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      <title>Poly 101 discussion this weekend</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hey, Victoria/Vancouver Island poly people!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've had a lot of questions from people for information about polyamory, so I figured I'd host a Poly 101 for anyone who was interested and hadn't really gotten into coming to our dinners and events. It'll be a casual discussion/q &amp;amp; a, and if all goes well I'll host it monthly. Look for the parrot on the table!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Sat MAY 17th - Poly 101 - Dinner/Coffee &amp;amp; Facilitated Discussions - 5:00 pm
&lt;br/&gt;James Joyce Bistro &amp;amp; Peacock Billiards
&lt;br/&gt;Douglas &amp;amp; View Streets
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What is polyamory?  Well, some call it "ethical non-monogamy", some call it "open relationships", NOT to be confused with swinging, or polygamy.  Does this sound like you?  Check out the poly wiki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kiki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-13T17:23:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Is it my imagination?</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hello people,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am new to Victoria (and this tribe). Originally from Montreal, I spent the last 8 years in California. When I knew I wanted to come back to Canada, I chose Victoria for the weather and seeing pics of it (I had never even visited before).
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Is it my imagination that it is not that culturally diverse up here, and there is a weird dichotomy? It seems equally divided between open-minded, easy-going kind energies, and then on the other end, closed and slightly xenophobic energies? I am of Indian descent and in the year I've been here, already had two passing race-based casual insults tossed at me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Is it just coincidence or the area I was in (Esquimalt and James Bay)?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If anyone has been to the Bay Area in California, can someone tell me where in Victoria (if anywhere) has the same vibe? A place where open, creative, outdoorsy, spiritual people live or hang out?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;thanks,
&lt;br/&gt;Rohan&lt;/div&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rohan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-25T16:40:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>DANCE CLASS with Jess Dexter THIS MONDAY NIGHT~~~!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Monday, April 14, 2008 
&lt;br/&gt;8:30 PM-10:00pm
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This Master Class will be of the MASH UP genre. We'll do a Hip Hop warm-up, Jazz and African-based Isolations, stretch and hot, expressive choreography!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Drop in fee is $12-$15 depending on class size. Group rates are available.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;www.jessdexter.com
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;at the University of Victoria, McKinnon Gym; www.uvic.ca/buildings/mck.html &lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-13T00:58:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Secular recovery from addictions</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hey,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Just wondering fo there is anyone else on here in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction that may be interested in a secular approach.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks.&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:55:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>M</dc:creator>
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      <title>need a room to rent</title>
      <link>http://victoriabc.tribe.net/thread/ed9c4cab-f29b-4bc9-89eb-134be66428bb</link>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;I am looking for a room to rent in Victoria.  I am 20, vegetarian, enjoy fire dancing, Mixing music and have studio gear, Turntables, CDJ's, Drum machine(Rolland MC-505), tabletop production studio(Rolland MV-8800), bass, dig, drum and many other fun toys.  I am looking to move to Victoria around September or October and looking for a good creative environment to work on my music. Preferibly looking for a large enough room to fit myself and equipment, or a house with extra space for a studio, or maybe allready has one i could add my gear to. I also enjoy long boarding, natural healing, meditation, Intentional gatherings, and everything els life has to offer.  If you feel you could help me out you may message me back on tribe or call (403)461-3561
&lt;br/&gt;Thank you
&lt;br/&gt;love and light
&lt;br/&gt;-Kyal&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kyal</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-07-10T06:11:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>COMPETITION:  ANCIENT FOREST PETITION DRIVE!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Do you want to help protect Vancouver Island's endangered ancient
&lt;br/&gt;forests and also have a chance to win some great prizes? If so,
&lt;br/&gt;please take part in our petition drive competition!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&gt;From now until 12:00 noon on March 23, we'll be asking all those
&lt;br/&gt;who want Vancouver Island's remaining ancient forests protected
&lt;br/&gt;to circulate a petition which you can download at
&lt;br/&gt;www.viforest.org
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The petition calls on the BC government to end old-growth logging
&lt;br/&gt;on Vancouver Island and to ban raw log exports from BC.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The 1st place winner gets a $250 gift certificate on all items in
&lt;br/&gt;the Western Canada Wilderness Committee's Rainforest Store in
&lt;br/&gt;Victoria, while the next 9 highest signature-collectors will also
&lt;br/&gt;get prizes (soon TBA - check our website www.wcwcvictoria.org
&lt;br/&gt;soon for details). We'll send you the prizes if you can't make it
&lt;br/&gt;to Victoria!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Do petitions work? YES!!! Only when enough people know, care, and
&lt;br/&gt;speak up are governments forced to listen and do the right
&lt;br/&gt;things. Look at what's happening with climate change right now.
&lt;br/&gt;Petitions, letters, rallies, and protests all add-up together to
&lt;br/&gt;generate the public awareness and mobilization to force
&lt;br/&gt;politicians - who are worried about staying in power - to act
&lt;br/&gt;accordingly, or else get tossed from power.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Our goal is to collect 10 000 signatures over the next 5 weeks,
&lt;br/&gt;pushing our current total to over 20 000 signatures. Signatures
&lt;br/&gt;from anywhere on planet Earth are valid, since BC's old-growth
&lt;br/&gt;forest products are sold internationally, too.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Where can you collect signatures? On busy streets is quickest
&lt;br/&gt;("Hi, please sign our old-growth forest petition!"), as well as
&lt;br/&gt;in class (pass many copies up and down the aisles), door to door,
&lt;br/&gt;at line-ups, and among roommates, friends and neighbours.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Please return all petitions to our WCWC Victoria office at 651
&lt;br/&gt;Johnson St., Victoria, BC V8W 1M7 (open M-F 10-5 pm, Sat. 11-5
&lt;br/&gt;pm) no later than 12 pm noon on Friday, March 23. We'll be
&lt;br/&gt;announcing the winners at our Vancouver Island Ancient Forest
&lt;br/&gt;Rally on March 24 at the BC Legislature (12 noon) in Victoria.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Already 75% of Vancouver Island's original ancient forests have
&lt;br/&gt;been cut down, including 90% of the valley-bottom ancient
&lt;br/&gt;forests, and 99% of the old-growth Coastal Douglas Fir forests.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The WCWC is calling on the BC government to protect the remaining
&lt;br/&gt;old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and to force the timber
&lt;br/&gt;industry to make a full transition into second-growth logging at
&lt;br/&gt;a slower, more sustainable pace. Other jurisdictions, such as New
&lt;br/&gt;Zealand and southwestern Australia, have already banned
&lt;br/&gt;old-growth logging in recent years, and BC can feasibly do the
&lt;br/&gt;same on Vancouver Island and in southern BC where most logging
&lt;br/&gt;already takes place in second-growth forests. The WCWC is also
&lt;br/&gt;calling on the BC government to ban raw log exports (almost 5
&lt;br/&gt;million cubic meters exported each year from BC) in order to
&lt;br/&gt;protect the jobs of BC millworkers.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;For more info on the campaign or to download petitions, visit:
&lt;br/&gt;www.viforest.org
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;You can also pick-up petitions at our office at our Victoria
&lt;br/&gt;office (250-388-9292) at 651 Johnson St. or our Vancouver office
&lt;br/&gt;at 341 Water St. (604-683-8220).
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;UVic students can also participate in the campus petition drive
&lt;br/&gt;and win extra prizes (ie. you are eligible in both contests) from
&lt;br/&gt;the UVic WCWC Club. Contact Elly, Sada, or Cayce at
&lt;br/&gt;uvicwilderness@gmail.com to drop off petitions to them, which
&lt;br/&gt;they will turn over to the main office afterwards.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thank you for your participation in this most important effort to
&lt;br/&gt;save the most beautiful forests on Earth!&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:44:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>home needed</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;I will be returning from the tropics soon and need a home/apt. near Duncan which includes  ;  
&lt;br/&gt;bathtub
&lt;br/&gt;excellent heating
&lt;br/&gt;low noise level (peace &amp;amp; quiet &amp;amp; cleanliness)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;this could be a shared place but would require others to practice above average hygene, clean floors, bathroom, kitchen etc.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I can apy up to $500.oo monthly
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;please contact me if u have it.&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Downtown Lunchtime Meditation Space?</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hi all :) This is my first post in this tribe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I want to get a bit of idea if something like this would be welcome = used/visited by you or anybody.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The idea is a relaxation/meditation space in the downtown greater victoria area during mid day like 11am to 2pm or something. For a nominal basically non profit fee people can come on their lunch time or break and be quite, relax, meditate or do other quite activity like yoga individually.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm a bc gov employee and would love a beautiful and quite zen like atmosphere space with gentle music playing - to meditate and relax (not eat) on my lunch time... do you think others would like that?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Any suggestions for available space at low cost or getting space donated? I envision wood, plants, bright, spacious zen like atmosphere with ambient meditative music...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Just starting down this road and would love some feedback from my fellow locals who are interested.&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>This post effects everyone living in BC</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Ok. The following effects everyone working and living and paying taxes in BC so  i am posting everywhere I can. please read. and then email and talk to everyone you know about it and what to do about it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here is some information about the unheard of Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement between BC and Alberta.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I want to make two points and then a plee before you read the article.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;1)"The Agricultural Land Commission, the
&lt;br/&gt;Island Trusts, regional districts and land use restrictions in
&lt;br/&gt;provincial parks will all be vulnerable to a TILMA challenge as of next
&lt;br/&gt;April (2007)." - This is for any evironmentalist on the culture jamming list and beyond.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;2 )"They could then be challenged for
&lt;br/&gt;regulating the size and location of commercial signs and billboards,
&lt;br/&gt;imposing height restrictions on buildings, or requiring green space
&lt;br/&gt;allocations from developers." - For all you cultural jammers out there, you are going to have a lot of work on your hands. all those new billboards, popping up everywhere.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;My plee: I don't know of any actions/campaigns against this agreement, yet. I hope i will find some to inform you all of. But from where I stand, we need to do something. What? Don't know that part yet. But I think we might be able to angle it from the illegitimacy of the agreement (" no legislation introduced to give it legitimacy")
&lt;br/&gt;I just really want to get a discussion on this going. So any thoughts would be great.
&lt;br/&gt;I will attach the original article as well on the bottom.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;fighting till my last breath,
&lt;br/&gt;jax
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;December 13, 2006
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Murray Dobbin
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Last April the governments of B.C. and Alberta signed an agreement
&lt;br/&gt;called the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA).
&lt;br/&gt;There was no public notice, little media coverage, no legislation
&lt;br/&gt;introduced to give it legitimacy and no debate in the legislature. The
&lt;br/&gt;Alberta-based think tank, the Canada West Foundation, says TILMA will
&lt;br/&gt;rid the provinces of barriers that "frustrate business".
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The most draconian aspect of TILMA is its investment provisions. Once
&lt;br/&gt;the agreement enters into force on April 1, 2007, individuals and
&lt;br/&gt;businesses will gain the right to launch complaints and get up to $5
&lt;br/&gt;million in awards against governments just because they “restrict”
&lt;br/&gt;investment. Since pretty much everything a government does in some way
&lt;br/&gt;restricts investment, the two provinces are in for a wild ride.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;TILMA claims will be decided by NAFTA-like panels.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What are some examples of government restrictions on investment that
&lt;br/&gt;could be challenged under TILMA? TILMA has some exceptions, but land use
&lt;br/&gt;planning is not one of them. The Agricultural Land Commission, the
&lt;br/&gt;Island Trusts, regional districts and land use restrictions in
&lt;br/&gt;provincial parks will all be vulnerable to a TILMA challenge as of next
&lt;br/&gt;April. Municipalities will have a two-year grace period before the
&lt;br/&gt;government extends TILMA to them. They could then be challenged for
&lt;br/&gt;regulating the size and location of commercial signs and billboards,
&lt;br/&gt;imposing height restrictions on buildings, or requiring green space
&lt;br/&gt;allocations from developers. And they can be challenged starting in
&lt;br/&gt;April if they introduce bylaws that are stricter than their existing ones.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;We can get some idea of what we might be in for by looking at Oregon. A
&lt;br/&gt;ballot measure approved in 2004 gives property owners there the right to
&lt;br/&gt;sue for compensation for anything the state or local governments do that
&lt;br/&gt;restricts the value of their property. The result is the effective end
&lt;br/&gt;of land use planning. According to Sheila Martin, Director of the
&lt;br/&gt;Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, the ballot measure has
&lt;br/&gt;resulted in over 6,000 claims totalling over $6 billion.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;“The biggest impact of the measure,” says Martin, “has been on Oregon’s
&lt;br/&gt;land use regulations which seek to protect farm and forest land.” Land
&lt;br/&gt;use deregulation outside the cities has Martin especially worried: “The
&lt;br/&gt;urban growth boundary will become ‘leaky,’ releasing pressure for higher
&lt;br/&gt;density in the cities.” Many challenges have been filed against “sign
&lt;br/&gt;ordinances” regulating the size and location of commercial signs.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Like the dilemma BC and Alberta will face under TILMA, Oregon is now
&lt;br/&gt;having to decide whether to pay compensation to keep their regulations,
&lt;br/&gt;or waive them for the complainant. The trouble is, there is no limit to
&lt;br/&gt;the number of claims that can be made against a single regulation - so
&lt;br/&gt;if you want to keep it, you have to keep paying.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How many claims will BC get? Oregon allows anyone with property in the
&lt;br/&gt;state to sue over land use regulation. TILMA gives Albertans the right
&lt;br/&gt;to sue BC over restrictions on their BC investments, and vice versa. But
&lt;br/&gt;Gordon Campbell is hocking TILMA to all the other provinces to get them
&lt;br/&gt;to sign on, which would expand the potential number of complaints
&lt;br/&gt;against BC. And under TILMA complaints can be made against a wide range
&lt;br/&gt;of government regulations or programs, not just land use planning.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;TILMA allows for a limited number of “Legitimate Objectives” so
&lt;br/&gt;governments can try to defend themselves before a dispute panel, arguing
&lt;br/&gt;their regulations were "necessary." But nothing in TILMA recognizes the
&lt;br/&gt;kind of quality of life objectives served by land use planning.
&lt;br/&gt;Moreover, a government would also have to demonstrate that its measure
&lt;br/&gt;is not more restrictive to business than necessary to achieve its
&lt;br/&gt;objectives.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;BC officials are making extravagant claims about trade barriers between
&lt;br/&gt;the provinces, suggesting that TILMA could “save” BC $4.8 billion - an
&lt;br/&gt;eye-popping figure, equivalent to what BC earns annually from its
&lt;br/&gt;softwood exports to the US. In October, federal officials told a Senate
&lt;br/&gt;committee that reliable studies have estimated inter-provincial trade
&lt;br/&gt;barriers to be about one tenth the amount BC is claiming, and vary
&lt;br/&gt;depending on what is defined as a trade barrier. Is the removal of land
&lt;br/&gt;use restrictions part of the "benefits" to be gained by TILMA? What
&lt;br/&gt;about the drop in property values that could result from uncontrolled
&lt;br/&gt;development?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Alberta cabinet minister Gary Mar told a Richmond business audience the
&lt;br/&gt;easy process TILMA provides for complaints to be taken against
&lt;br/&gt;governments is "everything Canadian business asked for." He was right
&lt;br/&gt;about that. But what about everyone else?
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&lt;br/&gt;www.winnipegfreepress.com/westv...c.html
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Agreement cuts provincial powers to govern
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Winnipeg Free Press
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Fri Nov 3 2006
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;By Murray Dobbin
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;WHAT if a provincial government signed an agreement forcing it to make
&lt;br/&gt;most of its regulations identical to those of another province? What if
&lt;br/&gt;this government voluntarily made itself, and every municipality within
&lt;br/&gt;its borders, open to lawsuits over virtually anything it did that
&lt;br/&gt;restricted investment? What if it tied its own hands so that, no matter
&lt;br/&gt;how much a region was suffering economically, it could not provide
&lt;br/&gt;assistance that might "distort investment decisions?"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Well, there are no "what ifs" about it. This past spring, B.C.'s Gordon
&lt;br/&gt;Campbell and Alberta's Ralph Klein signed an agreement with exactly
&lt;br/&gt;these sweeping constraints on the ability to govern. It is called the
&lt;br/&gt;Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement. B.C. and Alberta trade
&lt;br/&gt;officials are now shopping it around to other provinces to get them to
&lt;br/&gt;sign on. The agreement comes into effect next April.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;According to Todd Hirsch of the Canada West Foundation, the agreement
&lt;br/&gt;could erase the borders between B.C. and Alberta so that the only
&lt;br/&gt;differences between them will be "voting and the colour of the licence
&lt;br/&gt;plate."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Except, once the agreement comes into full force, voting provincially in
&lt;br/&gt;B.C. and Alberta could be a waste of time.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Under the agreement, the B.C. or Alberta government will be barred from
&lt;br/&gt;doing anything that could "impair or restrict" trade, not only between
&lt;br/&gt;the provinces but also through them to another province or country. One
&lt;br/&gt;article just flatly decrees that there shall be "No Obstacles" to this
&lt;br/&gt;trade.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Governments will be prohibited from providing subsidies that either
&lt;br/&gt;directly or indirectly "distort investment decisions."
&lt;br/&gt;Click here to find out more!
&lt;br/&gt;Some exceptions, such as for water, are permitted but even these are to
&lt;br/&gt;be reviewed annually to get them reduced.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The agreement also requires B.C. and Alberta to "mutually recognize or
&lt;br/&gt;otherwise reconcile their existing standards and regulations" if these
&lt;br/&gt;"impair or restrict" trade, investment or labour mobility. Then it
&lt;br/&gt;prohibits new regulations from being introduced that would have these
&lt;br/&gt;effects. Since regulation always restricts investment in some way, the
&lt;br/&gt;result will be that all future B.C. and Alberta governments will be
&lt;br/&gt;prevented from strengthening their regulations.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;How exactly is this going to work? What would happen, for example, if
&lt;br/&gt;B.C. voters decided they had had enough of leaky condos and voted for a
&lt;br/&gt;party committed to tougher construction regulations? A government
&lt;br/&gt;elected on such a commitment would quickly find it had to betray its
&lt;br/&gt;promise or be vulnerable to a trade investment challenge.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Plus if either province considers any new initiatives, it has to give
&lt;br/&gt;the other party to the agreement the right to comment in advance and is
&lt;br/&gt;then obligated to "take the other province's comments into
&lt;br/&gt;consideration." In sharp contrast, citizens in B.C. and Alberta were
&lt;br/&gt;never consulted by their own governments on this astonishing agreement.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;As part of their sales job, Alberta's Gary Mar and B.C.'s Colin Hansen
&lt;br/&gt;have claimed the agreement will not result in lower provincial standards
&lt;br/&gt;-- just ones that are "appropriate." In reality, however, the agreement
&lt;br/&gt;can only lead to deregulation because businesses are only likely to sue
&lt;br/&gt;governments over regulations they think are too high, not ones that are
&lt;br/&gt;too weak. In a vastly expanded version of provisions in NAFTA, any
&lt;br/&gt;resident of B.C. or Alberta will gain extensive new grounds to sue
&lt;br/&gt;government. A dispute panel will be empowered to make binding decisions
&lt;br/&gt;and grant compensation of up to $5 million for any government action
&lt;br/&gt;that violates the agreement. Repeated complaints can be taken about the
&lt;br/&gt;same government policy or regulation.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Governments can go on bended knee to trade investment panels and argue
&lt;br/&gt;that their regulations were "necessary," but trade dispute panels rarely
&lt;br/&gt;accept such arguments. Plus, this agreement only recognizes a limited
&lt;br/&gt;list of regulatory objectives as "legitimate."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;For example, a city's desire to prevent urban blight is not on the list
&lt;br/&gt;of legitimate objectives, so municipal bans on billboards would likely
&lt;br/&gt;be a violation.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;No wonder Gary Mar could tell a business audience in Richmond that the
&lt;br/&gt;dispute process is "everything Canadian business asked for."
&lt;br/&gt;The pact creates endless potential for litigation against government
&lt;br/&gt;right down to the school board level, without any demonstrable benefit.
&lt;br/&gt;A 1998 study done for the B.C. government found that: "efforts to
&lt;br/&gt;liberalize interprovincial trade will have almost no effect on trade
&lt;br/&gt;flows. The reality is that interprovincial trade barriers are already
&lt;br/&gt;very low."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;As for labour mobility, all of provisions for increased labour mobility
&lt;br/&gt;will already be covered in Premier Gary Doer's initiative to see
&lt;br/&gt;professional requirements harmonized across Canada.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;To sum up, the agreement pretty much bans new regulation and government
&lt;br/&gt;assistance for economic development. Perhaps in anticipation of the
&lt;br/&gt;pact, the B.C. legislature's fall sitting was cancelled with the
&lt;br/&gt;government claiming there was not enough to do. When asked about the
&lt;br/&gt;constitutionality of the agreement, Steven Shrybman, a partner in the
&lt;br/&gt;law firm of Sack, Goldblatt, and Mitchell, commented that "a basic
&lt;br/&gt;principle of constitutional law is that a government cannot fetter its
&lt;br/&gt;own legislative prerogatives by abandoning its authority to govern."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Sounds like what the Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement is
&lt;br/&gt;all about.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Murray Dobbin is a Vancouver-based writer. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;fighting till my last breath,
&lt;br/&gt;jax  (jaxfitzgibbon@yahoo.ca)&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;BC Transit is performing their tri-annual public consultation right now,
&lt;br/&gt;and it's very important that they hear the voice of strong supporters of a
&lt;br/&gt;strong transit system that is affordable, accessible, and has a stable,
&lt;br/&gt;long term funding base.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Comments can be made online at:
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.busonline.ca/regions/vic/2006_public_consultation/
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Let yoru voice be heard, and let Transit know what they're doing right, and what they're doing wrong!&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>looking for a new direction</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;AdvertisementNames mathew, im currently working on my "real" resume' available on request. Im looking for a place to live for my dog and I, we are currently homefree, job free, and time free. I am looking to offer some of mny time and energy to creative sitations, be it supportive living, helping out on a farm, picking, pruning, hauling, dancing, talking, listening, playing with children, and on and on and on. Im interested in low rent or no rent for a tent tent. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here is some of my goals, 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Build a yurt over the next year, 
&lt;br/&gt;Find work/ project that encompass's time with my dog, a wee bit of money, or work trade for food adn board. 
&lt;br/&gt;learn how to do a back flip flat gorund 
&lt;br/&gt;continue riding my unicycle, 
&lt;br/&gt;begin the kamana nature program-correspondance 
&lt;br/&gt;dance alot. 
&lt;br/&gt;foster supportive healthy relationships. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Im really open to any kind of idea's, so gimme a try. Ill be back on the island somtime end of august. THanks again, alots of love and warm fuzzy hugs.... &lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;WHere: Recyclistas
&lt;br/&gt;When: Wed: 8pm Race 10pm Bands
&lt;br/&gt;All right you filthy bunch of hooch swillin' maniacs, pay attention.
&lt;br/&gt;Just over 24 training hours remaing, and I hope all ye be prepared for a brutal Greek Decathalon of weaving and ripping. Checkpoints will involve a variety of terrain, so some bikes will take a little more abuse than they may be designed for, but, then again, if you have a problem with that, then you probably aren't reading this.
&lt;br/&gt;Bands blow in from prairie winds, and Recyclistas is proud to host Carbon Dating Service (Saskatoon) on their first Western Canadian Tour. Special guests include newly immigrated Fury and the Mouse, a veritable explosion of one-legged emo-dance wave.
&lt;br/&gt;If you aren't here, and it's because you think you have something more important to do, you may be legally retarded.
&lt;br/&gt;UNtil Then
&lt;br/&gt;Chris&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Cafe culture is thriving in Victoria, I visited recently and had a great time. We are presently looking for some people to volunteer to review and write about cafes in the Victoria area for TheCafeGuide http://www.thecafeguide.com the world's leading online cafe community.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you either live in the area or are planning to travel to this city and are knowledgeable about cafes. If you have a passion for coffee, tea or both then I would be interested in hearing from you, please write me at richard@thecafeguide.com 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Cheers,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Richard&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;My friends Susanne and Rob are opening their new shop, "Honestly Tea and Gifts" this weekend. They are wonderful people, who dreamed of having a Dutch/European style store in downtown Victoria where they could promote incredible projects world wide.  Everything in their store is Fair Trade and Organic. The first project they are supporting is called the Weave Project in Ghana. The products support a home for mentally disabled people in Ghana. http://operationhandinhand.nl/engels.htm 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The grand opening is Friday and Saturday from 11am onward. Their store is in the Paper Box Arcade on lower Johnson Street, across from market square. If you are downtown this weekend, stop by for a cup of tea with Susanne, and meet these amazing people who are trying to change the world, one little piece at a time. They are imigrants and recently came to Victoria, so they don't know a whole lot of people here yet but I know when you meet them you will love them as much as I do.&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hey All,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Victoria Activist Network Listserv
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I've set up a listserv for people involved in local and nonviolent forms of environmental, social, or political activism -- especially letter-writers.  The list is an electronic "bulletin board" for persons to post, share, and discuss letters they write or ideas they have for positive change.  Since there are a lot of other places for discussion of ideas for positive local action (such as the Tribe), the list will function primarily as a form-letter forum.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Last week's posting (the first!) contained letters:  to the Vic police about their treatment of Andrew Ansley and dumpster divers caught on tape; to Premier Campbell regarding tent city and the laws preventing sleeping in "public" spaces; and more.   
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you want to check out these letters, to subscribe to the list, or simply to get more info, visit 
&lt;br/&gt;http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/van
&lt;br/&gt;or contact Tim Thielmann:  
&lt;br/&gt;(250) 889-8418
&lt;br/&gt;thielmann@riseup.net
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'd love to hear any suggestions or feedback you might have.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;peace,
&lt;br/&gt;Tim&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Cheb i Sabbah Concert - 3rd of March - Beaver Point Hall Salt Spring Island</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;A unique concert featuring the world famous "Outernationalist" musician
&lt;br/&gt;and ambassador of world rythms
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&lt;br/&gt;DJ Cheb i Sabbah
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&lt;br/&gt;"The ageless one...a globetrotting dance maharishi whose triple A
&lt;br/&gt;(Africa Arabia Asia) mix often opens a portal to the divine"
&lt;br/&gt;- Los Angeles Weekly
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Friday 3rd March
&lt;br/&gt;Beaver Point Hall, 9pm.
&lt;br/&gt;first 50 tix sold at the door for $15.00, then $20.00 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The legendary dj &amp;amp; producer Cheb I Sabbah returns to the West Coast... 
&lt;br/&gt;San Fran based DJ Cheb has been spinning discs longer than most of us 
&lt;br/&gt;have been alive. 
&lt;br/&gt;He left his native Algeria in the 1960s, and has made a career out of
&lt;br/&gt;blending music from all over the world into kaleidoscopic, dance-floor
&lt;br/&gt;mixes ever since. His first three masterful albums for Six Degrees
&lt;br/&gt;Records, Shri Durga (1999), MahaMaya - Shri Durga ReMixed (2000), and
&lt;br/&gt;Krishna Lila (2002), are cult classics in which India's time-honored
&lt;br/&gt;traditions merge with the universe of possibilities afforded by
&lt;br/&gt;contemporary recording technology. Most recently, on La Kahena, Cheb
&lt;br/&gt;returns to his North African roots, collaborating with some of the most
&lt;br/&gt;distinctive female singers from the Maghreb. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Don't miss this rare opportunity!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Shai&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Is there anything wrong living here, whats your worst complaint?
&lt;br/&gt;I can't find any...&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Love Victoria and it's small town feel - keep it real folks - be over to visit again real soon
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&lt;br/&gt;Jay - Certified Funologist &lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Don't miss it!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041001_lunar_eclipse.html  tonight&lt;/div&gt;
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Hey everyone, I am in Victoria for about a week and would like to make some new friends...so don't hesitate to tell me the happs and goings on...so far I really like it here...I may have to buy property here...&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Happy Canada Day</title>
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      <description>&lt;div&gt;Happy Birthday Canada&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
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