shore junior football career
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Jr. B Wolves gear up for showdown with CatsFive-game win streak carried into tonight’s home contest
With a couple of big week-end wins under their belt and a five-game winning streak intact, the Westshore Wolves host the front-running Victoria
Cougars tonight (Oct. 7), start-ing at 7 p.m. at The Q Centre.
The Wolves (5-4-0-0), who dropped a 10-1 decision to the Cougars (6-1-1-0) in Esquimalt back on Sept. 17, are com-ing off a 6-2 win Saturday in Mill Bay over the Kerry Park Islanders.
Cory Hatcher paced the visitors with a three-goal per-formance.
Also scoring in the win were Jesse Nixon, Marshall Brown and Kayden Peck, who added an assist. Tomba Huddlestan and Branden Tangney had two assists each for the Wolves, who led 3-2 after two periods.
Chris Smith made 22 stops for the win in goal.
Westshore also won on the road Friday in Saanich, where Leighton Williams kicked out
all 27 shots he faced in a 3-0 Wolves victory. Tangney led the attack with a goal and two helpers, while Jacob Malloch and Peck also scored.
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Mixed results for Westshore RFCRugby sides have time to regroup
The Westshore RFC Valhal-lians elite men’s team is still looking for their first win under the new banner.
The former Velox club team valiantly battled against James Bay in B.C. Premier League quali-fication play at the Juan de Fuca field Saturday, but lost a 43-31 decision.
With Thanksgiving weekend off, the Valhallians have plenty
of time to tee up for their next match, Oct. 17 against Castaway-Wanderers at Windsor Park.
Earlier Saturday, Westshore RFC Island Division 1 men’s team also fell to 0-3 with a 27-14 loss to James Bay.
The Div. 1 Valhallians are ten-tatively playing Port Alberni Black Sheep at JdF this Satur-day (Oct. 10) at 1 p.m., but the match had yet to be confirmed at Gazette press time.
The defending B.C. champion Westshore Valkyries continued their dominance in Island wom-
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The Victoria Grizzlies hung with the Vernon Vipers for the majority of Sunday’s B.C. Hockey League game in Colwood, but got snakebit in the third to lose 4-1.
The Vipers’ Riley Brandt was sprung with a long lead pass midway through the final period and scored the eventual winner. A nifty three-way passing play and resulting goal by Liam Finlay made it 3-1 with about three minutes to go before an empty net shorthanded goal iced the game.
Nick Guiney opened scoring in the first for the Grizzlies with his team-leading fourth goal of the season. Goalie Matthew Gala-jda was strong in net, stopping 29 of 32 shots, including 16 in the sec-ond period alone.
The loss was the Grizzlies’ third in a row and leaves them tied for last place in the BCHL with a 1-6-1-0 record. They’ll be looking to turn things around when they host Alberni Valley Buldogs tomorrow night (7 p.m. start) at The Q Centre.
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spoiled a two-goal effort by Guiney on Friday with a 4-2 win.
The Grizzlies gave their fans late thrills in Thursday’s home opener, only to lose 5-4 in overtime to Coquitlam. Down 4-2 in the third, the Grizzlies’ Corey Iapalucci made it 4-3 with 1:20 to play, then Chuck Bennis tied it up with one second remaining.
Victoria Grizzlies captain P.J. Conlon lets a shot go against Vernon Vipers goalie Andrew Shortridge, with Vipers’ defenceman Austin Cho providing some distraction. Shortridge stopped the shot, one of 30 saves he made in being named the game’s first star Sunday, as the visitors beat Victoria 4-1 at The Q Centre in Colwood.
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Colwood resident Doug Morris managed to catch a shot of this little northern saw-whet owl in Colwood just off of Latoria Road.
The owl had just caught its dinner, what Mor-ris thought was a mouse.
He notes that we have barred owls, great horned owls and screech owls, but this is the first northern saw-whet owl he’s seen and the smallest of the lot at about eight inches in height.
He was quite amazed at his luck in being able to catch a glimpse of this tiny bird.
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Identity theft could be motive for break insKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff
While Canada Post is busy transitioning neighbourhoods to community mailboxes, the West Shore RCMP has been preoccupied investigating a string break-ins and thefts from existing multi-unit mailboxes in Langford and Highlands.
Between the end of August and late September, seven incidents of community mailboxes being broken into and the contents stolen.
According to West Shore RCMP, the mailboxes were forced open in overnight break-ins. Police are investigating the possibility that the incidents are related due to their proximity to each other.
While stolen mail is a serious issue, detachment spokesperson Const. Alex Berube said police are also looking into possible identity theft. “There’s always a risk,” he said.
Berube said identity theft techniques often include “dumpster diving” and mail theft. The goal of these acts is to obtain key pieces of personal information about a potential victim, found on such items as bank or credit card statements.
RCMP are encouraging residents to pick up their mail daily and not leave anything inside the boxes overnight.
Anita Brunckhurst’s mother was a victim of one of these break-ins. Brunckhurst picks up her mother’s mail from the community mailbox near Humpback and Irwin roads in Langford. It was broken into at the end of August and it took Canada Post about a month to replace the box, she said.
“The whole front swung open like a door, you could see everything,” she said, noting it looked like the box had been pried open with a crowbar.
Brunckhurst said identity theft was their biggest concern.
“I still wonder if mail is missing,” she said, adding they had no way of knowing what might have been taken.
She said Canada Post told her they had held her mother’s mail from the time the break-in was reported, but when she went to pick it up, there only
seemed to be about a day’s worth. “Mom usually receives a lot more mail than that,” Brunckhurst said.
She was also disappointed with the new box, which was installed at the same location even though residents wanted it moved to a safer area.
“The metal doesn’t feel as thick,” she said, adding that it also featured larger compartments for packages, making it more appealing to thieves. “I check frequently now just to make sure the box is empty.” She said she never knows when the mail will be dropped off as the times often fluctuate.
One of her other concerns was how hard it was to track down someone at Canada Post to notify them. “I checked a number of phone books and I was surprised.” Brunckhurst said she thought the number would have been included with other government services, but couldn’t find it anywhere. “It is alarming; we have a lot more community boxes going in.”
“The cutbacks are really harming basic service,” she said, but she didn’t blame local employees. “I believe the post office employees are trying
really hard … I don’t think they can spread themselves as thin as expected.”
Anick Losier, a spokesperson for Canada Post, said in an emailed statement that criminals are determined regardless of the target and Canada Post is
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them would aid those committing the crimes. But promised efforts include everything from equipment to monitoring.
Berube said RCMP are “working closely with Canada Post investigators.”
Several community mailboxes like this one just off of Sooke Road in Langford on the corner of Asworth Road and Yorkshire Place have been broken into.
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TOWNHOUSES
LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a quiet, bright 3 bdrm townhouse, gar-age/storage, W/D hookup, fenced backyard. $1051/mo. Share purchase $2500. Gross income $47,000+. Applications available in the glass case out-side the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.
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AUTO SERVICES
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CARS
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