tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post5815423940500875805..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: VGH domestic violence program closure called "outrageous" - two women's support groups were never consultedBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-3525219120290396322010-08-23T23:39:53.379-07:002010-08-23T23:39:53.379-07:00Bill,
How about putting on your website a questio...Bill,<br /><br />How about putting on your website a question about what readers think Campbell will do next about the HST petition (such as):<br />- amend the Bill to give MLAs a "Hobson's Choice" before a "free vote" in the legislature,<br />-refer it to Elections BC and a referendum,<br />-refer it back to the courts on some technicality cooked up by the BC Chamber,<br />- other outrageous or corrupt option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-17416552061879852262010-08-09T13:46:04.262-07:002010-08-09T13:46:04.262-07:00Well said Cherylb. It seems the PABsmears are agai...Well said Cherylb. It seems the PABsmears are again chirping off. Diversionary tactics for sure. I sent this article out to aprox 290 e-mails. WOW! The responses I have gotten back are amazing. Seems that there are fewer and fewer gordo supporters out there. It seems to me only his cabinet, his girlfriends, and the big biz associates he had. That’s it. Maybe if we ever get the Virk / Basi trial underway, we might connect the dots way past the grunts, right up to his majesty “gordo the impaler”. RECALL IN THE FALL!<br /><br />Kam LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-69463116712498198112010-08-08T19:57:24.051-07:002010-08-08T19:57:24.051-07:00What would you suggest we do with the homeless and...What would you suggest we do with the homeless and drug addicted women George? Leave them on the street?<br /><br />How about the freakin Libs do their jobs properly instead? Or is that too much to expect?cherylbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-67182072277119514012010-08-08T10:03:27.499-07:002010-08-08T10:03:27.499-07:00Hundreds of millions in tax dollars are going to j...Hundreds of millions in tax dollars are going to jobs for men (Gateway) while cuts to funding means abuse and unemployment for women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-64957139108156313422010-08-08T08:02:12.876-07:002010-08-08T08:02:12.876-07:00Looks like closing the DV program is part of a dec...Looks like closing the DV program is part of a decade long <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Domestic+Violence+Unit+needs+work+advocate+says/3371031/story.html" rel="nofollow">attack on women</a> by the BC Liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-69877689304767768842010-08-07T10:52:00.861-07:002010-08-07T10:52:00.861-07:00If the shelters would stop taking in homeless and ...If the shelters would stop taking in homeless and drug addict women, and only accept those who were abused, they could help a lot more. They like to fill their beds with these others in order to claim they are full.George R. McCaslandhttp://dads-house.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-23606531955265314492010-08-07T00:12:52.513-07:002010-08-07T00:12:52.513-07:00This has Kevin Falcon's fingerprints all over ...This has Kevin Falcon's fingerprints all over it. He has already been on record as having the health authorities only provide core services. Fraser Health has cut many support programmes as have, I'm sure, the others as well. <br /><br />Unfortunately these decisions put greater pressure on the community services that are beholden to charity in order to carry out their work. Considering that the BC Liberals turned off the tap for many such organizations, one can only conclude that they don't give a fig about the welbeing of those that are not likely to vote for them. <br /><br />BC is becoming the "Best Place On Earth" to stay away from. Far, far away!Crankypantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-83563783490046219192010-08-06T13:53:12.498-07:002010-08-06T13:53:12.498-07:00But wait, (sadly) there's more
Michael Smyth...<b>But wait, (sadly) there's more</b><br /><br /> Michael Smyth <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/Oppal+rues+demise+great+program/3361939/story.html?cid=megadrop_story" rel="nofollow">reports</a> in The Province: <br /><br /><i>In what became known as the Langley Project, B.C. police officers and Crown prosecutors teamed up with community-service providers to help victims of domestic violence get through an often intimidating court process.<br /><br />A key goal of the program: support and reassure victims to ensure their safety — and so they wouldn't be intimidated into changing their stories and retracting their complaints.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />To prevent that, police, prosecutors and social workers in the Langley Project would monitor and support victims to ensure their safety and provide information. Evidence against the accused would be assembled carefully, so cases wouldn't be totally reliant on victim testimony.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />The results: a 35-per-cent increase in convictions and a 50-per-cent increase in the number of cases dropped.</i><br /><br />Former Attorney-General of British Columbia Wally Oppal pioneered the Langley Project: " <b>I'm told it's been cut </b>," he lamented in an interview. " <b>It was a great program, very successful and some amazing things were accomplished. But I understand it's been stopped </b>."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-52265273340225688362010-08-06T11:43:37.216-07:002010-08-06T11:43:37.216-07:00Campbell is a dictator, and dictators can be very ...Campbell is a dictator, and dictators can be very underhanded. Don't forget, Campbell and Hansen lied, deceived and cheated to win, Campbell's election. BC is the most corrupt province, in all of Canada. There are several things, Campbell is being sneaky about. The Constitution is being disregarded. Our Civil Rights and Liberties, have been taken away from us. Democracy and Freedom, Campbell completely ignores. He has put this province, billions in debt. So, we have, a taxing, and slashing frenzy. BC is failing. Some forest fires, are just being left to burn, there is no money to fight them. We all know, Campbell has a total disregard, for children living in poverty. So he also would have no concern, for domestic violence. Campbell, is not in this, to do what is best for the people or the province. He is in this, for a 53% wage hike, and, his $2 million per year pension. The only things he has done, in BC, is to benefit himself and his business buddies. Anything, that costs him money, have always been ignored. Domestic violence, is not on his "radar".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-18662465362982681052010-08-06T11:28:06.436-07:002010-08-06T11:28:06.436-07:00Bastards! What can we do?Bastards! What can we do?cherylbnoreply@blogger.com