Stop compaining
I'm sorry that Roger's privacy was so terribly violated at 8:15 pm by a Vision Party election canvasser. I'm sure that whatever Roger was doing at that evening hour was considerably more important than receiving election info and asking questions about the future of our city for the next four years, in addition to exercising his constitutional right to not only vote, but to question the political candidates who if elected to Vancouver City Council will spend our tax dollars and make decisions that could benefit us or even have a very negative effect on everyone who lives and works in the city of Vancouver.
I have served as a volunteer canvasser for various political parties many times during elections and FYI, the Canada Elections Act permits election candidates and their representatives such as volunteers for the candidate or his/her political party to have unrestricted access to all residential buildings and housing complexes in order to provide information to all potential voters.
No security guard, resident caretaker or tenant may prohibit an election candidate or his/her representatives from accessing the residents/voters, providing the volunteers and/or candidate is door knocking at a reasonable hour.
So Roger can vote for which ever party he chooses, and that is his right.
However, when I have met so many former refugees and immigrants who have risked their very lives and lost all of their possessions to come to Canada, often arriving with nothing more than the clothes on their backs after years of a traumatizing conditions that forced them to flee their homelands, I really think that Canadians who couldn't bother to vote should really feel ashamed.
Maybe it might serve Roger to think of that dreadful day when he no longer has the constitutional right to vote, question his government representatives, or even voice his opposition without the risk of being arrested by a covert police agency and taken away to be tortured and never be seen alive ever again.
Voting is not a right that any Canadian citizen should ever take for granted.
–Leslie Benisz
Thanks, y'all!
For all the guys and gals working on the sewer replacement between Cambie and Granville on 25th, a big thank you! You've worked hard to keep the traffic moving. It is much appreciated.
- Lenore
Parades are a scourge and, obviously, an inconvenience
The chaos caused downtown on Oct. 19 due to the Halloween parade was nasty. The traffic was backed up for miles on major streets like Granville and Burrard. When I asked the traffic policeman where the buses had been rerouted to, he said that none of the traffic people had been given any information by TransLink and he pointed to the lack of signage at the nearest bus stop.
If we must have a parade, at least advise transit users about where to catch their bus. As for the vehicle back-ups, I would suggest that parking be temporarily disallowed on main streets like Burrard to give people a chance to get to their destination.
Best of all, perhaps a quieter neighbourhood in Vancouver would like to host this parade next year.
– M. Black
