Apologies for my radio silence of late - work, illness, and plain old ‘enjoying the family’ have kept me from my keyboard. A few more busy days ahead, but promise to be more regular once September hits and the Municipal campaign heats up.

I have to break my self-imposed tumblr exile with a plea to ya’ll to read Paul Wells and John Geddes on the Insite safe injection site in Vancouver. I’m hoping most level headed Canadians will be upset by the clear attempts of upper brass in the RCMP, most likely on orders of their political masters in Ottawa (remember Tony Clement on Insite?) to ignore clear-cut science when it comes to harm reduction. I’m not an illegal drug user myself (I have certainly inhaled, but not in quite some time), but I think we should be treating addiction with a view towards what is proven to work just as we would treat any other illness. 

Moralizing, fear-mongering and ideology yet again seem to be trumping data and the better instincts of loyal civil servants, and that just pisses me off.  Hope it pisses you off too.

Anyway, please give these stories a read.  This issue is much bigger than the census in my opinion, and I’m hoping it gets some legs. 

Paul Wells - Insite Flim-Flam

John Geddes - RCMP and the truth