Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom is bringing in new legislation to crack down on fare evaders, allowing collection agencies to go after people who don’t buy tickets. If Lekstrom really wants to deal with fare evasion, then he needs to realize why people don’t pay the transit fares. If people can’t afford to buy a transit [...]
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Pardon me for a rant about my commute. And about Translink. I hardly think it’s acceptable for a public organization that trumpets public consultation, taxes us, is governed by an unelected appointed board, and so on, to say “it’s the policy, that policy won’t change, and there’s no one you can speak to.” I’m currently [...]
As the BC NDP leadership race ramps up, it’s time to see how we can improve the candidates’ posture when it comes to policy. Maybe they’re waiting until after the opponents choose their next leader before rolling out real policy depth, but it would be a mistake to wait. There was a consistent criticism of [...]
Some days it’s hard to make it through the day without something like the [theoretically] “public” transit system trying to shame us as ugly narcissistic consumers with their adcreep, just in time for Christmas! Because we are not beautiful, we need plastic surgery. But we should not brag about it or openly discuss it with [...]
