SNIJs & Symbols: Christmas Island

A SNIJ for every season: How can you not like the Christmas Island flag at this time of year?

Island Community Vision

Great comments from PEI's westernmost community about the need for political leaders to keep their eyes on the prize and not get way-layed by the smaller administrative issues. Of course, I think it would be applicable to our entire Island Community too.

“We’re not going to have much progress if we don’t change our vision,” said new Tignish Community Chair Gerard LeClair, speaking to his council and members of the community.

Setting out his agenda, the new chair suggested a lot of community councils seem to get hung up on dealing with the day-to-day business that is best left to municipal staff, instead of looking down the road.

“I see our role as visionaries. We have to provide leadership, vision and accountability.”

Are you listening, Island MLAs?

Doing Things Differently This Time

A good Letter to the Editor from Harry Baglole about the need for all the talk about land issues to go from discussion to implementation. I hope it happens:

This time, government must do things differently. I feel strongly that the Thompson commission represents our last, best hope for coherent, long-term action in the critical public-policy areas of land use and local governance reform.