Philippe Lucas
Working With You for a Better Victoria

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Special thanks to Gillian Maxwell, community activist and spokesperson for the Insite Community Safety Campaign in Vancouver, BC for her input on this article.
British Columbia has been leading the hemisphere in drug policy reform for years. The most recent civic elections confirm this point, and demonstrate the power of effective policy advocacy and public education.
In […]

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By Patrick Sullivan, Canadian Medical Association
 
Results from a survey of CMA members indicate that physicians strongly support the use of harm reduction efforts such as supervised injection sites as part of a comprehensive public health strategy to reduce the harmful effects of drug addiction.
The survey, which involved 1,500 physicians belonging to the CMA’s e-panel, was […]

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By Patrick Sullivan, Canadian Medical Association
 
Results from a survey of CMA members indicate that physicians strongly support the use of harm reduction efforts such as supervised injection sites as part of a comprehensive public health strategy to reduce the harmful effects of drug addiction.
The survey, which involved 1,500 physicians belonging to the CMA’s e-panel, was […]

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(Victoria, BC) The Conservation Voters of BC (CVBC) announced its municipal election endorsements today. CVBC has chosen to endorse only within three selected municipalities: Victoria, Vancouver and Saanich. We have selected 2 mayoral candidates and  11  city council candidates.
“All the candidates endorsed have strong records on the environment and will make great contributions to municipal […]

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City on the Verge
Is Victoria on the verge of a nervous breakdown or the potential for greatness?
Election week dawns and, for many who call Victoria home, the jury is still out on which way they’ll be voting for mayor. And despite 35 candidates vying for the eight council seats—including five incumbents—making choices for city council […]

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Bill Cleverley

Times Colonist

Friday, November 07, 2008
Time has run out for Victoria’s parking meters.
Victoria councillors yesterday approved a contract to replace the city’s 1,900 aging parking meters with 270 new computerized pay stations that will accept coins, credit cards and city-issued smart cards.
The contract was awarded to Aparc Systems, of Richmond, for a cost of $3,005,330 […]

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We are very happy to have the support of our local MP Denise Savoie who clearly understands the need for collaborative, progressive people at City Hall.  Thanks Denise!
“Sonya Chandler has been an asset to council in her commitment to sustainability, her determination to see real change and her ability to represent those that are typically underrepresented.  I […]

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Is there wisdom in experience, or is it time to clean house?
Monday Magazine, November 5th, 2008
Something of a theme has emerged this municipal- election season in Victoria and that theme, insofar as Monday hears it through telephone calls and letters to the editor, goes something like this: “Throw the bums out.”
On December 6, 2005, Mayor […]

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Those with a green streak may put some stock in the recent endorsements Econews publisher and all-around environmentally-minded fellow Guy Dauncey has given to candidates running for local office.
Victoria: Dean Fortin (mayor), Sonya Chandler, Philippe Lucas, John Luton, Lynn Hunter, Chris Coleman, Pam Madoff, Tim van Alstine and Charlayne Thornton-Joe

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