This intelligent well spoken women is an outstandingly media saavy leader. Replacing the dull, dowdey, and just plain dumb Carole James with Jenny and the NDP would win every election for the next 30 years.

The reelection campaign will start with a recall campaign in early 2012 and the NDP must be rid of Carole James by then. An election would then be held be in the end of 2012, with the BCLiberals fielding a new leader.

Please please please, NDP leaders, MLA's and members - do not even think for a second the NDP can win an election against a new Liberal leader with Carole James in charge - she is unelectable as leader.

Replace her with Jenny now!!!!
seth

People who are poor face more than just the challenges of not having enough money to make ends meet. There is another edge to the sword of poverty, in the form mistreatment based solely on economic status, or class. Discrimination on the basis of being poor is not only disrespectful, but also worsens the conditions of poverty by shutting down opportunities. Discrimination against the poor is expressed in open attitudes that poor people are "trashy." It's even considered acceptable to many middle and upper class people to openly express a bias against the fashions, dialects and other cultural characteristics of the "lower classes."

We often pretend to be a classless society, when in fact we are class conscious in many ways. This is especially evident in education for the poor - from preschool to post secondary school. It's considered okay by many teachers to mark older students down for "non-professional" or "inappropriate dress," to criticize the use of dialects not considered as "proper" or standard, and to expect students to reject class-based cultures.

This happens to more students at schools with more lower income and more vulnerable students, such as community colleges and schools within lower income communities. It should be considered just as unacceptable to put down class-based culture as any other culture, especially in schools that cater to lower income students. Being educated means thinking critically and have power in ideas and analysis, not giving up your roots or cultural background.

I know Jenny Kwan may mean well, but there is no chance I would support this Bill. In my opinion the BC Human Rights Code is a document drafted by kooks -- for the benefit of more kooks.

The poor and homeless have suffered enought -- they shouldn't be placed in the position of supporting the augmentation of this nonsense.

Why doesn't Ms. Kwan speak to Carole James and ask her what she thinks of the glen p robbins campaign pledge to reduce poverty in BC by one half in two years or resign.

Politics is a serious business and we should need to get away recycling ways of business that don't work and the public does not want to pay for.

Let's fix the problem of poverty as citizens, because we are people and we should -- keep the lawyers out of it.

addendum: remember the BC Human Rights Code and BC Human Right Tribunal are quasi (nearly) criminal mechanisms. If the woman who complained about the comic had been successful -- the comedian would have been branded 'nearly' criminal. We do not properly enforce our actual criminal code as it is, why add this junkyard of social engineering confusion to this?

If you believe the rate of poverty is a 'crime' say so -- don't tuck it in a wholly dysfunctional BC Code--the people will turn away from the homeless worse they have done before.

Under the Code -- ONLY men can sexually harass women -- women can never sexually harass men -- how backward is this as we seek true equality?

If someone assaults a person because of their race or sexual orientation go for hate crime--at criminal courts level - if someone harasses a person at work -- go to provincial court and sue for $25,000.

Send criminals to jail --and make people who try to take advantage pay $$.
Do not try to rectify homelessness and poverty through the BC Human Rights Code -- it sounds reasonable -- it is riddled with social engineering and yes -- affirmative action --(men are homeless too sometimes) more costly trouble and no solutions.

British Columbians would tell you we don't need this any more than the HST-- Jenny.

Thanks Liberation Learning. That was a very insightful post.