Keeping it Real…

The good news for the NDP, according to a just-released poll by the Leger group, is that David Eby and the NDP would win a majority government, if a provincial election was held now.

The bad news for the NDP, though, is that there is no election scheduled right now … and the NDP’s lead over the BC Conservatives is shrinking … even though the Official Opposition still has no full-time leader.

The survey of just over 1,000 British Columbians shows 44% would vote NDP; 38% Conservative, 9% Green.

That’s a drop of 4% for the NDP, since October.

Pollster Steve Mossop, as reported in The Vancouver Sun, said “more than half, or 54 per cent, believes the province is on the wrong track, a figure Mossop said indicates a strong desire for change.”

“The government’s disapproval ratings are up on a number of issues, including housing, health care and the opioid crisis, as well as the economy, provincial-municipal relations, and reconciliation with First Nations,” the Sun reported.

(You can read their full article here: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-ndp-lead-shrinks-says-poll.).

““We got mounting pressure on the economy, with Trump and tariffs, and we got increasing deficits in B.C., and there seems to be a lot of voter dissatisfaction over how the NDP has been handling things,” Mossop said.

And in several key areas … the economy, health care and public safety … voter confidence in the NDP is on the decline.

Most intriguing is that the Conservatives narrowed the gap, even without a full-time leader, out there regularly critiquing the government, … and their leadership race won’t conclude until the end of May.

Just imagine what the polls will show if their new standard-bearer ignites public interest … and support for change!

Harv Oberfeld

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It’s a whole new world out there! Might makes right; selfishness triumphs principles; mutual respect no longer has any place in global relations; and, the will of the local population need not reign supreme.

Donald Trump has introduced new norms and new rules.

“One way of another” the US President vowed his country NEEDS and would “get” Greenland: he said for national “security” reasons … but many believe it’s really for Greenland’s rare mineral deposits.

Security reasons?

Well, consider this:

Greenland is 1700 miles from the closest US point; but Point Roberts is only 1 foot away from BC!

What about OUR security???

Canada (and especially BC) NEED Point Roberts … so maybe we too should just “get it” ….under the new world order , “one way or another”!

Maybe not for their rare minerals, but certainly for their cheaper gas, cheaper eggs, cheaper booze and, in my case, much cheaper pipe tobacco … and, of course, OUR security … Taking Point Robert’s would distance us even more from all those gun-toting Americans …and, even more threatening to us ,Seattle Kraaken hockey fans!

Plus, the only way for Americans to travel by road to/from the US -owned (thanks to the 49th parallel treaty) tiny enclave south of Vancouver is via British Columbia’s roads and highways … and they pay us nothing for their use!!

Using the Mad Hatter’s logic, just think of the damage all those thankless Point Roberts residents (there are 1,276 of them) do to BC roads… as they travel back and forth to the US mainland: wearing away BC pavement, their tires erasing our high quality and very expensive traffic paint … especially when they cross our double lines! Yet, they pay us nil, nada to maintain any of it! Not even a few heavily discounted loonies!!!

And what about all the water that BC supplies to Point Roberts? Sure, they pay for that, but not as much as they should…whatever that price is! (Thinking here like Donald Trump! No real facts needed!)

Not to mention all the southbound fresh air the Americans have been stealing from us for more than a hundred years!! Time for a Golden Roof … to keep our fresh Canadian air home?

Or maybe it’s time for Canada to just take Point Roberts!

After all, remember what Trump said, in Davos just days ago:

”All the United Stares needs is a little piece of land … called Greenland.”

Little Greenland is 56,000 square miles; Point Robert’s is only 4.9 square miles.

Well, WE need it… for all these reason above, and … this is a BIG one … so Canadians can head south, escaping the snowy or rainy weather ….without having to cross a border!

I’m sure just the Tsawwassen and Delta police could do the job .. if we strike while the Point Roberts cops and border agents are busy … watching the Super Bowl!!!

And neither Trump , nor Hegseth could probably find Point Roberts on a map … or would care enough to even look it up!

Somehow, the way things are going down south lately, I’d even bet many Point Roberts residents would welcome us and thank us for liberating them!

Harv Oberfeld

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