Wednesday, December 10, 2025

BC NDP Reconciliation Story


https://nationalpost.com/opinion/caroline-elliott-the-extreme-ideology-behind-b-c-s-radical-reconciliation-agenda 

 If this hits a paywall , here’s a relevant quote :

Radical perspectives on land ownership are not confined to Eby’s advisors. They are held by key elected members of his government as well.

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In 2023, then-minister for mining Josie Osborne commented, “our approach to natural-resource development must be done in collaboration and partnership with the rightful owners of the land.”

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Current Indigenous relations minister Spencer Chandra Herbert, in reference to 1.2 million acres of public land on the Sunshine Coast, has said, “if it’s (shíshálh Nation’s) land, they get to make decisions on it.”

Friday, November 21, 2025

Alberni Hospital ICU Closed

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/west-coast-general-hospital-port-alberni-icu-closure-9.6985461 

Money for insiders but no money to staff Alberni ICU

 Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Ministry announced that a $15 million stewardship fund would be given to the MakeWay Charitable Society, formerly known as Tides Canada. 

 Osborne’s husband, George Patterson, sold the Tofino Botanical Gardens to the MakeWay Charitable Society for $2.3 million on Sept. 17, 2021, according to land title documents. The 12-acre waterfront property on the Pacific Rim Highway was initially listed for $3.75 million.