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Technology misses BC capital region

Thursday, 27. July 2006, 19:48:17

OK... ever since returning to Canada I've been a bit hard on the Canadian political climate, more specifically, here on the west coast of BC where, to be quite frankly, the politicians and decision makers are mindless idiots! I could go on about the fiscal irresponsibility and union-led decision making that rules the Province but I'll save that for later. In the most recent clusterf$%^^% the government has expanded the monitoring of the highway system with more highway surveillance (web) cameras... the clincher, Vancouver Island, home of the Provincial capital and one of the most treacherous roads in BC (The Malahat which connects Victoria with the rest of the Province and some 750,000+ people, was left of the upgrade list. Designed to increase safety, the web cam system is being constantly upgraded but apparently only in politically correct areas. There are some cameras on the island but upgrading information on this death trap (and ond only highway link to civilization) would be a nice touch. Amazing... this comes from the province that was once a Geospatial hotbed of activity and home to some of the finest government GIS staff and departments... long since dessimated bu funding cuts yadayadayada... you can't get me outta here fast enough! (Source)

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