The following was posted by Deborah O'Connor (NCLC) on another list I'm on today. I don't know who she is, what NCLC stands for (many organizations use the acronym), or who passed the information on to her. However, it suggests a growing anger.
I'll pass my own response to Gail's question later today. Ed >Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:56 AM > Some BC news passed on to me today..... > > The political scene here gets more horrible every day. Gordon Campbell > is a heartless bastard. He cancelled a program that provided transit > passes to seniors who have less than 15K annual income. He also > cancelled a program providing small stipends to seniors who do volunteer > work with other seniors. There have been rallies by teachers and > healthcare workers who are rightly pissed off. There will be a lot more > action, I am sure, before things settle down. We have recall > legislation here and I think a number of ridings will try to get their > MLAs fired. The government is being particularly nasty to people in > rural ridings that have already been hit by softwood lumber agreement > problems. >
