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North American Union - Don't Tell The People

David Icke | Aug 3 2006

I arrived in Canada at the invitation of an independent television company (and was stopped and questioned at the border as usual) and found that the TV station had booked me into a hotel where, coincidentally, there is a meeting of all the premiers of Canada.

The place is crawling with politicians and media and yesterday I found myself in the elevator/lift with British Columbia Premier, Gordon Campbell, and minders.

I took the chance to ask him if they were discussing the North American Union - the plan to merge Canada, the United States and Mexico and replace their currencies with one called the 'Amero' - a mirror of the Euro in Europe and long predicted in my books.
 

'Not much', replied Campbell.

'Do the Canadian people know about the North American Union?', I asked.

'No'.

'Well, don't you think it is about time they did?'

No reply.

'Are you talking about the Amero?'

'I would tell you if I knew what it was', came Campbell's staggering response.

'It's the currency to replace the Canadian dollar, the American dollar and the peso', I said.

No reply.

At this point the door opened at a floor and a very large man, Campbell's apparent minder, stepped forward, grabbed my arm and told me I was leaving at this floor.

I told him, shall we say in no uncertain terms, that he should take his hands off me immediately because I was getting out at my floor and not when he dictated. He backed off at once, apparently shocked that I was unimpressed either by him or his body size.

When I reached my floor he stepped forward again to stand between me and Campbell. I said that he shouldn't worry because it was not me who was violent, it was governments, and he really would be better employed protecting me from them.

What I experienced from this little cameo is that Campbell certainly knew what I was talking about - the idea he has never heard of the Amero is ludicrous - and that the 'leading' politicians of Canada know full well that the North American Union is fast approaching to bring an end to Canadian sovereignty, but they would rather the people don't know until it's a done deal.

Feds finally release info on 'superstate' After missing a deadline, the U.S. Department of Commerce finally has granted a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain complete disclosure of a congressionally unauthorized plan to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that critics say could lead to a EU-style alliance in North America.

Doesn't want to pay for Campbell's trip - By Rob Delaney, Times Colonist June 10, 2010   Re: "Campbell hangs out with global elite," June 8.

Premier Gordon Campbell quietly left B.C. over the weekend to attend the Bilderberg conference in Spain on our tax dollars, so I would like to see a lot more of what his agenda was and what he actually did there.

Our premier says that, as British Columbians, we should be proud of the fact that he was invited as an  indication of the strength of our provincial economy. I note that the finance minister of Greece was also invited. I don't know that I would be too proud rubbing shoulders with a country that has been the root cause of the potential collapse of the euro.

Campbell did not give a speech, but admitted that he had attended a question-and-answer session. A slap in the face, once again, to the taxpayers of B.C.

Some politicians under foreign sway: CSIS - June 23, 2010
"We're in fact a bit worried in a couple of provinces that we have an indication that there's some political figures who have developed quite an attachment to foreign countries," Fadden said.
 

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Mentally ill need help out of poverty
B.C. Liberal cuts to mental health and social services have resulted in more homelessness and demand a mental health strategy that allows people to live above poverty levels, says a Simon Fraser University professor in a study released Wednesday.

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More Deceit. More lies. More Cover-Up. The Gordon Campbell B.C. Government and CanWest Global
Contributed by: Robin Mathews February 20 2007 

More Deceit, More Lies, More Cover-Up. The Gordon Campbell BC Government and CanWest Global Press and Media.

It doesn’t stop.

One rotten deal (of many) has been cut off. The others continue. The attempted heist by Gordon Campbell/Alcan of the Nechako River has been blocked. The “suspects” were caught red-handed. Their deal? To give Alcan a contract guaranteeing, on-going, a profit of 1400% from energy sales to B.C. Hydro. Campbell fronted for the deal, publicly calling it a good deal for British Columbians (and trying to keep its terms secret).

The B.C. Utilities Commission ruled Campbell’s claim false.

 

Fingerprints coming to a licence near you

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B.C. considers ID for drivers that's tough to forge, could counter U.S. plans to require passports

Ian Bailey
CanWest News Service - Monday, October 16, 2006

VANCOUVER -- British Columbia could soon become the first Canadian jurisdiction to imprint driver's licences with fingerprints or other biometric features.

The province is studying the biometric technology, which, according to B.C. Solicitor General John Les, would have an added benefit other than making licences tougher to forge: It would bolster the argument against controversial American plans to require passports for Canadians visiting the U.S. by 2009.

"This is the potential solution in terms of whether people need passports or some other identification evidence as they cross the American border," Les said.

Les said work is well underway on the province's "next generation" of driver's licences and the role of biometrics in them.

"This isn't too far down the road in terms of making decisions," he said.

Other jurisdictions in Canada, such as Manitoba and Ontario, have considered adding biometric data to driver's licences and health cards, but have so far not gone ahead with the technology.

Biometrics refers to technologies that use a person's distinguishing traits as the ultimate form of identification.

To date, scanners have been equipped to recognize such physical traits as fingerprints, facial features, retinas and the geometry of the hand.

But the consensus on driver's licences is that one ID point, such as a fingerprint or a scan of the retina, would be enough on the card to confirm the identity of the holder.

B.C. licence photographs were upgraded a decade ago with digital systems to shoot and store them, but biometrics would be a further evolution in dealing with concerns about fraud.

The province's vehicle insurance agency, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, is also studying the biometric concept.

While privacy advocates in other areas have raised the alarm about the technology, which they say is invasive, David Loukidelis, B.C.'s information and privacy commissioner, said he has no problem with the plans.

"They can, in fact, by securing identification, actually arguably protect privacy in terms of identity theft by making it tougher for people to forge your ID."

Don't you just love the way they spin this police state crap as being good for you?

Oh, and of course they are only "considering" doing it, right? WRONG!! The UN (ISO office) has mandated this for implementation by no later than 2010 - so bet any amount you like, it is coming, and it is going to eventually be an implantable chip, which you will be FORCED to have, or you will be labelled as an "enemy combatant" or "insurgent", or "terrorist". You've been warned.

Implemented first in BC eh? By 2010 eh? So where are the winter Olympics being held in 2010?

Now see below story how terrorism drills are setting the stage for a likely CSIS sponsored false flag terrorist attack in BC to kick off these new security measures.

 Can you see what is coming yet?

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What's s in your wallet? U.S. make plans for high-tech identity card
By BETH GORHAM

The Canadian Press October 18, 2006

WASHINGTON —The United States released plans yesterday for a wallet-sized identity card, Americans could use instead of a passport to re-enter the county from Canada.

At $10 or children and $20 for adults, plus a $25 execution fee, they’re cheaper than a traditional passport that costs about $97.

They’ll use radio-frequency identification technology to be read by machines at land and sea crossings, linking the card to a secure U.S. government database containing biographical data and a photograph.

There would be no personal information on the card itself

Canada still hasn’t decided whether it will follow Washington’s lead and produce a high-technology document that establishes nationality. The two countries are negotiating what options to passports will be acceptable for Canadians.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has said enhanced driver’s licences are possible.

“I can’t speak as to what Canada will do,"’ said U.S. Homeland Security spokeswoman Kelly Klundt. Right now, there’s nothing that proposes anything but the passport for Canadian citizens.”

Congress recently extended the deadline requiring a passport or another secure ID document for people entering the United States by car, ferry or cruise ship to June 2009 from the original date of Jan. 1, 2008.

But the system will start before then if it’s ready to go.

Canadian officials, many US legislators and business groups on both sides of the border lobbied bard for a delay, saying the security plan couldn’t be properly implemented in time without crippling trade and causing massive tie-ups at the border.

The U.S. passport card uses the same kind of technology already in place with the NEXUS and FAST systems that have special lanes for frequent visitors and commercial trucks. That system allows a travel document to be read from metres away as a vehicle approaches inspection.

Scotty Greenwood, executive director of the Canadian American Business Council, said the group is pleased U.S. officials seem to prefer the user-friendly technology over a card that would have to be swiped. But the group has been pushing for an economic impact study of the security plan and still has reservations about whether extra staff and infrastructure will be ready on time.

This is going to be a long and involved process,” said Greenwood.
And the stakes to our economy of getting it right are enormous. We continue to remind lawmakers of that fact.”

US officials have been telling Canadians not to wait until the last minute to obtain a passport for travel to the United States because the security measures could start well before the 2009 deadline.

The plan is part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passed by Congress in 2004 in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

People arriving in the United States by plane will still need passports by Jan. 2007. Only 26 per cent of U.S. citizens have passports, compared with more than 40 per cent of Canadians. But more Americans are applying for them these days, officials said, up by 70 per cent over the rate two years ago.

U.S. says passport card will ease border tie-ups
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Steal my ID, steal my fingers - the public gets nervous

Mark Ballard / The Register | October 19 2006

The public fears losing their fingers to ruthless biometric ID thieves in the fingerprint-controlled future, apparently. Or at least, so says Frost & Sullivan analyst Sapna Capoor, who argued unconvincingly that "A dead finger is no good to a thief."

If you have a fingerprint scanner protecting your family jewels, your data might be safe, but what about your fingers?

So, it's all getting out of hand? Then on the other... there are recorded instances of people having their fingers chopped off, and the biometric industry takes the issue seriously.

For example, there were the Malaysian crooks who nabbed a man's fingers in order to operate the biometric security on the S-class Mercedes they stole from him.

Nevertheless, biometric firms are doing what they can to detect whether a fingerprint being scanned is alive or not, said Jean Francois Mainguet, chief scientist of fingerchip biometrics at Atmel-France, and inventor of the sweeping technique for direct silicon fingerprint scanning (he was awarded his patent on 9/11, as it happens).

Read full article HERE....

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And of course the punch-line......          

Those biometrics are not only coming, they will eventually be your national ID card, and you will be forced to have one to buy or sell anything. [Check this out]

Still don't believe us? Fine.. just wait for it, and try to remember we told you about it beforehand.

See also: Chips coming soon...

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Lawmakers OK new driver's license to ease border crossings

By Associated Press - Mar 22, 2007

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington lawmakers have approved a new $40 enhanced driver's license aimed at easing border crossings into British Columbia, possibly in lieu of a passport.

Acting swiftly at the request of Gov. Chris Gregoire, the state Senate voted 43-3 Wednesday to authorize the new license, which will be loaded with proof of citizenship and other information that can be easily scanned at the border. The governor expects to get approval Friday from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for a pilot project to test the new approach at the state-provincial border.

State officials said that beginning in January, the enhanced licenses could provide an alternative to the more expensive $97 passport expected to be required for land and sea travel between the U.S. and Canada in June 2009.

Regular driver's licenses also are being accepted at the border until June 2009.

The optional new license will incorporate proof of citizenship and Washington residency and allow search of federal databanks, including criminal records.

The licenses would cost $40 and would have to be picked up in person at a driver's license office, starting in January. The state House approved them earlier.

Michael Chertoff, secretary of homeland security, and Gregoire are expected to sign papers in Seattle on Friday to allow the state to use the enhanced licenses as the country's first pilot project to test a cheaper, secure alternative to passports, Gregoire spokeswoman Holly Armstrong said after the Senate vote.

"The state of Washington has put forward a very innovative proposal and Homeland Security has been excited about this from the get-go," said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke. "We appreciate the balancing of seccurity with efficiency and we think this proposal has a lot of merit."

He said other states may follow Washington's lead.

"The governor proposed the pilot project because with all the talk of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, there was a concern about the impact on tourism and economic ties, particularly with the (2010 Winter) Olympics coming up" in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., Armstrong said.

"She understands the need to look at security issues and to address those, but she and Premier (Gordon) Campbell believe there is a better way to do this, an alternative to the burdensome and expensive requirement for passports."

For a family of four, the passport requirement would get very expensive and it would certainly curtail spur-of-the-moment border crossings, Armstrong said.

British Columbia is expected to develop a similar license to expedite crossings into Washington state. John Van Dongen, minister of state for intergovernmental relations, said the province is pleased with state and federal approval of the pilot project.

"Our government is on board," he said in an interview. "We are definitely working on the same kind of driver's license platform as an alternative, secure travel document. We don't have a target date at this time, but we will have a parallel system. There is nothing but upside in working together."

The cross-border cooperation has been "absolutely first class," and may be a pattern for collaboration on other international concerns, he said.

Together, the state and province have 10 million people.

Canada is the state's most important trading partner and easy crossings are critical to both tourism and commerce, said state Sen. Dale Brandland, R-Bellingham, whose district includes four international border crossings.

Brandland said during Senate debate that he recently cooled his heels for 45 minutes trying to get back into Washington from British Columbia, and noted that people with good ID were getting through the checkpoints much quicker.

"This (new license) is a very, very important first step for us to take with the province of British Columbia," he said. "They are our biggest trading partner and they are our greatest ally, and the more we can come together on issues like this, the better it's going to be for all of us and for our economies."

State Senate Transportation Chairwoman Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, said the rapid development of a whole new license was a major undertaking by the state Department of Licensing.

"This will make a difference to so many businesses who are so dependent on those tourists crossing the border on a regular basis," she said. "This will offer a more reasonable way for people."

Three lawmakers voted against the plan, but only Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, spoke during the debate.

"I guess I don't feel so warm and fuzzy about this bill," she said. "This is a different world today and we are dealing with national security issues. If you want to go from one country to another, you get a passport."

After June 1, 2009, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will require Americans returning by land or water to the U.S. after short visits to Canada and Mexico to show passports or other high-tech ID cards.

Passports are already required for air travelers arriving in the United States from Canada and Mexico, including returning Americans.


The license bill is House Bill 1289.
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New Washington State Driver's Licenses May Use RFID April 13/07

 

The state of Washington and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plan to jointly develop a driver's license, likely embedded with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, as an alternative to a passport for travel to some countries.

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Marketing for National ID card in Canada now officially begins! May 28/07

High-tech travel ID 'inevitable,' report warns

The next step in border security is DNA in passports, government told

Carly Weeks - CanWest News Service, Monday, May 28, 2007

OTTAWA - Canadians will inevitably have to carry travel documents with their DNA, biometrics or other biological identifiers embedded into them in order to travel to the United States, according to a new white paper to be revealed to government officials in Ottawa on Monday.


While many travellers and governments are just frantically trying to comply with current border regulations that require passports for air travel, the report warns that's just one step in the movement toward more secure borders.

In order to adequately confirm an individual's identity and speed up the process of screening passengers, governments will surely move to enhanced identity documents that use biological information to identity travellers, the paper says.

Already, some jurisdictions, including B.C., are considering imprinting driver's licences with fingerprints or other biometric features.

"As the world becomes more complex, and as our expectations with respect to safety and security become greater, governments are going to have to invest in appropriate [measures] ... in order to make sure that people can move freely," said Michael Hawes, who will present the paper as executive director of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America.

[The problem with this sort of reasoning is, of course, that it places the responsibility for "security and safety" in the hands of those found over and over again to be grossly incompetent, and/or directly responsible for all the significant terrorism seen within western countries. The point then, is that the government will have a marvellous means by which to completely control those it deems as insurgent or detrimental to their power base. The part they haven't told you about, though, is their future plan to make this ID card (good for travel anywhere in the globe, not just North America) will eventually be tied in to currency and exchange, meaning unless you have one of these DNA based ID's, you will not be able to buy or sell anything.]


The Ottawa-based group administers the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program -- a binational organization funded by both countries that promotes cross-border research and understanding -- as well as the Network on North American Studies in Canada, which released the paper to CanWest News Service.

Although some technology, such as DNA-enabled passports, may seem a long way off, terror threats and other looming risks mean governments must begin to seriously consider how they will introduce those measures in the future, Hawes said. 

[Just for the record, the official US government theory on 911 indicates that all of the alleged terrorists had valid passports. So ask yourself how these documents are actually supposed to prevent "terrorism or other looming risks"?

We now know CSIS not only knew the names of those that bombed Air India well in advance, they also knew the date the bombing was to take place and took steps to let it happen. Btw, we assume "other looming risks" include the threat of pandemics and global warming, which raises even further questions as to how mandatory ID's are supposed to stop those risks either. No, the threats are the veil by which they create a perceived need, and dupe the public into bowing down before the government that is supposed to serve them, not be their keeper.]


He said the paper clearly directs governments to think about developing partnerships with the private sector to help implement new technologies, such as embedding radio frequency identification chips, electronic fingerprints or DNA into documents.

Already, a biometric screening program, in place at some U.S. airports, relies on relies on iris and fingerprint scans to identify passengers and quickly move them through airport security.

The system is seen as a way to significantly reduce lineups and other delays that have become a major hassle for frequent travellers, and is something that a coalition of Canadian airlines and airports is asking the federal government to bring here.

However, the report acknowledges that linking an individual's biological information contained on travel documents to a government database will likely stir a major controversy about privacy rights and protecting personal information.

[Which they will try to offset by hyping the threat in the media, or actually blowing up something and blaming their patsies.]


Earlier this year, new rules came into force that require Canadian air travellers to show a passport before they're allowed to fly into the U.S.

Soon, Canadians will also have to show passports at land-crossings -- a rule that is expected to come into force sooner rather than later. The original deadline was set for January 2009, but officials in both countries have been pushing for an extension.


Government officials and policy experts from the U.S. Embassy, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canada Border Services Agency will discuss the paper Monday in a panel discussion held in Ottawa.

The paper, co-authored by Donald Abelson, chair of political science at the University of Western Ontario and Duncan Wood, director of the Canadian studies at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City, was sponsored by Accenture, a global management consulting firm whose executive director will moderate the panel discussion.

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Debiting By Driver's License - May 29/07

 

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Beginning next month, National Payment Card (NPC) will begin rolling out to convenience-store chains a system that enables consumers to pay for gas just by swiping their drivers' licenses and entering a personal identification number.


According to a report by BusinessWeek, consumers enter their driver's license number and bank account information online with NPC. The system then links the driver's license directly, via the existing magnetic stripe, to the consumer's bank account.

Click here for more on RFID....

 

Yet another step toward full police state.... You need to show your papers before travelling on BC Ferry. Government uses their own incompetence and disregard for passenger safety as reasoning for mandatory ID requirement.

 

Fact is, the Ferry system is an extension of our highways that we paid for, and free and peaceful use of the highways is an absolute Constitutional right in our Great Charter.

 

Also be sure that this requirement will be expanded to all routes if the public sets the precedent for not demanding their mobility and privacy rights be respected.

 

Passengers on all northern routes will need to show ID
 
Times Colonist , Thursday, June 07, 2007


B.C. Ferries' passengers on northern routes will be required as of June 15 to produce identification before boarding.


The new safety measure will be in effect on routes between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert and the Queen Charlotte Islands and Port Hardy and the central coast.

Adults can show a driver's licence, passport, citizenship card, provincial identification card, certificate of Indian status, record of landing certificate, permanent resident card or a student visa. For those under 16, B.C. Ferries will accept letter of birth for newborns, original birth certificate, student card, certificate of Indian status, letter of consent, care card or provincial health card.

The change is a result of inaccuracies on the Queen of the North's manifest when it sank March 22, 2006. Initially, officials believed all 101 crew and passengers had been rescued, but they soon learned travellers Gerald Foisey and Shirley Rosette were missing. They are presumed dead.

Evidently the people on the Ferry can't count, so one wonders how having a list of names will help them find people, much less stop the crew from smashing into rocks, which was what caused the deaths in the first place.

BC Government fanning fears of "terrorism" to create prison like environment for 2010 Olympics....[Click here for video from CTV broadcast of June 18/2007] They claim the threat of terrorism is so great, Canada's military can't handle it, that NORAD (read US military)  will have to encamp the games, and that it will cost upwards of a Billion dollars.

Of course one way for you to avoid being a victim of the real terror - which is being subject to a military gulag or false flag government terrorism - is to simply stay home. Why encourage the government that you are willing to go into a military camp just to watch a highly politicized sporting event. 

Driver's licence could work as passport
B.C. seeks federal approval for new cards enhanced with citizenship data, radio chips
 
Jeff Rud, Times Colonist -  July 24, 2007

The B.C. government hopes to soon offer an enhanced driver's licence that would serve as a cheaper, more convenient alternative to a passport for land or sea travel to the U.S.

Pending approval from Ottawa, the province will begin offering limited numbers of the licences to residents who are Canadian citizens in January 2008. The goal is to comply with a coming U.S. requirement that land and sea travellers show a document denoting identity and proof of citizenship.

While the U.S. already requires passports for air travel, the deadline for land and sea travellers has been pushed back to next summer.

The enhanced licences would be optional - B.C. residents who don't want them could still obtain regular licences - and likely would be modelled after ones being created in Washington state.

Those licences, which are expected to be ready in January, will indicate proof of citizenship and will have an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip to allow border workers to identify drivers as they approach, as well as check their appearance and licence photos against images in a database. It will also include the same bar code now used in passports.

"We want to have a parallel system in Canada to what has been developed in [Washington]," John van Dongen, B.C.'s intergovernmental relations minister, said Monday in an interview from Anchorage, Alaska. He is attending the Pacific Northwest Economic Region 2007 summit meeting there with Premier Gordon Campbell, who also backed the licences Monday.

B.C. is calling on the federal government, other provinces and U.S. states to "press forward" with such enhanced licences. Van Dongen said that Ontario has expressed keen interest.

Federal Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day is also a supporter of the B.C. enhanced licence initiative, said van Dongen. B.C.'s proposed memorandum of understanding and business plan for the enhanced licence are currently being reviewed by Ottawa.

"We're hoping to get an affirmative decision by the federal government as soon as possible," van Dongen said.

A spokeswoman for Day's office said yesterday that Ottawa "is following a process of consultation over the summer with the provinces and territories on the possibility of developing enhanced driver's licences."

Canada is also continuing to discuss the issue with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, she said, adding that both governments are committed to reducing adverse effects of security precautions on legitimate trade and travel.

The passport requirement has created huge backlogs of applications on both sides of the border and prompted complaints the documents are too expensive.

Yesterday, van Dongen said the new licences "will cost significantly less than a passport."

 For Washington state residents, the enhanced licence will cost $15 a person - in addition to the regular driver's licence fee - compared to $97 for a full U.S. passport, said Liz Luce, the state's director of licensing.

Luce said Washington's program will be secure, cost-effective and convenient and allow holders to cross into Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean as well as Canada, without having a passport. It will also allow them to return home to the U.S.

Other states, including Texas and New York, are interested in following Washington's lead, she said.

Van Dongen said the first enhanced licences in B.C. will be available to a "select group of citizens" in January on an introductory basis.

"Then, it will be increased and made available in stages," he said. "For a lot of people, the convenience, the efficiency, the access to a passport equivalent through their driver's licence may be all that they'll ever need."

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Newspaper spells out looming RFID national ID card.

 

New licences set stage for national ID cards, privacy watchdog warns
 
Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist - February 06, 2008

Canada's privacy watchdog voiced "significant concerns" yesterday that enhanced driver's licences like those being issued in B.C. lay the groundwork for a national identity card.

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, in Victoria this week with her provincial counterparts for a privacy and security conference, said the enhanced licences, which are being issued as a cheaper, more convenient alternative to a Canadian passport, closely resemble the Read ID program in the United States. Stoddart characterized that program as a way of introducing an American identity card.

"This may be an attempt to encourage us to harmonize with them," she said.

Privacy commissioners across the country oppose national identity cards as intrusive and unnecessary. "We think it's a route that Canadians don't need to follow," she said.

B.C. began offering the licences to a select group of 500 residents last month to ease land and sea border crossings into the U.S. A passport is still required for crossings by air.

The enhanced licences will contain a radio frequency identification chip with a "unique identifier" that can be read from 10 metres away. It's that identifier that worries
commissioners, since it could form the basis for a national identity card and allow people's movements to be tracked.

John van Dongen, B.C. minister of state for intergovernmental relations, rejected that concern yesterday, saying the sole purpose of the licences is to speed up border crossings.
Under the program, border guards will be able to read the "identifier" on the licence as a driver approaches, giving them access to a database containing the driver's picture, age, address and other personal information.

The information will be much the same as on a regular driver's licence, and will not include a person's driving or criminal records.

Privacy watchdogs, however, worry that the database of information, at least during the startup phase, will likely be in U.S. hands, where it could be lost, subject to "inappropriate browsing" or used for unintended purposes.

Van Dongen said the government has worked closely with B.C. privacy commissioner David Loukidelis to ensure that personal information is safeguarded. He also said the program is strictly voluntary and will remain so.

But Canada's privacy commissioners issued a unanimous statement yesterday that no program should proceed on a permanent basis unless the database containing drivers' information remains in Canada.

Loukidelis noted that Canada doesn't transfer its passport database into foreign hands. "And we don't see why there would be any need to do anything differently when it comes to enhanced driver's licences," he said.

Licenses now will also include face recognition..... See how they keep increasing the amount of info they have on you? Oh, and notice this is all being done so nobody forges your license.... Did they say that about the ones they are replacing? The ones we had to pay 75 dollars for?

Secure driver's licences target ID theft in B.C. - February 6, 2009 | Canadian Press

New high-tech driver's licences designed to prevent identity theft and fraud will debut in March in British Columbia.

Security features will include holographic overlays and laser-engraving or raised elements such as the cardholder’s image and signature.

Solicitor-General John van Dongen said Friday the new licences would be hard to forge or to procure under false names.

"Driver's licences are widely trusted as ID and, when tampered with, can cost people, business and financial institutions millions of dollars each year," van Dongen said in a statement.

The B.C. government said the cards will incorporate technology that analyzes characteristics that do not change, such as the size and location of cheekbones and the distance between the eyes. This "facial recognition technology ... will enable ICBC to compare a cardholder’s image with their existing image on file and with the corporation’s entire database of millions of images," the government said in a press release. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia issues licences in B.C.

Read full government sponsored, media sanitized, report here...

Note below story by Vancouver Sun introduces the read to the fact this new card can also be used to cross US border.

High-tech B.C. driver’s licences will stop ID theft, fraud: Government - Vancouver Sun February 6, 2009

VANCOUVER - A new B.C. driver’s licence will be introduced in March using facial-recognition technology that makes it virtually impossible to duplicate and provides protection against identity theft and fraud, Solicitor-General John van Dongen announced Friday.

The new technology will also be used for B.C. identification cards that are issued to people who don’t have a driver’s licence.

As well, it may serve as the basis for a new card or upgraded driver’s licence that allows British Columbians to cross the U.S. border. [Full story]

 

 

Finger scans ignite protests among students at UNBC Times Colonist - November 30, 2007
The University of Northern B.C. has installed biometric finger scans at its new Northern Sports Centre in Prince George, a move that raises alarm bells for some students. [full story]

 

Here come the tolls as part of the American Union Super Highway.

GREATER VANCOUVER - The GVRD is to consider whether to impose tolls or other fees on drivers in the Lower Mainland.

At its meeting tomorrow it will consider a staff recommendation to examine what the bureaucrats call "road pricing," which could range from tolls on roads and bridges to paying for the distance you drive.

"It's a long way from happening but it's still a good discussion point for people," said Greater Vancouver Regional District chairwoman Lois Jackson, the mayor of Delta. "So we're putting it on the table to see where people want to go with it. It comes right down to the people using the roads.

"People seem to be agreeing that we have to be doing something about the emissions and the number of vehicles [on traffic-choked Lower Mainland roads].

"If that's the case, how do we start? Here's one of the questions people are going to have to start thinking about. Maybe we should be doing just the major bridges.

"Or maybe we should be doing just one or two bridges. Maybe we should be going the way London, England, has gone."

Motorists there pay a toll of almost $20 a day to drive into large portions of downtown London.

Paying by distance is another option.

"There are places where you pay your insurance based on the number of miles you drive," said Jackson.

Said Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, chairman of the GVRD's land use and transportation committee: People are looking for ways to control congestion and road pricing "looks like the easy way to go."

"The difficulty is how do you justify punishing people that live outside the city when you haven't provided them an alternative?"

Paul Landry of the B.C. Trucking Association was part of the discussion that resulted in the GVRD's decision to consider tolls.

"We know that over the course of the next several years there will be a dialogue in terms of who's getting what and who's paying and how should we pay and what are the public policy objectives associated with taxation and road users," said Landry. "What are we trying to accomplish?"

He said truckers don't mind paying when they get something in return -- like paying a toll for speedier travel on the new Golden Ears Bridge.

But Landry doesn't look favourably on road pricing when there's already a host of other costs on road users like fuel taxes, licensing and insurance.

"Is that road pricing or road gouging?" he asked.

Motorists aren't buying road pricing, either.

"I don't think it will control traffic or cut down on congestion," said Nazim Rawji of Burnaby. "It's just going to cost more to drive on the roads and bridges over and above our taxes. This is like paying another tax. It's just a money grab."

Said Sigrid Stark of Vancouver: "It's already costing me a small fortune for gas, and parking rates downtown are going up, so please don't tell me I'll have to pay a toll to cross over bridges and roads.

"Why should we have to pay tolls on bridges and roads that our taxes already paid to build?"

She said she would go to areas without tolls.

"That would be limiting my choices as to where I would shop," she said. "So you might want to talk to people downtown who own businesses. How would this affect them?"

Diane McIntyre of Vancouver said: "I already pay $9 to park at the Bay, so I would mind having to pay even more money to get in and out of downtown. They have a road toll for London, but this isn't London."

Dominic Woo of Richmond said a toll might stop single drivers.

"If they put tolls on all the bridges then I'd probably not drive across the Oak Street Bridge or drive downtown," he said. "So I'll probably take the bus or the [SkyTrain] when it's built."

Said Amca Neagu of Vancouver: "It might cut down on traffic, but it would be bad for the people's budgets. I guess most people would be against it."

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[Just for the record, the federal and provincial governments take in (from gasoline taxes) approximately FOUR times the amount spent on road construction and maintenance.]

Related: Toll road flap in Britain
 

 

When is an North American Super Highway not a super highway? When it's a "hydrogen highway"...

 

BC Premier uses "global warming" to disguise construction of new super-highway....

 

A plan of Schwarzeneggerian proportions

BC's premier and California's governor get ambitious on the environment - Macleans Maginzine - With files from Canadian Press

Campbell is counting on Schwarzenegger, along with other West Coast leaders, to help develop what the B.C. government has dubbed a green Pacific Coast Collaborative extending from Alaska down to California. The Premier has already discussed setting up a formal agreement between his government and that of California aimed at tackling environmental problems such as vehicle emissions and pollution in sea ports.

"He was interested in forming a formalized partnership between California and British Columbia as we look at things like alternative energy opportunities," Campbell said.

Among the projects they discussed was B.C.'s plan to build a highway accessible only to hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. The highway would stretch from B.C. to California and would require the installation of hydrogen fuelling stations along the way.

Road charges equipment introduced by stealth - UK Telegraph April7/07

Agreements under NAU signed under noses of public and media. California governor signs deals with both BC and Ontario [neither of which border California] that will effect all Canadians. Plans very likely to stall Canadian economy, but media spins it as "new gold rush"..... we think a better title is "fools rush".

Green rush - May 31/07

Schwarzenegger says fight against global warming could be the 'new gold rush'

"The duo capped their appearance by signing a memorandum of understanding committing the state and the province to work together to cap greenhouse gas emissions, collaborate on development and implementation of green technologies, and join other U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions in building a hydrogen highway' between B.C. and Baja, Calif."

[Would that not also require cooperation from Oregon and Washington?]

Since when does stem cell research policy relate to "Global warming" issues? What agreement do we possibly need to sign regarding our sovereign research policies? Above newspaper clip: California Gov. Schwarzenegger signs deals with BC and Ontario as part of North American Union restructuring.... all under the noses of the blissful public... 

Note banner at top of paper reads "U.S. - Canada Relations"... Soon, most of our "policies and regulations" will be the same in Canada, the US and Mexico... and eventually (they hope) globally as well. The two current catalyzing issues generating this momentum is terrorism and Global warming. Problem is, global warming is mostly natural, and the vast majority of terrorism is government sponsored; but it does make the perfect camouflage for their ultimate one world government goals.

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Clips below [click on pics] shows California Gov. Schwarzenegger visit to BC began with pagan "Mother Earth" ritual. This so-called "California Proposal" is being adopted by all provinces and States in North America, and indeed world wide - except for communist countries. Note how these "proposals" come with massive new taxes, only some of which have been disclosed to the public. These taxes are not really for reducing carbon dioxide (a natural plant food) but is being used to fund the global legislature, at the same time these "proposals/treaties" are really part of that global regulation and one world government.

Who better to market garbage than an actor from Hollywood? Check out those posters..... they are serious about this one folks. Click on below pics for different video clips, and notice how almost joyous the media presents the 'piece by piece' end of Canadian sovereignty.

We can't wait to see how they spin a common currency.... Is that why they are getting our currency on par with the US greenback? They may have to wait a year or two more for that one, but trust us when we tell you it is surely coming..

 

Setting the stage already? US debt could trigger dollar collapse, UN warns May 31/07

After signing a host of pacts and agreements with several Canadian Premiers, it seems Arnold went on to Europe to consolidate even more agreements. Is Arnold the de facto King of the North American Union?

Schwarzenegger Wants Entire World Bound Under One Environmental Treaty - June 27/2007
Suggests Blair Would Make a Good Envoy for Environment

Arnold Schwarzenegger was the high-profile 'last guest' to Tony Blair on his way out the door to his newly named post as envoy to the Middle East quartet.

The California governor also took the occassion to point out that he would like to bring all the countries of the world together under a 'Kyoto' like treaty, suggesting that Blair would make a good envoy to such a pervasive treaty, as This is London reported, all in the name of reducing greenhouse gases.

Mr Schwarzenegger said he would back Mr Blair's appointment as envoy for the quartet of the US, EU, UN and Russia which is leading the international drive for Middle East peace.

But the governor, who has made the battle against climate change a personal crusade, added: " Out of selfish reasons I hope that he becomes the envoy for the environment and brings all the countries of the world together to join some kind of treaty - a Kyoto kind of treaty - that everyone can join and we can all together reduce greenhouse gases.

Read the full story on Blair and Schwarzenegger here .

Schwarzenegger urges U.N. to move on climate change - September 24, 2007

B.C. imposing carbon tax on all types of fuel - Times Colonist, February 19, 2008
VICTORIA - British Columbians will begin paying a new carbon tax on almost all forms of fuel in July as the provincial government moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming.

 

Meanwhile on the same day the "green budget" comes out, the government runs a drill simulating "terrorists", who are opposed to global warming discussion. See what's going on? They are trying to change that above poll number by implying you might be a terrorist if you challenge measures marketed as reducing global warming..

 

Counter-terrorism exercise underway - Times Colonist, February 19, 2008

A training exercise off Vancouver Island started at CFB Esquimalt yesterday, bringing together hundreds of military, police and government officials as part of the largest counter-terrorism exercise ever held in Canada.


The training event, named Sea Barrier, will run in conjunction with another military training exercise in Vancouver called Initial Thunder. Both will simulate a fictitious global warming conference, called WarmEx 08, which comes under a security threat, said Lt.-Cmdr. Steve Jakes, exercise director.


"They are anticipating and have intelligence some people are going to disrupt that," said Jakes. "Our part is to detect the ocean approaches here and to not let that happen."


The military will help transport teams of RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency officers to suspicious boats. The teams will practise boarding and searching for such things as illegal arms and cargo, said Jakes. The Canadian and American coast guards, as well as numerous federal agencies such as Transport Canada, are also participating.


Teams at CFB Esquimalt will also practise identifying and handling various radiological, chemical, biological and explosive materials.


Teams in Vancouver will simulate what happens when illegal shipments of radiological materials arrive at the Port of Vancouver, including handling casualties at the scene.


The exercises run until the end of the week.

 

Remember when the so-called "conservative" thinking BC Liberals made an election promise,

two elections ago, to "allow" private insurance companies to sell auto insurance? Well, if you do,

you must have a better memory than ANY of the current MLA's, because not only are we all still

waiting, the issue doesn't appear to even be on anyone's radar.

 

Now its been revealed that ICBC is being used as a massive money laundering mechanism to

pay off high ranking employees of this communist style government monopolized insurance

service (in open violation of the Constitution and Canada Act). A service in which the government

puts a gun to your head to buy their service, which is no less than racketeering.

 

Check out this CTV clip that exposes the scam. A be sure that the main reason for the secrecy

is to cover the fact that not everyone who receives a slice of this 18 million per year pie, is a

direct employee of ICBC. You figure out the rest yourself, and then you'll probably be able to

understand why few politicians are eager to raise the issue of an open market for auto insurance.

[Click below pic for Video]

Oh, and if you can figure out how all this ties into the proposed tax and toll system for the coming

North American Union Super Highway, we'll award you bonus points!

 

From ICBC's out website, they describe themselves as "providing" universal insurance, as well

as licensing and registration. A very nice and friendly way of marketing totalitarianism and

government aggression. In fact, it is not lawful to force someone into a contract without their

knowledge and consent, and furthermore, there is no requirement to hold a license to operate a

motor vehicle for non commercial use. Once you have demonstrated you ability to operate a

motor vehicle, you have more than met your duty, and your right to free and peaceful use of the

Kings highways remains unimpaired.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is a provincial Crown

corporation established in 1973 to provide universal auto insurance to B.C.

motorists. In addition, the Corporation is responsible for driver licensing, vehicle

registration and licensing.

Day after solicitor general John Les resigns over criminal investigation, the new solicitor reveals massive ICBC scam.

 

When it comes to taking care of children, the BC government is considerably less generous...

In the mean time, the BC government is forcing us all to take substandard healthcare, with actual prosecution of people who set up private clinics. In France, both private and public healthcare exists, with each supporting the other, and the result is that France routinely wins the award for best healthcare in the world. Click HERE to see CTV clip of how poor ours is....

Oh yes, and we forgot to mention they are indirectly stealing from Lotto winners too... but now they've been caught keeping a lid on the thievery, they are now trying to convince the public they are going to put a stop to it. Notice the report states "limited scrutiny" in light of the fact that one retailer won a staggering 11 times in five years. How much you want to bet [pun intended] some of these retailers have some secret connections to some pretty influential folk in government? Click below image for CTV video.

 

Frank Hertel, accused in multi-million dollar tax scam, arrested after years on the run - By Canwest News ServiceMay 14, 2009

With A Government Like This Who Needs Terrorists? [BC content included]

 

 

Bizarre terror drill involves Victoria Police Department.

 

For some undisclosed reason, the people running the rather modest naval facility in

Esquimalt Victoria have suddenly deemed it necessary to practice protecting

themselves from "toothpaste" wielding terrorists. They also felt it necessary to issue

a press release informing the public of the drill.

 

Just another example of the government's ongoing campaign of idiotic fear mongering that began, more or less, with the announcement (later retracted after the damage had been done) of mass terror coming to the west coast of British Columbia. Terror so devastating, at least according to chief terrorist of the Vancouver Police Department, Jamie Graham, that none of us would be able to sleep at night.

 

Remember folks, the key reason for all this hype is to set the stage for the coming false

flag terror attack being planned for Canadian soil by members of CSIS, the  Canadian military, and the (talking) heads of municipal police forces. The end result being an invitation of US forces in Canadian cities for "law enforcement" after an emergency.

Anyone critical of government policy, like you and me, will be rounded up for

"re-education" or elimination.

 

All this is interconnected with their primary goal of binding us into the American Union,

which is one of ten areas linked to the planned global government.

 

NOTE: members of Victoria Police are being used as the terrorists in this standard

military "RED/BLUE" drill. Red/blue drills were used as the cover for the 911 attack

and served to confuse civilian and military units working outside the dark inner circle

commanding and controlling the actual attack. This confusion, also used in the London

bombing, led to the 'stand down' of forces trained to defend against airborne terror

attacks.

 

Do you understand why these drills are done? The drills provide the cover...

Both 911 and the 7/7 bombings in London involved IDENTICAL drills to those that occurred in real time. Check out the below videos....

7/7 Drills...

 

 

Now examine the 911 drills...

 

 

 

 

 

See also.... 911 War Game

 

 

Future flood of 'climate refugees' ahead? RCMP intimidate public security

by using hysteria about global warming. Vancouver Sun exclusive Jan.30/07

Victoria Mayor welcomes police state to Capital of BC.

Paranoid government hysteria results in BC Ferry screening! <[Click for Video]

US Military will be guarding Vancouver Olympics.... <[Must see internal link] 

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Only weeks after giving people on welfare and disabilities a paltry 8

percent increase in their shelter allowance, after 25 years of no increase

whatsoever, these already over-paid thieves have determined that they

need a whopping 29 percent increase in wages, and an even bigger

increase for the Premier. Then there's the further increases they gave to

their already massive pensions, they get for working 8 years on destroying

our rights and liberty.

 

Oh, but it gets even better. This raise was a recommendation made by

a commission, so as to appear to be "impartial".... Only problem is, the

people on this commission were appointed by the Premier. Sounds like

the police complaints commission.... but hey, if they think the public are

stupid enough to fall for it, why shouldn't they keep doing this?

 

You ARE the government's only source of legitimate authority.... or have

you never been told that till you found our site?

 

53% pay increase urged for premier, 29% for MLAs - May 02, 2007
 

An independent panel has recommended a 29-per-cent boost in B.C. MLAs' basic

salary and a 53-per-cent raise for Premier Gordon Campbell.

 

That would increase MLAs' pay to

$98,000 from $76,100 and Campbell's

to $186,200 from $121,100.

 

The raises are among 18 recommendations

that include scrapping the group RRSP for

MLAs, reinstating a defined benefit pension

plan and establishing an independent

tribunal to review MLA compensation

every second parliament.

 

The panel, set up by the government in

January, recommends the changes be

retroactive to April 1. It consists of

Vancouver lawyer Sue Paish, former judge Josiah Wood and University of B.C.

business Prof. Sandra Robinson.

 

Liberal house leader Mike de Jong said he would only comment after he had read the

report, as did NDP leader Carole James.

 

Other MLAs also refused to comment Tuesday.

 

Massive raises for B.C.'s public service executives - August 08, 2008

Gordon Campbell's Liberal government has approved massive pay raises for
executives within the public service.

As of August 1, the deputy minister to the B.C. Premier qualifies for close
to a $100,000 pay raise, with the maximum salary in that position going to
$348,600 from $243,936.

Other deputy ministers qualify for about a $77,000 raise, with the new
maximum for that position rising to $299,215. Assistant deputy ministers go
to a maximum of $195,000 from $160,000. [full story]
 

 

BC Government deliberately forcing out Logging Mills in British Columbia.

 

185 jobs cut at Alberni mill
Catalyst Paper shuts down machine, lays off nearly half of employees
 
Times Colonist/CanWest News Service, Wednesday, May 30, 2007

CREDIT: Times Colonist
Catalyst [above] plans to cut costs by laying off 130 workers at its Port Alberni paper mill

Battered by job losses in the forestry sector for decades, Port Alberni took another body blow on Wednesday after Catalyst Paper Corp. announced it will cut 185 jobs and shut down a machine at the mill that produces paper for telephone directories.

Catalyst said it was forced to make the cuts at the Port Alberni Mill, which are expected to take effect Sept. 1, due to the rising value of the Canadian dollar, which is above 93 cents US, dwindling newsprint markets and high municipal taxes.

[Lets get the facts straight: The LOW dollar was significantly HELPING the sale of paper products to the United States.... 93 is less than 100, even with the new math, and FURTHERMORE, as everyone in Canada knows, the dollar has been in the toilet for many years prior. To blame a "high dollar" for mill closures is akin to blaming a cold winter for a lack of summer tourists - if there is any relationship at all, it is helpful, not harmful. Check out this CH News video for another viewpoint on why our mills are being shut down, and our raw logs shipped overseas.]


"Reducing costs is an immediate priority," Richard Garneau, Catalyst's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement Wednesday.

The news sent shock waves through the mid-Island community of about 17,500 where workers and politicians had hoped a deal could be reached to keep the paper machine operating. The cuts represent about 45 per cent of the mill's employees.

Union president Pete Rayburn said the laid-off workers - some with as much as 30 years experience in the mill - likely won't find new jobs in the forestry sector. He fears many will sell their homes and leave town.

A Catalyst spokesman said the mill workers might get their jobs back if the coated-paper machine is restarted. However, the company currently plans to shift the directory paper production to other mills, including Crofton.

Port Alberni Mayor Ken McRae is hopeful the machine will continue to operate, but he recognizes that the forestry industry, the city's largest employer, isn't what it used to be. In fact, he said he wouldn't be surprised if much of the mill site is eventually "bull-dozed" and sold.

To that end, McRae will try to jump-start the city's economy in other ways. "We have some beautiful waterfront property there [at the mill site]," he said, adding it might be time to consider development other than industry, including residential or possibly a hotel to support tourism.

Catalyst, which hasn't shown an annual profit since 2001, also plans to cut 130 office jobs, mostly in Vancouver, and relocate its headquarters to suburban Richmond from downtown Vancouver. The decision will bring total job cuts so far this year to 480.

Forest industry on the block - April 23/08
Approximately 5,000 people turned up seeking bargains at the Ritchie auction - Robert Barron, Canwest News Service, April 23, 2008
 

CHEMAINUS -- The old Doman mill site was a bustling hot bed of activity yesterday as 5,000 people looked for bargains on more than 450 pieces of industrial equipment on the auction block.


Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers paraded equipment that ranged from golf carts to heavy-duty grapple yarders -- much of which ended up at the auction as the result of bankruptcies or downsizing in the dwindling coast forest industry -- before the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd in the fast-paced auction as bidders vied to get the best deals possible. [full story]

 

 

Backdoor lining of pockets paves way for prime BC land sales to American bankers.
 

Expect fight over forest land deal - Times Colonist,  October 24, 2007

The provincial government was wrong to let 28,000 hectares be taken out of the tree farm licence agreement and Western Forest Products is wrong to sell this land for development.

 
Much of this land is within or near small rural communities. In Shirley and Otter Point alone, 4,500 acres are for sale without any discussion with local representatives. That's 45 per cent of our land mass. [full report]

 

Sooke Potholes land on development block - Oct 25/2007
In January, Forests Minister Rich Coleman gave WFP permission to pull the land out of three tree farm licences on Vancouver Island.

 

WFP put 2,532 hectares of the land up for sale, including about 1,800 hectares that were formerly in the TFL. Developer Ender Ilkay has a conditional agreement to buy the entire package.

Ray Zimmerman of the Sea-to-Sea Greenbelt Society said the company is going to make a fortune from the decision and the province could have obtained significant public benefit in exchange for the removals. [full report

Consider also that the BC government does not allocate ANY funds for those on disability or welfare to get into college or university, and a good trade. Lack of training is the single greatest obstacle preventing people from getting off welfare and/or disability benefits, yet the government refuses to assist its own people.

Province spending $43 million to help immigrant workers find jobs - June 13/2007

He said the "Welcome B.C." initiative is designed to ensure that the province remains Canada's most popular destination for new immigrants, who will be needed to help fill an anticipated one million new jobs in the province over the next 12 years.

"There will only be 650,000 students that graduate in that same period of time," Campbell said. "That means we need to attract 350,000 additional people to British Columbia to make sure that we maintain and enhance the quality of living for all of us."

 

It's the dark side of Canada's most beautiful city. [Series on BC's homeless]

 

BC government scamming taxpayers and ignoring poor.


 

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Smoking Is Healthier Than Fascism
Smoking Ban Is About Government Control; Believe it or not, the state really

doesn't care about your health.

 

Patio smoking ban plan draws mixed response

 

Is there a secretive cabal plotting against us?

 

 

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