Kamloops Construction

[RHINO]

I fully believe that everyone who works their — off, should in theory; have the opportunity to get into the housing market. I believe that things are out of reach for many Canadians right now, not just in B.C. & while Kamloops is still considered " affordable " by other national destination standards ... we should be better then what we are. There is a lot standing in the way of achieving this. Housing prices will likely stay high. That is not with in provincial control. I think its fair to say everyone understands this. So what can be done to combat the rising cost of life? Well, creating an environment where high paying careers and jobs are more prevalent through policy changes is one thing VERY MUCH SO in the capacity of our provincial and Federal government. When the BC government will not issue stumping licenses and fiber production and tree harvesting starts to vanish... this is a provincial problem created by a specific ideology.

I recently had a conversation with someone in my family who is the polar opposite of me in the political spectrum. We were discussing the tanker ban. They proudly, smugly and as a matter of factly stated there is no tanker ban with a self congratulating smirk.

This in lays the problem. While this is an accurate statement, there are factors in that statement that are misleading. This is my biggest issue with having conversations about ethics and policy. We seem to have lost the ability to see TRUTH. We only care about the way things " sound " or " appear " but not the actual truth of the policy or the outcome.

There are tankers allowed off the B.C. coast - this is true.
These tankers are only allowed to be 12,500 TONS.

The average size of an oil tanker is 80,000 - 200,000 TONS.

You see the grey area? Groups can say " there is no tanker ban ".

Imagine you have a dirt moving business. You haul soil and fill from one location being worked on to another. Imagine you have huge contracts for major projects. Now imagine the Province comes in and says " we have no problem with you moving soil, none what so ever. You're just not allowed to do it on the roads or in a truck ".

You would say " How do you expect me to do this then? With a wheel barrow? in buckets? You are effectively destroying the industry of dirt moving".
The government can say " There is no ban on moving soil, this claim is crazy. Read the laws and rules, no where does it say anything about making soil moving illegal and any counter claim to that is a conspiracy theory pushed by the right".

The average government supporter will hear that, and start insulting the dirt moving companies for pushing disinformation. People on a specific side of the argument will claim that there is no policy preventing dirt moving, its just there is clearly NO DEMAND to move dirt because there are no private companies investing in moving dirt in B.C.

They cannot see, or choose NOT to see the policy that has made the industry impossible to function. The biggest problem, is that those that see these problems, either choose to pretend they are not real, or actively go out of their way to lie about the policies that effect all of us. No matter what side of the isle, we should be able to look at the sky and say " yep, its blue " but we cant even do that anymore. The level of miss trust and hate is to high, and NO ONE is willing to talk, they simply want people punished for saying things they don't agree with.