{"id":3315,"date":"2014-07-31T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2014-07-31T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:11:00","slug":"bc-hydros-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=3315","title":{"rendered":"BC Hydro\u2019s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">BC Hydro\u2019s newly appointed [July 2014] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bchydro.com\/about\/who_we_are\/executive_team\/jessica-mcdonald.html\">President and CEO Jessica McDonald<\/a>, \u00a0BC Hydro\u2019s Board of Directors [Appendix 1 below] and BC Hydro \u2013 a Crown Corporation &#8211; have chosen to become directly, personally involved in\/with homelessness in Abbotsford.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility1j.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3316\" title=\"Actions_Consequences_Responsibility1j\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility1j-300x27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility1j-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility1j-1024x95.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have chosen to pre-empt a question currently before the BC Courts \u2013 if not Jubilee, if not Gladys then where do the homeless go?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility2j.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3317\" title=\"Actions_Consequences_Responsibility2j\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility2j-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility2j-300x31.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility2j-1024x107.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have chosen to ignore questions raised by a BC Crown Corporation, an instrument of the BC Government and the citizens of BC, acting to pre-empt a matter currently before the BC Courts; not next year or at some indefinite point in the future but before the Courts NOW.<\/p>\n<p>They have chosen to become involved directly with homelessness in Abbotsford and to pre-empt the question of the Charter Rights of homeless Canadians currently before the BC Courts, without a clear, demonstrable, imminent risk that required or demanded they act now and prevented them from waiting another month or two [or three] for the BC Courts to adjudicate the question of: Where do the homeless go?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility3j.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3318\" title=\"Actions_Consequences_Responsibility3j\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility3j-300x28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility3j-300x28.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibility3j-1024x98.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In choosing to pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Charter Rights of Canadians \u00a0CEO Jessica McDonald, Stephen Bellringer [Chair of the board]<strong>, <\/strong>Bill Adsit, W.J. Brad Bennett, O.B.C., Larry Blain, James M. Brown, James P. Hatton, Q.C., John Knappett, Tracey L. McVicar, Janine North, ICD.D, John Ritchie, Jack Weisgerber and the Crown Corporation\u00a0 BC Hydro have, in addition to the disturbing precedent of a Crown Corporation usurping a matter before the Courts, taken on personal responsibility for answering the question Abbotsford City Council has never answered: Where do the Homeless Go?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibilityj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3319\" title=\"Actions_Consequences_Responsibilityj\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibilityj-300x81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibilityj-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Actions_Consequences_Responsibilityj-1024x277.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since, by their own choice and of their own free will, CEO Jessica McDonald, the Board, employees of BC Hydro and the Crown Corporation BC Hydro have chosen to become involved in homelessness in Abbotsford and pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Rights of Canadians and where are the homeless to go they have, as a consequence, made themselves responsible for \u2013 and to \u2013 the homeless in Abbotsford for answering where the homeless are to go&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cWhen you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nLois McMaster Bujold,\u00a0<em>Memory<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cA responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gary Zukav<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;We [I, the homeless, citizens of Abbotsford] await the unveiling of BC Hydro\u2019s plans for the relocation of the homeless from Gladys, and BC Hydro\u2019s answer &#8211; and plans &#8211; to the thorny question of where the homeless are suppose to relocate to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Appendix 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bchydro.com\/about\/who_we_are\/board_of_directors.html\">BC Hydro Board of Directors:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Bellringer, Chair of the board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Adsit<\/p>\n<p>W.J. Brad Bennett, O.B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Blain<\/p>\n<p>James M. Brown<\/p>\n<p>James P. Hatton, Q.C.<\/p>\n<p>John Knappett<\/p>\n<p>Tracey L. McVicar<\/p>\n<p>Janine North, ICD.D<\/p>\n<p>John Ritchie<\/p>\n<p>Jack Weisgerber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC Hydro\u2019s newly appointed [July 2014] President and CEO Jessica McDonald, \u00a0BC Hydro\u2019s Board of Directors [Appendix 1 below] and BC Hydro \u2013 a Crown Corporation &#8211; have chosen to become directly, personally involved in\/with homelessness in Abbotsford. They have chosen to pre-empt a question currently before the BC Courts \u2013 if not Jubilee, if not Gladys then where do the homeless go? They have chosen to ignore questions raised by a BC Crown Corporation, an instrument of the BC Government and the citizens of BC, acting to pre-empt a matter currently before the BC Courts; not next year or at some indefinite point in the future but before the Courts NOW. They have chosen to become involved directly with homelessness in Abbotsford and to pre-empt the question of the Charter Rights of homeless Canadians currently before the BC Courts, without a clear, demonstrable, imminent risk that required or demanded they act now and prevented them from waiting another month or two [or three] for the BC Courts to adjudicate the question of: Where do the homeless go? In choosing to pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Charter Rights of Canadians \u00a0CEO Jessica McDonald, Stephen Bellringer [Chair of the board], Bill Adsit, W.J. Brad Bennett, O.B.C., Larry Blain, James M. Brown, James P. Hatton, Q.C., John Knappett, Tracey L. McVicar, Janine North, ICD.D, John Ritchie, Jack Weisgerber and the Crown Corporation\u00a0 BC Hydro have, in addition to the disturbing precedent of a Crown Corporation usurping a matter before the Courts, taken on personal responsibility for answering the question Abbotsford City Council has never answered: Where do the Homeless Go? Since, by their own choice and of their own free will, CEO Jessica McDonald, the Board, employees of BC Hydro and the Crown Corporation BC Hydro have chosen to become involved in homelessness in Abbotsford and pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Rights of Canadians and where are the homeless to go they have, as a consequence, made themselves responsible for \u2013 and to \u2013 the homeless in Abbotsford for answering where the homeless are to go&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; \u201cWhen you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.\u201d Lois McMaster Bujold,\u00a0Memory \u201cA responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gary Zukav &#8230;&#8230;We [I, the homeless, citizens of Abbotsford] await the unveiling of BC Hydro\u2019s plans for the relocation of the homeless from Gladys, and BC Hydro\u2019s answer &#8211; and plans &#8211; to the thorny question of where the homeless are suppose to relocate to. &nbsp; &nbsp; Appendix 1 BC Hydro Board of Directors:\u00a0 Stephen Bellringer, Chair of the board Bill Adsit W.J. 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They have chosen to ignore questions raised by a BC Crown Corporation, an instrument of the BC Government and the citizens of BC, acting to pre-empt a matter currently before the BC Courts; not next year or at some indefinite point in the future but before the Courts NOW. They have chosen to become involved directly with homelessness in Abbotsford and to pre-empt the question of the Charter Rights of homeless Canadians currently before the BC Courts, without a clear, demonstrable, imminent risk that required or demanded they act now and prevented them from waiting another month or two [or three] for the BC Courts to adjudicate the question of: Where do the homeless go? In choosing to pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Charter Rights of Canadians \u00a0CEO Jessica McDonald, Stephen Bellringer [Chair of the board], Bill Adsit, W.J. Brad Bennett, O.B.C., Larry Blain, James M. Brown, James P. Hatton, Q.C., John Knappett, Tracey L. McVicar, Janine North, ICD.D, John Ritchie, Jack Weisgerber and the Crown Corporation\u00a0 BC Hydro have, in addition to the disturbing precedent of a Crown Corporation usurping a matter before the Courts, taken on personal responsibility for answering the question Abbotsford City Council has never answered: Where do the Homeless Go? Since, by their own choice and of their own free will, CEO Jessica McDonald, the Board, employees of BC Hydro and the Crown Corporation BC Hydro have chosen to become involved in homelessness in Abbotsford and pre-empt the BC Courts on the question of the Rights of Canadians and where are the homeless to go they have, as a consequence, made themselves responsible for \u2013 and to \u2013 the homeless in Abbotsford for answering where the homeless are to go&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; \u201cWhen you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.\u201d Lois McMaster Bujold,\u00a0Memory \u201cA responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gary Zukav &#8230;&#8230;We [I, the homeless, citizens of Abbotsford] await the unveiling of BC Hydro\u2019s plans for the relocation of the homeless from Gladys, and BC Hydro\u2019s answer &#8211; and plans &#8211; to the thorny question of where the homeless are suppose to relocate to. &nbsp; &nbsp; Appendix 1 BC Hydro Board of Directors:\u00a0 Stephen Bellringer, Chair of the board Bill Adsit W.J. 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