Christy Clark's Future Strategy for BC Parks is John Horgan's today BC Parks' Future Strategy has Christy Clark written all over it. I recently received an email from Jim Standen, the assistant deputy minister for BC Parks in which it confirms the BC Liberal direction for BC Parks established in November 2016 continues as government policy of the present NDP government.In a nutshell, there are four goals: (1) conservation, (2) recreation, (3) public partnerships, (4) recognizing...

The Four Pillars of the BC Parks Future Strategy Replacing the two pillars of conservation and recreation in the historical Striking the Balance policy.

Striking the Balance now a historical park policy documentStriking the Balance is a historical policy document that previously guided BC Parks’ management planning processes. The policies outlined within have been updated with new strategic direction. This new direction is detailed in updated strategies like the BC Parks Future Strategy; updated policies like the BC Parks Conservation Policy; and updated ministry corporate and program plans. Other updated documents that guide management...

Good BC Parks! We are making slow progress here by you at long last including the phrase "Parks are for people too" (albeit buried deep and near the end of the blog post and in only the context of front country recreation). Now how about putting your money where your mouth is and directing a little of that Licence Plate money to trails, access and infrastructure instead of exclusively to conservation, political correctness, managerial salaries and paper pushing?  I'm rooting for you BC...

In my day job as philosopher and University Lecturer, when I deal with an object, idea, or problem, I ask three simple questions. 1) Where did the problem/idea come from? 2) What is the problem/idea today? 3) Where is this problem/idea going in the future? It is the same as asking "Where do I come from, Who am I today, where am I going?" This article with Steve Jones suggests to me that BC Parks hasn't even begun to understand any of these basic questions....