I'm currently focused on local politics, but have certainly been involved in provincial electoral politics quite a bit - from campaign teams to local riding associations and in 2024 ran for election - as a papery candidate - in Delta North with the BC Green Party.

That said, local politics often overlaps with provincial. A great example of this is my road safety project in East Sooke due to being in an unincorporated area of the CRD, the roads are under MOTI1 Ministry of Transportation and Transit jurisidiction and much less amenable to change than something under strictly local control.

# Blog Posts

Moving to an East Sooke wide focus

East Sooke Map
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It took a while - especially with summer holidays and a fall election - but discussions with CRD Directors Al Wickheim & Paul Brent where much more productive. The conclusion is that it is best to approach this as a community wide issue rather than a single neighbourhood. So, onwards...

Elections in BC are secure

Juan de Fuca - Malahat riding as proposed in draft by EBC
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Canada’s and (in my particular experience) BC's voting systems are secure and resilient. 

Are there problems? Yes. Is it corrupted? Not at this time. Are there sufficient checks to ensure accuracy? Yes -- if we take advantage of them.

You may be asking… who am I to be making these grandiose claims? Read on to find out.

Stalling out with MOTI

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Despite, a fair degree of communication and politely worded, the final answer from MOTI is essentially "that isn't in our normal procedure go pound sand", but maybe one day. With a slight hint that a direct request from the CRD would have more weight but likely be short term ignored as well.

Back to Politics... Road Safety

Nick with Wiliiam and a bag of garbage he picked up along the road
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Been extremely out of active politics basically since the Langford - Juan de Fuca by-election. Extremely good reason and all but great to be getting back into active politics. Got a new reason to be majorly engaged too - a son - so now have a moral duty to try to make things better. First on my list right now is road safety.

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    As of November 19th, 2024, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) has been renamed to Ministry of Transportation and Transit.