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Monday, April 01, 2013
Green Party Candidate Ryan Conroy to run in North Van-Lonsdale
Green Party MLA hopeful guarantees "the people of North-Vancouver Lonsdale will see the largest Green Party campaign here they have ever seen this 2013."
The Kinder Morgan project should go ahead, and it shouldn't be up to BC, which is why it falls under Federal jurisdiction.
Imagine if we lived in a world where BC goods including natural gas and electricity could only reach eastern markets if Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario agreed and were given royalties (bribes) accordingly.
Safety should be a top priority, but eventually BC has a requirement to be the Western port for Canadian goods. The Oil/bitumen can come by trucks, rail or pipeline, but it is coming. You will find that a pipeline is considerably safer than the other methods.
I'm the guy that coaches your kid in baseball, and hockey etc.. I'm the guy that volunteers over 200 hrs/year for adult education. I'm the guy that helps out with Special Olympics kids I'm the guy with a tat on my arm...wanna tell me again how I have a judgment flaw?
Although I don't like tattoos and would never get one myself or encourage my kids to do it either, I think that April 05 at 9:54 is way out of line and/or very narrow-minded. Deciding to get a tat is a personal decision that has nothing to do with intellect, judgment or character.
People are so concerned about being politically correct that you can't make a pointed remark about anything anymore.
IN MY OPINION, (if we are allowed to give our opinions in this country anymore), people who get obvious tattoos (neck or face specifically), have made a bad decision.
I'm sure there are great citizens who have neck and face tattoos who volunteer and serve in the community, fantastic, but most will live to regret that bad decision. There are very few grandmas and grandpas with neck and face tats who think it was a good decision.
What about bare arms? I know plenty of grandfathers and great-grandfathers who served in the first and second world wars with visible tattoos. Did they make bad decisions? I don't think so, but they did sacrifice so to protect your right to spout your intolerant crap. Political correctness has nothing to do with it.
For heaven's sake. There are many more pressing issues to discuss in this election that have nothing to do with tattoos. Sure some people have made a decision earlier in their lives that they now regret--sometimes it's a tattoo and sometimes it's the career path they initially chose, or the (first) person they married. The only difference is that the tattoo is visible and more or less permanent. What's important is how they feel NOW.
So, Mr. Conroy's signs have started to appear. They look as though they have been recycled from a previous election in another riding. Korean??? I'm mystified.
Yes - Please - someone explain to me why there is Asian lettering on Mr. Conroy's sign?
Judging by the man’s name and photo, I’m pretty sure he is not of Asian ancestry. And I’m pretty sure that North Van/Lonsdale has a diverse ethnic population. So I find it very curious that he would choose to have this appear on his election signs.
Isn’t this a provincial election? And the only people allowed to vote are Canadian citizens? And isn’t it a requirement for citizenship to be proficient in one of Canada’s two official languages? Presumably any Asian-Canadian voter would be able to read the English text on his sign…no?
Could this be pandering to a particular ethnic community?? I know he’s not planning to use government programs to entice an ethnic community to vote for him (ala Christie Clark’s Liberals) but it doesn’t make his sign any less objectionable.
Well, you have to admit that in North Vancouver, it's rather unusual to see anything other than English used on an election sign. And indeed, they were used before -- in the 2009 election where Mr. Conray ran in Vancouver Hastings, a community with a heavy Asian population. No slight against that group, just a comment about something that is not normally seen in North Vancouver.
I'm not being intolerant. I'm pointing out hypocrisy. I don't like to see pandering to any ethnic community. Whether it's liberals pushing government programs toward specific ethnic communities to garner votes - or other parties using foreign language on their election signs to appeal to ethnic voters. It may be politics as usual but it doesn't make it right.
Now that it's been explained that he is recycling signs from a previous campaign, it at least makes sense. And, hey, I will give him credit for being "green" in both actions and political affiliation. LOL
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Disgruntled neighbour of the port expansion?
The Kinder Morgan project should go ahead, and it shouldn't be up to BC, which is why it falls under Federal jurisdiction.
Imagine if we lived in a world where BC goods including natural gas and electricity could only reach eastern markets if Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Ontario agreed and were given royalties (bribes) accordingly.
Safety should be a top priority, but eventually BC has a requirement to be the Western port for Canadian goods. The Oil/bitumen can come by trucks, rail or pipeline, but it is coming. You will find that a pipeline is considerably safer than the other methods.
Skip all the methods. Everything does not have to come through B.C.
Is that a neck tat Ryan?
Ryan's Facebook
So what if it is? Tattoos aren't a character flaw.
They are a judgement flaw.
What a load of crap. How can you be so shallow?
I'm the guy that coaches your kid in baseball, and hockey etc..
I'm the guy that volunteers over 200 hrs/year for adult education.
I'm the guy that helps out with Special Olympics kids
I'm the guy with a tat on my arm...wanna tell me again how I have a judgment flaw?
Although I don't like tattoos and would never get one myself or encourage my kids to do it either, I think that April 05 at 9:54 is way out of line and/or very narrow-minded. Deciding to get a tat is a personal decision that has nothing to do with intellect, judgment or character.
Nothing means anything anymore.
People are so concerned about being politically correct that you can't make a pointed remark about anything anymore.
IN MY OPINION, (if we are allowed to give our opinions in this country anymore), people who get obvious tattoos (neck or face specifically), have made a bad decision.
I'm sure there are great citizens who have neck and face tattoos who volunteer and serve in the community, fantastic, but most will live to regret that bad decision. There are very few grandmas and grandpas with neck and face tats who think it was a good decision.
What about bare arms? I know plenty of grandfathers and great-grandfathers who served in the first and second world wars with visible tattoos. Did they make bad decisions? I don't think so, but they did sacrifice so to protect your right to spout your intolerant crap. Political correctness has nothing to do with it.
For heaven's sake. There are many more pressing issues to discuss in this election that have nothing to do with tattoos. Sure some people have made a decision earlier in their lives that they now regret--sometimes it's a tattoo and sometimes it's the career path they initially chose, or the (first) person they married. The only difference is that the tattoo is visible and more or less permanent. What's important is how they feel NOW.
Next!
Intolerant? I tolerate people with face/neck tats just fine.
Now people with arm tats, they are so aggressive I tend to avoid them all together.
So, Mr. Conroy's signs have started to appear. They look as though they have been recycled from a previous election in another riding. Korean??? I'm mystified.
Yes - Please - someone explain to me why there is Asian lettering on Mr. Conroy's sign?
Judging by the man’s name and photo, I’m pretty sure he is not of Asian ancestry. And I’m pretty sure that North Van/Lonsdale has a diverse ethnic population. So I find it very curious that he would choose to have this appear on his election signs.
Isn’t this a provincial election? And the only people allowed to vote are Canadian citizens? And isn’t it a requirement for citizenship to be proficient in one of Canada’s two official languages? Presumably any Asian-Canadian voter would be able to read the English text on his sign…no?
Could this be pandering to a particular ethnic community?? I know he’s not planning to use government programs to entice an ethnic community to vote for him (ala Christie Clark’s Liberals) but it doesn’t make his sign any less objectionable.
Do you have any idea how intolerant you sound? As long as English or French are on the sign, who cares what other languages are represented?
Well, you have to admit that in North Vancouver, it's rather unusual to see anything other than English used on an election sign. And indeed, they were used before -- in the 2009 election where Mr. Conray ran in Vancouver Hastings, a community with a heavy Asian population. No slight against that group, just a comment about something that is not normally seen in North Vancouver.
I'm not being intolerant. I'm pointing out hypocrisy. I don't like to see pandering to any ethnic community. Whether it's liberals pushing government programs toward specific ethnic communities to garner votes - or other parties using foreign language on their election signs to appeal to ethnic voters. It may be politics as usual but it doesn't make it right.
Now that it's been explained that he is recycling signs from a previous campaign, it at least makes sense. And, hey, I will give him credit for being "green" in both actions and political affiliation. LOL
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