Monthly Archives: December 2011
Remembering the Victoria mutiny
On December 21, 2011, I helped commemorate a forgotten mutiny of French-Canadian soldiers that occurred 93 years ago at the corner of Fort and Quadra streets in downtown Victoria, as the 259th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) embarked for the port of Vladivostok and service in the Russian Civil War. I first discovered … Continue reading
Fair Process for the Northern Junk
Here is my position with regards to the Northern Junk proposal for city lands and private lands at the foot of Johnson Street: The previous council erred in providing the opportunity to a single developer to envision possibilities for this prime downtown real estate; In light of the Johnson Street Bridge project, the first step … Continue reading
Interview on CFAX 1070: Public office, regional services and the oath to the Queen
Listen to this CFAX 1070 interview from December 12th, 2011, where I discuss public office, regional services and the oath to the Queen: Link to CFAX 1070 Interview, December 12, 2011 Download Podcast Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politics
Feds need to invest in E&N
Letter to the Editor of the Victoria News, 10 December 2011 A letter writer suggests that rail service along the Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E&N) corridor “doesn’t seem to fit Via Rail’s mandate” (“E&N track is dead thanks to inaction,” Dec. 9). But what then is Via Rail’s mandate? Is it to focus exclusively on inter-city rail service in vote-rich Ontario and an over-priced, … Continue reading
