Krista Loughton misses the mark on homelessness
Here's why an advocate who lacks experience and relies on data and expert opinion to make decisions misses the many underlying causes of homelessness.
Martin Girard
Reality check: The City of Victoria is going broke!
Let’s face it folks: this city has been living beyond its means for a while. Here’s a website keeping track of the tab: The featured image above shows the Crystal Pool’s bill in particular. The worst part is that…
What do voters want in 2026?
As an activist politician, I stand out as a radical outlier, and predictably my social media posts get a lot of pushback by a sizeable portion of the electorate that wishes I focus more on core municipal issues like infrastructure,…
TERF alert! Transphobe Wendy Bowkett runs for municipal council
The city of Victoria has been a fierce battleground over the rights of transgender people in recent years. Our municipal council issued a Declaration of Ongoing Solidarity with Gender-Diverse Residents of Victoria in November 2023, in the aftermath of the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: City of Victoria and OIPC respond to petition for judicial review
VICTORIA, BC | Both the City of Victoria and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner have responded to a petition for judicial review of a decision to deny the release of internal investigation reports into allegations of rampant misconduct…
Bird-dogging our elected representatives!
It may surprise some among my supporters that I run on a platform of accountability for public officials, since I’m notorious for playing fast and loose with the rules. My idea of public accountability, however, is that elected officials are…
An insider’s guide to homelessness
You’ve never tasted desperate. You’re Bruce Wayne, the Prince of Gotham; you’d have to go a thousand miles to meet someone who didn’t know your name. So don’t come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself.…
ADVISORY: Press conference to announce lawsuit against the City of Victoria and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
VICTORIA, BC | On Wednesday, a civil rights advocate will hold a press conference to announce the filing of a petition for judicial review of a decision by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia (OIPC)…