People are fed up. Not just provincially, but in all levels of government. Waste, corruption, redundancy, and especially...stupidity. Stupidity. Like here in Tofino. Where we pay six stupid idiots to do the same stupid stuff that four stupid idiots could easily do just as well. Because we, the voters of Tofino, are stupid. Tofino council levels should be cut by 33%. It would be a huge saving to the taxpayer. Additionally, support staff could then also be reduced. Another huge benefit to the taxpayer.
You can betcha bottom dollar that josie Osborne was in attendance at this trough....
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation caught the British Columbia government blowing through $35,000 at an open bar reception.
The reception was for the B.C. Public Service Agency to hand out 46 coronation medals to staff last March.
They blew through $35,000 at a reception while the finance minister was pinky promising to find savings.
They stuck B.C. taxpayers with a steep, $1,700 bar tab.
Let’s look at some of the booze they enjoyed on taxpayers’ dime: 42 glasses of Botegga Prosecco 6 shots of El Jimador Tequila 10 shots of Jack Daniel’s 19 glasses of 5 Vineyards Sauv Blanc 10 glasses of Frind Rose 13 glasses of Frind Big Red Dozens of other cocktails, beers, wines and spirits. Those bureaucrats were binging on American booze shortly after Premier David Eby – who was at this reception – directed the B.C. liquor branch to stop purchasing alcohol from the United States and remove existing American booze from store shelves.
The politicians and bureaucrats also billed taxpayers $1,080 for “warm breads & assorted dips,” and $1,800 worth of “antipasto platter: local cured & smoked meats, cheeses, pickled vegetables, olives.”
B.C. bureaucrats and politicians boogied down sipping on prosecco and American booze. Taxpayers paid for the $35,000 hangover.
British Columbia Premier David Eby is targeting government transparency laws too.
Eby is also trying to pass legislation that will allow his government to hide records from taxpayers.
If it passes, Eby’s new law would rollback B.C.’s freedom of information act and make it easier for bureaucrats to delay and deny requests.
And Eby’s assault on transparency didn’t stop there.
The B.C. government indefinitely “paused” the publication of proactive disclosures.
That means the government will stop routinely disclosing financial records like travel expenses. The government will also be able to conceal briefing notes and government contracts delivered without a competitive process.
Democracy dies in darkness and Eby is trying to ensure embarrassing documents never see the light of day.
.....and then they're going to spend an entire year developing a plan. This is after all the work already done there, and now they need a week long project to turn it all into a place where nothing happens. Now we're getting a "Transportation Infrastructure Masterplan". This is total bullshit waste of time and money. Only a few years ago Josie led the charge to reform transportation in Tofino and a huge project ensued, we're all walking and biking and hopping on the bus.... all of this has already been done!! Now Aaron has them all doing it again!! Who is in charge of this? It has obviously been created as a make work project for the friends of friends in the DOT office to all keep each other employed. No one in Tofino needs this. Any road can easily be closed in a couple hours, simply by hauling a few of those concrete blocks into position and blocking it. Shouldn't take a week. Whether or not Gibson Street is open or closed, one thing is for sure. The public purse strings at the DOT office are wide open. It never ends.
The District of Tofino is closing down a section of Gibson Street to traffic following “ongoing safety concerns” in the area.
The district is closing Gibson Street between First Street and Third Street to all through traffic as a way to improve safety for people in the area – particularly students attending Wickaninnish Elementary School.
“These updates respond to ongoing safety concerns, including speeding, traffic violations, and high pedestrian activity near Wickaninnish Elementary School,” said the municipality in a release Tuesday.
From March 25 to 31, Gibson Street will be closed to all users – including motorists and pedestrians – so crews can work on installing new signage, parking spots and a turnaround area.
After that, the street is expected to reopen for pedestrians and offshore permit parking starting April 1, though it will not reopen as a through road and no through traffic will be allowed.
The district says the future of this section of Gibson Street will be under consideration in the municipality’s broader Transportation Infrastructure Masterplan, which is being developed this year and is expected to complete in late 2026 or early 2027.
“Public engagement will help guide future transportation priorities and improvements,” said the municipality.
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People are fed up. Not just provincially, but in all levels of government. Waste, corruption, redundancy, and especially...stupidity.
Stupidity. Like here in Tofino. Where we pay six stupid idiots to do the same stupid stuff that four stupid idiots could easily do just as well. Because we, the voters of Tofino, are stupid.
Tofino council levels should be cut by 33%. It would be a huge saving to the taxpayer. Additionally, support staff could then also be reduced. Another huge benefit to the taxpayer.
Council just defers to staff and consultants. Doesn’t take six to do that .
You can betcha bottom dollar that josie Osborne was in attendance at this trough....
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation caught the British Columbia government blowing through $35,000 at an open bar reception.
The reception was for the B.C. Public Service Agency to hand out 46 coronation medals to staff last March.
They blew through $35,000 at a reception while the finance minister was pinky promising to find savings.
They stuck B.C. taxpayers with a steep, $1,700 bar tab.
Let’s look at some of the booze they enjoyed on taxpayers’ dime:
42 glasses of Botegga Prosecco
6 shots of El Jimador Tequila
10 shots of Jack Daniel’s
19 glasses of 5 Vineyards Sauv Blanc
10 glasses of Frind Rose
13 glasses of Frind Big Red
Dozens of other cocktails, beers, wines and spirits.
Those bureaucrats were binging on American booze shortly after Premier David Eby – who was at this reception – directed the B.C. liquor branch to stop purchasing alcohol from the United States and remove existing American booze from store shelves.
The politicians and bureaucrats also billed taxpayers $1,080 for “warm breads & assorted dips,” and $1,800 worth of “antipasto platter: local cured & smoked meats, cheeses, pickled vegetables, olives.”
B.C. bureaucrats and politicians boogied down sipping on prosecco and American booze. Taxpayers paid for the $35,000 hangover.
It's so easy to hate the basta**s.
British Columbia Premier David Eby is targeting government transparency laws too.
Eby is also trying to pass legislation that will allow his government to hide records from taxpayers.
If it passes, Eby’s new law would rollback B.C.’s freedom of information act and make it easier for bureaucrats to delay and deny requests.
And Eby’s assault on transparency didn’t stop there.
The B.C. government indefinitely “paused” the publication of proactive disclosures.
That means the government will stop routinely disclosing financial records like travel expenses. The government will also be able to conceal briefing notes and government contracts delivered without a competitive process.
Democracy dies in darkness and Eby is trying to ensure embarrassing documents never see the light of day.
It won't be long before elections will be cancelled as a condition of reconciliation. Democracy?
.....and then they're going to spend an entire year developing a plan. This is after all the work already done there, and now they need a week long project to turn it all into a place where nothing happens.
Now we're getting a "Transportation Infrastructure Masterplan". This is total bullshit waste of time and money. Only a few years ago Josie led the charge to reform transportation in Tofino and a huge project ensued, we're all walking and biking and hopping on the bus.... all of this has already been done!! Now Aaron has them all doing it again!!
Who is in charge of this? It has obviously been created as a make work project for the friends of friends in the DOT office to all keep each other employed. No one in Tofino needs this. Any road can easily be closed in a couple hours, simply by hauling a few of those concrete blocks into position and blocking it. Shouldn't take a week.
Whether or not Gibson Street is open or closed, one thing is for sure. The public purse strings at the DOT office are wide open.
It never ends.
The District of Tofino is closing down a section of Gibson Street to traffic following “ongoing safety concerns” in the area.
The district is closing Gibson Street between First Street and Third Street to all through traffic as a way to improve safety for people in the area – particularly students attending Wickaninnish Elementary School.
“These updates respond to ongoing safety concerns, including speeding, traffic violations, and high pedestrian activity near Wickaninnish Elementary School,” said the municipality in a release Tuesday.
From March 25 to 31, Gibson Street will be closed to all users – including motorists and pedestrians – so crews can work on installing new signage, parking spots and a turnaround area.
After that, the street is expected to reopen for pedestrians and offshore permit parking starting April 1, though it will not reopen as a through road and no through traffic will be allowed.
The district says the future of this section of Gibson Street will be under consideration in the municipality’s broader Transportation Infrastructure Masterplan, which is being developed this year and is expected to complete in late 2026 or early 2027.
“Public engagement will help guide future transportation priorities and improvements,” said the municipality.
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