Government and Democracy

Kitsilano reopening a welcome start

Published on Friday August 12, 2016

There was some welcome news on the west coast this week.

On Monday in Vancouver, Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, officially reopened the coast guard’s Kitsilano Station.

It was the ceremonial completion of a promise the Liberal government fulfilled last May, when it reversed the former Harper government’s decision to close the station in the heart of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest harbour.

Goodbye and good riddance, Mr. Harper

Published Wednesday July 27, 2016 in the Huffington Post

Stephen Harper emerged recently from his self-imposed obscurity to say goodbye. I say good riddance.

The former prime minister who once boasted, “You won't recognize Canada when I'm through with it,” lost the federal election last October and stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party, but remained a Member of Parliament.