The Circle Game

JustWestOfHockeyStickVille
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia

An excellent post from sometime reader Thursday on Mr. Campbell's proxy (through Little Lord Mayencourt) 'War on the Poor' as a replay of that which has already played out in Mike Harris' Ontario:

"In Ontario, the slashing of the social safety net was accompanied by draconian laws against the poorest people, and there was a backlash. In Vancouver, there's going to be much the same....

....So what exactly does the Safe Streets law do? Not much, really: it stops you and I from having to listen to someone beg for their survival if we're in our cars, or at a bus stop, or waiting for the crosswalk light to change. Of course, it makes the sidewalks a little prettier for the delegates from the IOC when they take a look at our progress with the Olympic venues, and that's what's really important, isn't it? What this law allows is the police to remove anyone that is undesirable from sight, and put them in jail instead. Las Vegas does much the same thing, with loitering and public drunkeness being enforced laws only if you don't look like you can afford to gamble."

And the scary part?

The folks running the SS Gordon Campbell would probably love it if Vancouver were to become Vegas North. And if they needed a little 'Organized' help busting the Unions, well, so be it.