(This letter was sent to Port Alberni City Council on February 24, 2023) Dear Mayor and Council, I write on this important day February 24, 2023. 81 years ago today, after decades of anti-Asian racism and resentment whipped up by prominent politicians like our own AW Neill, Canadians of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from …
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Island Transit on Rails
It’s time for the 21st Century. In this article I will lay out a vision for rail based transportation integrated seamlessly with other public transit on this Island (colonially named Vancouver Island). The Deadline for the Island Corridor Foundation The Supreme Court ruling (read a brief here) in Snaw-Naw-As First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), …
Want to increase civility and feel happier, delete Facebook.
(This letter was inspired by this Editorial in the AV News October 25, 2022) Dear Editor, and Port Alberni We have a problem. Facebook, and the way its algorithms, groups and interface manipulate us subconsciously to react and enflame, has ripped the heart out of this so-called Community with a Heart. An article published in …
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