Monday Magazine, May 09, 2013

BC ELECTION 2013 — VICTORIA CANDIDATES ANSWER TOUGH QUESTIONS

MAY 9 - 15, 2013

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NEWS & VIEWS > THE WEEK

EDITORIAL

Fashionable way to stop violence The sexier side of elections t’s never easy to start over.

That’s the sentiment one Victoria organization is intimately aware of, especially when it comes to escaping domestic violence and abuse. It’s also the driving force behind the upcoming Victoria Women In Need (WIN) DANIELLE annual fundraiser, Fashion with POPE Passion, on Sat., May 11. news@ Now in its fifth year, the mondaymag.com event will benefit the 100 Women Campaign, with a goal to generate enough funds for 100 women to participate in the new Self Sufficiency and Transformations Programs that WIN began offering on April 15.

“Women in these programs will be able to experience one-on-one support to move forward toward making positive choices in their lives,” says Clare Yazganoglu, WIN executive director.

“They are not Band-Aid solutions, but long-lasting, and women learn that they matter.”

Transformations is an eight-day educational program that offers women the opportunity to learn effective communication skills, personal boundaries and new approaches to relationships and wellness in their lives. Sixteen women participated in the first run, which was developed in collaboration with Gabriola Island’s The Haven Centre for Growth, and WIN hopes to run a second program in the fall. The expanded Self Sufficiency Program offers one-on-one support, practical training and financial assistance to women to assist in achieving self-sufficiency goals.

“We created the programs to meet the needs of women in Victoria. Being able to work with women in this enduring and transformative way is truly rewarding, and something we have been working towards for many years,” says Yazganoglu, who adds community support is responsible for the more than 1,000 women per year WIN has supported to move out of crisis for the last 20 years.

The fashion show, which includes outfits designed straight from the WIN stores and local fashion sponsors, is put on by ma-luxe & The Studio Collective. Community models will include Victoria personalities and auction items will be available throughout the event: getaways, gift baskets, beauty care, jewelry, clothing, retail gift certificates and WIN vintage items.

Attend the show Sat., May 11, 6:30-11pm at BMW Victoria (95 Esquimalt). Tickets are $80 and include “pink carpet” entry, fashion show, dinner by Food for Thought Catering, live music

by Carpe Diem and a swag bag filled with goodies.

Purchase tickets at winfashionwithpassion.com.

can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had that have turned away from politics. You know the moment: the wine at the table has all but dried and the host makes a retreat for the dishes before things get heated, a casual encounter with a stranger leans into small talk about the election until weather suddenly becomes more important, a debate with a friend is dashed with: “Do we really need to talk about this?”

Yes, we do.

Some of you are already fingering the page right now, ready to turn onto the horoscopes, weekly poll, film DANIELLE POPE reviews, escorts. Thanks for reading this far, because you know what I’m going to news@mondaymag.com tell you: this election is important.

It’s true, voters’ polls, electoral ballots and campaign trails don’t turn everyone on — though I know at least a few political activists who have what some might call an unhealthy zest for the adrenaline of an election — but until even the skeptics realize the importance of that little penciled check mark, we are all in trouble.

Alice Walker, the African-American author who wrote The Color Purple, said: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

Complaining is easy, and it’s the best start to a great many conversations: What about those taxes? The HST should have stayed/gone. Can you believe those Medical Service Plan premiums? Can you believe those clear-cut developments up the Malahat? Can you believe the overcrowding of hospital beds?

Can you believe asking, “Who will you vote for?” ends the conversation?

The system is frustrating — even when your party gets in, the political acne doesn’t always clear up within a couple of days, or even years — but the real condition we suffer from is voter apathy: an entire nation of people who have forgotten how powerful they are.

Elections BC exposed that voter participation has crashed from more than 70 per cent of eligible provincial voters chucking in their ballots in 1983 to just 51 per cent doing so in 2009. So, maybe we are more satisfied with our way of life than ever before. We have full confidence in our politicians, we are happy with the status of our economy, our environment, our health care and our social services. We don’t like making choices. We trust our government always knows best.

Funny then, that all those complaint-laden conversations exist between friends from the middle-aged apathetics to university-age executives to seniors with more gumption than time. For a province full of people who have some things to complain about, it’s a wonder that pundit predictions suggest this May 14 election will be as voter poor as any. But we could still prove them wrong.

No matter your candidate or party, do something for yourself that will turn on this provincial election: realize you have the power to choose. Use it. M Find out all you need to know at: elections.bc.ca/ge2013.

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to ask the hard stuff — and get cozy with sending letters to your politician of choice.

Tanker Free BC is asking voters to send emails to all premier candidates to express concern about Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion plans in B.C. before it’s a done deal. The direct-link email, which can be found pre-written on the group’s site or can be personally edited, urges the candidates to say no to tanker traffic and yes to “supernatural B.C.” Sign on yourself at: tankerfreebc.ca/email.

A final call for all novice and experienced paddlers interested in joining the second-annual LIV Your Life Project dragon boat race to fund menstrual kits for girls in Malawi, Africa.

Organizer Kyla Plaxton put out the call for participants in March, and already 160 people have filled eight of the 10 boats with community members, school groups and organizations from Island Sexual Health and Women In Need to GoodLife Fitness. Plaxton’s goal this year is to raise $40,000 through personal fundraising, prizes and the race on Sat., May 11 9am-1pm at Selkirk Waterway (2940 Jutland). Race day will also see a booth from Wannawafel, a kids corner, spoken word and hip-hop performances and a silent auction. Race registration 8-9am, $5. “Come and be together and support our girls around the world,” says Plaxton.

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NEWS & VIEWS > OPINION

STREET SMARTS Are you able to forgive a politician’s past?

KIERAN REPORT

Clark’s fact-free campaign sinks t the start of the election campaign Christy Clark was on the ropes. Her Families First strategy and her Canada Starts Here Jobs Plan were running on empty. Her caucus was mutinous.

The best people in her cabinet opted for retirement over defeat.

The pollsters had her trailing the NDP’s Adrian Dix by as much as 20 points. Her chances of holding her own VancouverPoint Grey riding were slim and none.

Clark’s only course of action was to demonize Dix as a political felon and a jobs killer and to tell a whoppingly audacious lie about the fiscal health of the province. Bold to a fault, Clark plastered her big lie on the BRIAN side of her campaign bus — “Debt Free BC” KIERAN — and put the pedal to the metal. bkieran@ With mere days left until the polls open mondaymag.com next Tuesday, the most recent Ipsos Reid survey shows the gap between the Liberals and the NDP narrowed to 10 points. That is down from a 19-point gap at the start of the campaign. Pollster FIND THE M AND WIN Angus Reid has the difference A PRIZE FROM MONDAY MAGAZINE between the two parties at an even slimmer seven points.

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By my deadline earlier this Last week it was hidden inside the “O” of Monday . week, ThreeHundredEight.com, a Prove that you’ve found the “M” sophisticated website that analyand get it into our office to win!

Drawn Monday at noon. Submit entries to: ses a variety of polling data, was 818 Broughton St., Victoria, V8W 1E4 with daytime predicting an NDP victory over phone number or fax it to our number at 250-386-2624. the Liberals by 46 seats to 38 (with one independent). That’s nowhere near the crushing defeat Winner this week: DARYL NOULLETTE predicted four weeks ago.

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Yes, if they’ve gone through the analysis and come to a better place.

ThreeHundredEight shows the NDP continuing to have a strangle-hold on Vancouver Island (12 seats to two for the Liberals) and a comfortable margin of victory in Metro Vancouver (25 seats to 14). However, data for the Interior suggests the Liberals will thump the NDP by a margin of more than two to one (22 seats to nine). Clearly, in the Interior, where resource communities live or die according to the province’s economic and fiscal well-being, voters want to believe the big lie has a ring of truth.

Those of you who are wavering should consider these facts: When Liberals came to power in 2001, the total provincial debt was about $36 billion. Today, that debt is about $62 billion. And, the rate of annual debt growth will peak this year at almost 12 per cent. In the space of two short years Clark’s administration has added $10 billion to the total debt. That jump is unprecedented in provincial budgeting history.

The Liberals’ 2013/14 Budget and Fiscal Plan really puts the lie to the bus banner. It states: “As government continues its capital investment program and given the impact of reverting to a PST/ GST system, total provincial debt, including commercial Crown self-supported debt, will reach $69.4 billion by 2015/16.”

The question too few have asked is how this mounting and crippling debt squares with Clark’s promise that B.C. will be “debt free in 15 years.” The answer is, it doesn’t.

Dix is spot on when he says Clark has been running a “fact-free campaign.” M

JORDAN BOWER, Victoria

Depends on how they use it in their campaign.

MELISSA HAMAR, Victoria

Yes. Anyone can be forgiven.

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No. If you’re a politician you should know what you’re doing.

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THURS. MAY 9 PSYCHIC CIRCLE SPRING FAIR Palmistry, mediumship, clairvoyance, tarot, clairsentience, numerology, channeling. To May 12. During mall hours at the Bay Centre (1150 Douglas). $35-$50. 250-478-4226.

ALL CANDIDATES DEBATE - The Fairfield Gonzales Community Association hosts an all candidates debate for the riding of Victoria Beacon Hill with moderator John Farquharson. 7-9pm at Fairfield Community Place (1335 Thurlow).

SAT. MAY 11 ENERGY EXPO HOLISTIC HEALTH AND METAPHYSICS - Get inspired on your journey of self discovery by celebrating alternative medicine, energy healing and metaphysics.

20 workshops, lectures and demonstrations included in $10/ day admission. 12-5pm SATURDAY and SUNDAY at James Bay Community Centre (140 Oswego).

Redgatehealingstudio.com for more information.

ORGANIC PLANT SALE - The Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre hosts its tenth annual organic plant sale. 10am-2pm at 1216 North Park. Free admission.

SPRING VINTAGE FAIR - Vintage and retro clothing, jewellry, housewares, records and more.

10am-4pm at 1303 Fairfield. $3.

QUADRA VILLAGE DAY- Celebrate the vibrant neighbourhood of Quadra Village. 9:30am-1pm on Kings Road between Quadra and Dowler. Free fun for the whole family.

MON. MAY 13 RIGHT TO SLEEP COMMUNITY FORUM - Adversely Affected By The City Of Victoria's 7am-7pm tent prohibition? Come to the community forum to chat about the way forward.

3pm at Greater Victoria Public Library Conference Room (735 Broughton).

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ETHICAL TRADE MARKET The Didi Society is hosting the second annual Ethical Trade Market to celebrate World Fair Trade Day. 10am-4pm SATURDAY at Fernwood Community Centre (1240 Gladstone).

Free.

SUNDAY MARKET AT BASTION SQUARE - See an eclectic mix of arts, crafts, imports, entertainment and farmers selling their locally grown produce and fruits; homemade breads, pastries, honey, preserves, chutneys and relishes; free range eggs and more. To Sept. 22.

SUNDAYS 11am-4:30pm at Bastion Square and Langley. Free.

SHAKE IT UP! -A preivew for Fired Up, presenting signature contemporary works in clay. Opening reception 6pm at Eclectic Gallery (2170 Oak Bay).

COASTAL MAGIC -Phillipa Hudson presents a recent commission for the Fairmont Chateau Lake Lousie in three large paintings. Artist reception 7pm at Eclectic Gallery (2170 Oak Bay).

FRI. MAY 10 BITS AND PIECES - Oak Bay fibre artist Jill Croft opens an exhibit of her work at Avenue Fabric Studio (1841 Oak Bay). Opening reception 5-8pm.

The exhibit of traditional quilts, fabric collage, ornaments and animals runs until May 24.

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A COWHERD IN PARADISE - Be prepared to laugh, learn, and be inspired by this true story of one Chinese Canadian couple’s search for love, family, and forgiveness by May Q. Wong. 2pm at Cowichan Library (2687 James, Duncan). Free.

NOH MEETS CANADA- Tsunao Yamai and ensemble present a talk and performance of Japanese Noh. 7:30pm at Metro Studio (1411 Quadra). Free.

SUN. MAY 12 BRAILLE CLASS FOR THE PUBLIC - Right on the Dot is back! Learn the basics of reading Braille, whether you are blind or sighted. This sevensession course is fun for everyone.

SATURDAYS, May 4-June 22. 2:304pm at Esquimalt Recreation Centre (527 Fraser, Viewfield Room). $12 per class, $84 for whole course. Blind and visually impaired people can take the class for free or by donation. 250-4128500, blindway.ca.

FRI. MAY 10 SPACEPORT UNION- Progressive art rock with visuals by Photon. With Man Made Lake and Nicole Linde.

9pm at The Cambie (856 Esquimalt). $6.

HANDSOME DISTRACTION- A Mighty Roar CD release party with Deluge and Trace the Sky. 9:30pm at Lucky Bar. $12.

SAT. MAY 11 MD WREN AND THE SICK KIDS- Homecoming show. 9:30pm at Logan's Pub (1821 Cook). $10.

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RUSSELL'S VINTAGE GRAND OPENING - All of Russell Books' antiquarian and vintage books will be browsable on shelves below the Hobby Shop (734 Fort). Local authors Esi Edugyan, Steven Price, and Marita Dachsel read at 7pm.

LINDEN SINGERS- Choral music from North, Central and South America with special guest Kelby MacNayr and friends. 7:30pm at Lutheran Church of the Cross (3787 Cedar Hill). 420/17/under 25 free.

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WED. MAY 15 CHESS IN THE LIBRARY - Love to play chess? Drop-in for weekly chess in the library. Chess sets will be available to borrow from the Information Desk. No registration required. To May 22. WEDNESDAYS 9:30-11:30 am at the Greater Victoria Library Central Branch. (735 Broughton). Free. 250-382-7241.

KNITTING CIRCLE - Whether you're experienced or new to knitting, join the casual drop-in knitting circle in the library. The circle is not facilitated; bring friends and neighbours to create the circle. WEDNESDAYS 1-2:30pm at the Greater Victoria Library Emily Carr Branch (3500 Blanshard). Free. 250-475-6100.

MULTI BOOK LAUNCH - Eight local authors release books for children and teens. 7pm at Union Pacific Coffee (537 Herald). Free.

GALLERIES THURS. MAY 9 ERASURE - Caite Dheere opens a solo exhibition of was encaustic paintings. Opening reception 7-9pm.

Closing May 30 at Polychrome Fine Art (977-A Fort). Free.

LIGHT SENSITIVE -Students from Western Academy of Photography showcase the best of the year. Runs May 9-16. Opening reception FRIDAY at 6pm at Dales Gallery (537 Fisgard).

THURS. MAY 9 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEARTThe Belfry Theatre makes the world premiere of Bruce Ruddell and Bill Henderson's new musical. Directed

by Michael Shamata, Let Me Call You Sweetheart stars Elizabeth Duncan, Vincent Gale, Megan Leitch, Nicola Lipman, Donna Soares and Alec Willows. Inspired by a chance meeting at Salt Spring Island’s Harbour House Hotel, this charming new musical fuses nostalgic tunes with new compositions that swing and sway and syncopate. TUES to SAT at 8pm, SAT at 4pm and SUN at 2pm until May 19. Tickets start at $25 at 250-385-6815 or online at tickets. belfry.bc.ca.

METAMORPHOSES -Kate Rubin’s Advanced Performance Group has chosen this powerful exploration of how the human condition remains connected to history, myth, and love, regardless of the passage of time, for its 2013 offering. THURSDAY through SUNDAY at 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard). $12 THE GOLDEN DRAGON- Join Theatre Inconnu for a highly unique play set in an Asian restaurant that sees five actors portray 15 characters whose lives are inextricably linked.

Plays WEDNESDAY to SATURDAY at 8pm and SATURDAY and SUNDAY at 2pm until May 18 at 1923 Fernwood.

Tickets at ticketrocket.org or 250590-6291.

BETTER LIVING -Langham Court Theatre previews action-packed Chalmers Award-winning dark comedy 'Better Living' by George F. Walker. TUESDAY to SATURDAY at 8pm and SATURDAY at 2pm until May 11. Tickets at boxoffice@ langhamtheatre.ca or 250-384-2142.

FRI. MAY 10 MISS SAIGON - The Victoria Operatic Society presents the Vancouver Island premiere of a new production of Miss Saigon. Runs THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY at 8pm and SUNDAY at 2pm. Tickets start at $21 at rmts.bc.ca or 250386-6121.

DARRIN ROSE - Host of Comdey Network's The Match Game, a regular cast member of CBC's Mr. D, and four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee comes to the Victoria Event Centre. 7:30pm. $20.

SUN. MAY 12 PHILLIPS COMEDY NIGHT Hilarious stand up comedy hosted by Wes Borg, featuring Edmonton comic Matt Alaeddine. 8pm at Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad) $10.

TUES. MAY 14 SIN CITY -This clever cast of improvisors is back with the third season of the live improvised weekly serial, Bedlam-by-Sea, set in a pub-hotel in a quaint seaside English village. Completely improvised over 21 weekly episodes. Directed live by Ian Ferguson. Starring Kirsten Van Ritzen, Wes Borg, Morgan Cranny, Christina Patterson, Chris Gabel, Robert Conway, Karen Brelsford, Charlie de Pape, Alan Penty, Christine Upright and Bill Nance. New musical director Alexander Brendan Ferguson improvises live musical scores and technical director Theodore R. Sherman returns on lights and sound.

TUESDAYS doors 7:30pm, show 8pm at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). $15/$12, cash only at door.

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CITY WATCHDOG NEWS & VIEWS > OPINION Coal: not in anyone’s backyard, thank you very much

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hink about coal for a moment. What comes to mind — 18th century industrial barons? Towering black plumes of smoke? Steam engines?

For many who have never even spoken of coal except as a Christmas gift for naughty kids, the idea that its use continues despite alternatives is baffling. In fact, two new mines are currently seeking approval on the southern Island. Both would be located in the heart of the Comox Valley, just a few hours drive from The Capital. Named after the animals whose

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habitat they threaten, Raven underground mine and Bear open pit mine are proposed by Compliance Energy Corporation. Meant to start operations in 2011, the projects have been mired in bad PR while awaiting approval from the BC Environmental Assessment Office.

The devastation that comes with mining is old news for a public bombarded with apocalyptic images of the Alberta tar sands landscape. Living near a mine means a higher risk of contracting cardiopulmonary, lung and kidney diseases, hypertension and mercury poisoning,

yet CEC and partners continue to claim the mines pose no risk. Raven and Bear would also gouge deep into the Valley’s watershed, threatening not only human and nonhuman inhabitants, but the holiest of the holy: the local economy. It should come as no surprise that a majority of Comox Valley residents oppose the mines.

While a three hour drive doesn’t exactly place the Raven and Bear mines in our back yard, it’s time to make these projects our problem before this century’s Black Gold Rush makes its way to our neck of the woods. M

MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION Remember to Vote. Tuesday, May 14 is General Voting Day. Do You Have This Card?

Bring Identification Under the Election Act, voters must prove their identity and residential address in order to receive a ballot or register to vote in conjunction with voting in a provincial general election or by-election. Voters may present identification, or use a process known as vouching. Some acceptable types of identification and information on the vouching process are found below.

This card tells you where you can vote in the 2013 Provincial General Election. Take it with you when you go vote. If you do not have this card, visit the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca, or call 1-800-661-8683 (toll-free).

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Vote by Mail You can ask for a Vote by Mail package from your district electoral office or through the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca.

Vote at advance voting Voters can attend any advance voting location in the province from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (local time), Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11. All advance voting locations are wheelchair accessible.

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You can vote if you are: • 18 years of age or older, or will be 18 on General Voting Day (May 14, 2013) • a Canadian citizen, and • a resident of British Columbia for the past six months You can Register When You Vote If you aren’t already registered, you can register when you vote. You will need identification that proves both your identity and current residential address.

Option 1 A single document issued by the Government of BC or Canada that contains the voter’s name, photograph and residential address, such as a BC driver’s licence, BC Identification Card (BCID), or BC Services Card.

Option 2 A Certificate of Indian Status as issued by the Government of Canada.

Option 3 Two documents that together show the voter’s name and residential address. Both documents must show the voter’s name. At least one of the documents must also contain the voter’s residential address.

Please note: Digital or electronic documents (e.g. e-bills) are acceptable. Hand-written information on a document, photocopies or electronic scans/photos of a paper document are not acceptable.

The following are examples of the document types authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer for the purposes of voter identification (the list of documents is illustrative, not exhaustive). Other specific documents (not listed below) may be authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer. For questions about the acceptability of a specific document, please contact Elections BC. Government-issue identity document Examples: healthcare card, birth certificate, Social Insurance Card, passport, citizenship document/certificate, Old Age Security Identification Card, Canadian Forces identification, Firearm Acquisition Certificate, firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence, Veterans Affairs Canada Health Care Identification Card, Correctional Service Canada Offender Identification Card.

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Provincial Where to Vote card Bank/credit card or statement Residential lease/mortgage statement Insurance statement Public transportation pass Utility bill Membership card Hospital bracelet/document Prescription medication container Attestation of residence Personal cheque (printed by bank)

Option 4 Voters without identification can be vouched for by a voter in their electoral district who has identification, or a direct family member or someone who has legal authority to make personal care decisions for the voter.

Future Voters Elections BC encourages you to bring your children with you when you vote. Show tomorrow’s voters how our electoral process works.

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PROVINCIAL POLITICS > B.C. ELECTION 2013

DANIELLE POPE news@mondaymag.com

Your election, your choice LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ASK CANDIDATES THE TOUGH QUESTIONS lenty of tough issues rest on this election, which is why Monday decided to ask some of our favourite organizations to grill the candidates with questions pertinent to their cause.

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Environment “In many ecosystems of B.C., old-growth forest is incredibly scarce — 91 per cent of valley bottom ancient forest growth on the southern coast has been logged of the classic monumental trees.

Are you willing to commit to fully ending old-growth logging in any regions or ecosystems of B.C.?”

Health + Social Services “What will you do to move forward on the implementation of safer consumption services in places of high need, like Victoria?”

“What investment will your party make to help end homelessness?”

Civil Liberties “What are you prepared to do to increase police accountability and respond to the ongoing tragedy of murdered and missing women, and the shocking Human Rights Watch Report on the crisis of policing with respect to aboriginal girls and women in Northern British Columbia?”

Ken Wu , Executive Director, Ancient Forest Alliance

Alan Rycroft, Community Relations, Victoria CoolAid Society

Micheal Vonn, Policy Director, B.C. Civil Liberties Association

Yes. It is a policy of BC Greens that we stop all old-growth logging in B.C.

BC Greens support the use of evidence-based harm-reduction practices such as needle-exchanges, substitution treatments and safe consumption sites. Our drug policies would be ensured in all regions.

Greens believe we need to restore confidence in law enforcement; law enforcement must be subject to reasonable limits and undergo periodic reviews. We will establish a provincial police service with a citizen’s assembly to make recommendation on policing and law enforcement.

BC Greens will phase out MSP premiums and fund the public health system from general revenue. We also see that a significant part of the problem is a lack of preventative care and action.

Greens would increase tobacco taxes and institute a “junk food tax.” We support local economies, which includes reinvesting in our agriculture and eating more local produce.

A BC NDP government will address the recommendations made by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. We will also introduce measures to reduce poverty, establish a Ministry of Women’s Equality, and enhance support services for women and children.

Since 2001, the Liberals have increased MSP rates eight times.

Reversing those increases would cost about $1 billion per year, and that is not possible at this time.

We believe that issues of obesity are important and will promote a healthy lifestyle for all British Columbians through increased health education.

Today’s BC Liberals are committed to improving the safety of vulnerable women. The Honourable Steven Point, former lieutenant governor of B.C., has been selected to chair a new advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women.

He will work with government as it implements the recommendations from the Missing Women’s Inquiry report.

Today’s BC Liberals are committed to providing British Columbians with a health care system that meets the demands of a population that is both changing and aging. Any changes to MSP rates would require a commensurate tax increase in other areas. We have no plans to implement a tax of this nature.

I would favour the appointment of a fully public inquiry into the conduct of the police with respect to the scandalous breaches of duty and application of justice. The Communist Party would put all necessary resources into solving the cases of missing women across B.C.

Abolish MSP premiums and other regressive user fees. Finance the removal of MSP premiums with the restoration or pre-2001 tax rates on the wealthy and the corporations to add $2 billion annually to provincial revenues.

Establishment of public health education program designed to prevent obesity by developing, high-fibre, low-fat, well-balanced diets requiring less meat. Promote the consumption of local, organically grown, non-GMO veggies, fruits and whole grains.

We will commit one per cent of B.C.’s budget to solving the housing crisis. We will mandate BC Housing to purchase existing units in stalled projects to provide an immediate pool of housing and support the development of new, non-profit co-operatives.

JANE STERK, GREEN

The BC NDP is committed to protecting our province’s environment and coasts and will take measures to protect significant ecological areas including wetlands, estuaries and valuable oldgrowth forests.

JOHN SHAW, BC COMMUNIST PARTY

We believe harm reduction is the best approach to the use of illegal drugs. A supervised injection site is regulated under the federal government. We would discuss the need for a site if an application came forward with the support of the community.

A $210-million B.C. Family Bonus is part of our plan to lift 8,000 families out of poverty. Other steps: cutting child-care cost by $2,000 for parents of toddlers; indexing increase to income assistance to CPI and building 1,500 units of affordable housing.

CAROLE JAMES, NDP

KAREN BILL, LIBERAL

Katrina Jensen, Executive Director, AIDS Vancouver Island

Old-growth forests are not disappearing. There are more than 25 million hectares of old-growth forests in B.C. About 4.5 million hectares are fully protected, representing an area larger than Vancouver Island. Conserving old growth is an important part of long-term resource management.

By law, forests that reflect the working definition of old growth must be retained in ecological units to meet biodiversity needs.

BC Liberals believe in a continuum of supports and programs to address challenges people with addiction issues face. Harm reduction is one of the approaches supported. We have funded and continue to fund a number of harm-reduction initiatives.

Yes, all regions of the province containing old-growth forests should be protected and maintained. The provincial government must ban raw log exports, and legislate the processing of timber locally for export as lumber or value-added products under public ownership and control.

I am in favour of establishing safer injection sites in places of high need, and I would work to counteract any campaigns in the media against these sites with a program of public and community education involving neighbourhood associations, advocacy groups and local levels of government, etc.

We will continue to work with partners to address homelessness in the region. Our government has and will continue to invest significant capital dollars into new and renovated supportive housing.

The Communist Party would commit to the construction of 5,000 new social housing units annually in the province. It would extend support to co-op and other non-profit housing alternatives.

Economics “What is your plan for Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums — do you have a tangible way to freeze or reduce them? And would you, in the next four years, introduce a fat or sugar tax in B.C.? How will you deal with issues of obesity?”

Jordan Bateman, B.C. Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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MONDAY GUIDE > ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Warren Fells, Pipe Sergeant of the Greater Victoria Police Pipe Band prepares for the Highland Games.

150TH VICTORIA HIGHALND GAMES AND CELTIC FESTIVAL he longest-running cultural festival on North America’s West Coast happens right here in Victoria and it’s celebrating its 150th anniversary this week.

The Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival, taking place at various venues around town May 11-19, is marking the occasion with a special Chief of the Games — His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew The Duke of York.

“It’s a real coup for us,” says Jim Maxwell, president of the Victoria Highland Games Association, which hosts the annual celebration.

“The 150th will be the largest games yet, with events scheduled over a nine-day period.”

HRH The Duke of York will be making public appearances May 18 and 19 at the games’ opening and closing ceremonies at Topaz Park, where he’ll both welcome athletes and spectators and award trophies and prizes.

The Highland Games and Celtic Festival features more than just the heavy event athletics, with music, dance, food and drink on offer.

“We always try to make it a family-oriented event,” says Maxwell, who notes there will also be two beer gardens on site during the games featuring Lighthouse Brewery’s Highland Challenge Scottish Ale, brewed specifically for the festival (also available in growlers), as well as a Whiskey Tasting School, featuring three sessions each day (registration at victoriahighlandgames.com) for the big kids.

Events kick off Sat., May 11 with the annual Victoria Tartan Parade, featuring more than 10 pipe bands from across the Pacific Northwest, highland dancers, heavy event athletes and members of local Scottish organizations parading from Centennial Square (11am departure), down Government Street to the legislature lawns where the caber will be tossed.

Anyone with Scottish ancestry is welcome to march in the parade wearing their tartan, along with any Scottish breed dogs (contact jmaxwell@shaw.ca for more information).

The second annual kilted golf tournament takes place Sun., May 12 at Olympic View Golf Club, with a shotgun start at 3pm.

Thurs., May 16 Spirit of the West will get Sugar

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The Clan Torchlight Ceremony (Fri., May 17) is a unique opportunity to acknowledge the clans involved in the games and festival. Starting at 8pm, the games duty pipe band will perform on the legislature steps, after which representatives from each clan will light their torch and form a Scottish Saltire (also known as St. Andrew’s Cross). This event is open to the public and free to attend.

Other events include sheepdog herding trials, haggis hurling, kilted mile run, a steady stream of music and dance entertainment.

New this year is the Canadian Invitational Drum Major Championship, with the best from Scotland, Northern Ireland, U.S.A. and Canada competing for the top prize.

“We’ve carved our own niche in heavy events and drum majors,” says Maxwell. “We hosted the World Heavy Events Championship in 2010 and that really helped establish us. We can invite the top athletes and they will come.”

The heavy events will feature 12 of the best athletes, including the Scottish, English and World champions, alongside some of the top ranked athletes from the U.S.A and Canada.

Also new this year is the closing ceremonies, Sun., May 19. Beginning at 4:30pm, the spectacle will include a massed pipe band performance as well as a performance by the six-time world champion pipe band from Simon Fraser University, and of course, HRH the Duke of York.

The first Victoria Highland Games took place in 1864. Today, the games are organized by a 40-member board with the help of more than 400 volunteers.

If the weather is good, organizers expect to see up to 25,000 people through the gates.

Tickets for the Highland Games are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available for $12/10 or $20 for the weekend at The Strath Ale, Wine and Spirit Merchants (919 Douglas), Loghouse Pub Liquor Store (2323 Millstream) or Vision 2000 Travel Group (4480 W. Saanich, cash only). There is free parking at Mayfair Mall. M

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Hip hop head brings hope back to Victoria VANCOUVER EMCEE RHYMES ABOUT STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION lthough he's been through the ringer fighting a battle he became a certified audio engineer. He also produced and with “poly addiction,� Vancouver emcee Ill Tone is engineered the album himself.

Bringin’ the Hope Back with his debut album of the Fresh off a tour opening for Masta Ace, Ill Tone is Bringin’ the same name, released Feb. 26 on Urbnet Records.

Hope Back to Victoria, when Battle of the Bridge hosts the emcee Written at the height of his addiction, the album for an all ages CD release party Sat., May 11 at Incite Screen offers both hard-hitting beats and hard-hitting truths, often con- Printing (2514 Douglas), featuring Nox, Skulastic, DJ M-Traxx, trasting heavy lyrics with mellow beats, and vice versa.

K-Y, S.I.Q (South Island Queenz) and Vibestreet Dance. Doors “In some cases that’s done on purpose, like ‘Charlene’ for at 7pm. Tickets $15 at the door. Stream the album here: http:// example,â€? says Ill Tone. I’ve never used this word, but it’s almost urbnet.bandcamp.com/album/bringin-the-hope-back. M jaunty, while the topic value is pretty heavy.â€? “Charleneâ€? laments the pressures young women face today. The fictitious character “Charleneâ€? flirts with boys and ultimately with disaster, prostituting herself for crack. “I’ve met a thousand Charlenes in my life,â€? says Monday-Sunday Ill Tone. “There’s way more pressure on young girls $3 from 11pm-1am to live up the image of the sex icon, and I just felt Oak Bay compelled to write about it ‌ when I was in school Recreation I knew girls like that, and even now, I know girls whose life didn’t end up so well. I’m not the first Centre Pool person to write a song along those lines, and I hope 250I’m not the last. It needs to be said.â€?

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In praise of a maverick CAFE BRIO FOCUSES ON REGIONAL PRODUCTS AND NATURAL FLAVOURS f you’re under 30, I suppose that a menu offering locallysourced food and a wine list composed of more than Chianti, Mateus and couple of kinds of Liebfraumilch offered in a room without starched linens must be something you take for granted. Well don’t. The next time you’re eating a salad that PAM GRANT isn’t 99 per cent iceberg lettuce, pause for a moment and consider pamgrant@ what life was like before Silvia Marcolini and Greg Hays joined mondaymag.com forces to drag Victoria’s restaurant scene kicking and screaming out of the Salmon Oscar era.

Hays opened the Herald St. Café in the early 1980s and was the first restaurateur to introduce pricing innovations that make high end wines more accessible, such as the straight $10 mark up per bottle, winning awards from Mondavi Winery, Decanter Magazine and the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Marcolini, who prefers to stay out of the forefront of articles such as this must be mentioned nonetheless, as she has worked with Hays since 1982 and left her mark on the ambience of Herald Street.

They sold their interests in 1992 before tackling a rebranding of the Marina Restaurant in Oak Bay. After a few years they began to scout locations for their next project, finding a space on the edge of downtown the following year, with Marcolini envisioning the design, exterior and interior. Now a fixture on the edge of downtown, Café Brio opened 16 years ago this month.

Current Chef Laurie Munn was busy biking his way across Europe and North America in those days, after graduating from the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts in 1999. He then worked at some of the most acclaimed and award-winning restaurants on the West Coast, including Burnaby’s Pear Tree Restaurant, Victoria’s Paprika Bistro and Vancouver’s bis Moreno, where his modern approach to Italian food brought bis Moreno national attention, winning second place in EnRoute’s annual best new restaurant competition in 2004.

Brio’s menu focuses on regional products, with simple sauces with the natural flavours found in local ingredients, such as wild seafood ordered on a daily basis and Alberta AAA beef.

Though everything in Munn’s kitchen is made from scratch, there something I might like even more about his menu.

How many times have you been to a restaurant and struggled between two or three dishes,

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only to order more than you actually wanted? You won’t have that problem here, because just about everything comes in two sizes.

On a recent warm evening I visited for dinner on the vine-clad patio, which, though close to Fort Street, is a very pleasant place to escape for the night. We started with glasses of chilled Spanish cava and Olives Ascolane, a dish that harkens from Marcolini’s home town of Ascoli Piceno, Italy and prepared for the restaurant by her mother. I could happily spend an evening on the patio here, sipping a selection of wines from Hays’ ample list and eating these gems — warm green olives stuffed with gently spiced meat, encased in a crisp breaded shell — with some housemade salumi, but of course it would be difficult to do that without sampling the rest of the menu.

Asparagus soup and salads were given due consideration, but the aromas from nearby tables incited a direct move to pasta — spaghettini scented with garlic, fresh tomatoes and basil for me and bucatini PROVIDED alla carbonara with Chef Laurie Munn outside Cafe Brio on Fort Street smoked bacon

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Continuing, I was torn between a few dishes: roast chicken breast, served with crispy terrine greens and crushed potatoes, slow cooked veal breaded with roast shallots, mushroom and white wine jus and crisp roesti, and the one which ultimately won out — slices of tender rib steak served with du puy lentils and salsa verde. Don was more decisive, immediately honing in on his choice of pan roasted sole with a quenelle of truffled cream, asparagus puree, spot prawn reduction and crispy rice cake. We paired these dishes with glasses of a robust Cotes du Rhone and surprisingly complex Verdejo. We weren’t going to have dessert but we couldn’t resist the call of a dark chocolate and Meyer lemon parfait, an ample dish we were grateful we had decided to share once it arrived.

Café Brio continues its original goal of excellent food and service which is both informed and friendly — staff are hired for their skills, not their trendy hair cuts.

It’s a casual atmosphere and makes the perfect choice for groups (ask about the meal with six dishes chosen by the chef, served family style for $42 per person) or a quick bite (or two) at the bar. M

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The 2011 Gamay Rosé ($18) is a crisp and refreshing summer sipper with ample fruit and a snappy finish. The 2011 Roussane ($21) from the heart of the Black Sage Bench offers the perfect balance of fruit balanced with bright acidity, while the VRM ($20) — is a tantalizing tipple offering the classic Rhone-inspired fusion of Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne grapes and is styled after the white wine of Chateauneuf de Pape, with a bouquet of jasmine and honey mingled with citrus and spice.

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MONDAY GUIDE > FILM

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Craig (James Cromwell, best known as the farmer in Babe) presides over several thousand acres and espite the overwhelming preponderance of has been self-sufficient all his life, whether it’s raisyouth-centric movies these days, some notable ing his own cattle and chickens or felling and milling cinema with geriatric themes has emerged in the last old-growth spruce for his various building projects. few years, including such fine films as Amour, Away Morrison’s father was a superb shipbuilder, and his From Her and Cloudburst. Now add to that list Still son has inherited all those joinery skills as well as a Mine, a heartfelt and marvelously acted award-win- powerful work ethic. And so, when it becomes clear ning drama set in New Brunswick. It is based on the that Irene (Genevieve Bujold), his beloved wife of true-life story of Craig Morrison, an 89-year-old farm- 61 years, is now unsafe in the rambling, two-storey er who suddenly finds himself fighting two battles. farmhouse where they raised their seven children, Not only is his wife’s dementia presenting a variety of the land-rich but cash-poor Craig decides to build challenges, but Craig is confronted by a fusspot build- them a new, more appropriate one-level home nearing inspector who is determined to stop him from by, one with beautiful views of the Bay of Fundy. building a new house on his own property, one that Advised by his son that he needs a permit from will better provide for his wife’s needs and comfort. the planning office in town, Craig ambles in – only to come across an overzealous inspector who initially demands $400 in fees and then proceeds to harass him through every step of construction, citing him for ridiculous violations and ultimately declaring that if Craig doesn’t respect the “stop work” order and address the alleged shortcomings he will have the halfbuilt house bulldozed.

As all this is going on, Irene’s health worsens and the need for the mssociety.ca new house becomes more urgent. And so this decent, hard-working — and undeniably stubborn — man finds himself headed to court, a hostage to bureaucratic tyranny, where a judge will decide if Craig is going home or going to jail.

Although in many ways a small story, Mine is a solid triumph for serious cinema. It’s the best film yet from veteran Canadian director Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), who deftly counterpoints the threat posed by the exasperating building inspector with the much more dire challenges presented by a marriage that has run smoothly for decades but has now hit an obstacle that has changed everything.

He also captures the complexities of a family crisis where a husband, out of loyalty to a wife who refuses to “move into town,” finds himself at odds with his wellintentioned and justifiably concerned kids.

Most of all, Mine is a marvelous love story: unsentimental, well observed, and rooted in these two unique people whose lives have been shaped by the particularities of being New Brunswick farmers. This film is a distinct pleasure to recommend. M

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