It would also be a massive hit to BCTS. The BC government agency that controls softwood harvesting and in turn provides income to the provincial government. Softwood and processing machinery being one of the major exports in BC that funds the government for decades now.
Probably has something to do with no reform.
We have things growing we shouldn't be able to grow and they produce. A lot. We've seen massive changes in weather over the past decade. Now we grow figs, Almonds, peaches and cherries. In Cape Breton. Traditionally we were a root veggie kinda place when it came to growing food.
We've increased by almost two full growing zones in that time. When we moved back we built a greenhouse to extend our seasons. Mid summer it's too hot now and we need to cool it. Many winters we could grow our winter crops outdoors now.
We make our own and live by the ocean. Our fertilizer barrel smells worse than what I imagine a barrel of sussy monkey ass smells like. It's got fish guts and seaweed, effective microorganisms and lactic acid bacteria. It's gross but it works so good.
They eliminated speed traps in Calgary Alberta fairly recently. The police service is in economic distress because of it. Loss of revenue per year 28 million.
I'm all for reducing speeds but these cameras are well known to be used to fund police departments with massive swat teams, public policing issues, military assault vehicles, automatic weapons and now things like facial recognition software and interception of communications. Is this really what we want as citizens, to become more authoritarian and funded by money grabs until we have a dictator like those to the south of us?
No OP but we are a family of five. We grow a lot of our own and preserve it. We grow around 400 tomato plants a year. Cherry tomatoes and san Marzano paste as well as some favorite hierlooms. We make all our own pasta sauce, tomato paste, salsa, bruschetta, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, pizza sauce, ketchup, sun dried tomatoes and whatever else I am forgetting. We use all our tomatoes in a year. Which is easily several hundred pounds.
Our oceans are in trouble and so are we.
Makes great fertilizer though. Might as well use it for something good. Get composting. Free nutrients for Spanish farmers.
We have a lot of them where I live now. They keep them single lane in most places. This is good. There is one major 4 lane and it's a nightmare most days. Been in place for over 50 years and most still don't understand it.
I still think they're great and effective as well.
I hear ya. We have a 1/4 acre of gardens. We have stuff pop up all over the place.
Acorn squash. Seeds will survive compost a lot.
I agree however our government doesn't seem to. That there is a crack in the party line is a start. There has to be a spark. Apparently. We as citizens now need to push that spark into something.
Finally! There are many behind her. I'm going to send an email right now to let her know I may not be in her riding or even her province but I am certainly behind her statement fully. It's not a lot but it's a start.
It's wedge issues like this that cause enough distraction to allow increased surveillance and authoritarianism of the general public. That's the police biz.