Posted October 20, 2008 by Sacha Peter
Category: Irrelevant and Irreverent
Two of the most eligible bachelors in the BC Legislature, Barry Penner and Kevin Falcon, are off the legislative spousal market. I got word of Kevin Falcon’s engagement via Langley Politics, and you can read about Barry Penner’s wedding on the October 12th Vancouver Province and the October 16th Chilliwack Progress. Congrats to both!
Posted August 4, 2008 by Sacha Peter
Category: Irrelevant and Irreverent
The best written legislation is the one that is unambiguous and easy to understand. Usually this means the length of such legislation is also short.
All three criteria easily are represented with the British Columbia Day Act. I will cut and paste the entire legislation here for your review:
British Columbia Day Act
[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 34British Columbia Day
1 The first Monday of August is a legal holiday to be observed as “British Columbia Day”.
We actually joined confederation on July 20, 1871, but a couple weeks won’t make much difference!
I hope you had a good long weekend.
Posted July 24, 2008 by Sacha Peter
Category: Irrelevant and Irreverent
Despite the rise in the Canadian dollar, the film industry in BC continues to thrive - shows like Battlestar Galactica, for example, are shot in BC (mainly in the Lower Mainland) and make a name for themselves world-wide.
I couldn’t help but notice the government’s press release about giving Chris Carter (from X-Files fame) a certificate of recognition to his contribution to the BC film industry. This is very well deserved.
What the press release didn’t mention is that when the X-Files moved out of Vancouver and back to California, that’s when the series began to go downhill.
I wonder if that’s because they moved out of BC.
There is no electoral impact to this government press release other than that somebody in the ministry of Tourism, Sports and the Arts did their research.