12/16/2018
That didn't take long for a politician wanting to shine the light on himself with a success story others have fought for.
The fact is: Make no mistake Andrew Weaver, leader of the BC Green Party, had nothing to do with this BC Supreme court ruling. That was the work of one man gathering information and evidence for over 30 years at his own expense. Nobody in the political arena wanted to listen to him, not the NDP, not the BC Green Party and not the BC Liberals. The only people that listen to him and agreed to support him financially to prepare for the court case was a small rural fish and game club and thousands of hunters and anglers throughout our province. So next time you can enter public owned land and waters that previously have been illegally blocked thank a hunter or angler for it, not a politician or political party. The "Right to Roam private member’s bill", Waever brags about, is not needed as such a law exists for many decades, politicians and parties of all colours just ignored it because the financial support form wealthy foreign land owners was/is more important to them than peoples rights. What Andrew Weaver tires to do here is to look good on the back of ordinary people that stood up and fought for their lawful rights, while all the political parties tired to throw as many hurdles in the way of this fight as possible, even the BC Green party turned a blind eye and acted deaf, when approached on the topic.
In an Epilogue to a recent groundbreaking ruling B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel R. Groves has urged the government to open up public access to lakes around the province. It is an issue I advanced in the legislature with a Right to Roam private member’s bill tabled twice in 2017.
