Analysis of recent economics data shows a widening gulf between average workers and the top. That has been shown to sow social discontent and even worsen the spread of COVID-19.

Victoria is one of the most heavily policed cities in Canada. It's also one of the most crime-heavy.

Despite its disproportionately weed-smoking populace, BC has done a terrible job at getting them to buy the legal stuff

Beyond its confirmed COVID-19 fatalities, since lockdowns began BC has seen several hundred more deaths than would be typical

While property crime is way up, other crimes are actually way down

If BC had been hit like Quebec, 3,000 would be dead instead of 200

The peripheral effects of COVID-19 have exacerbated an opioid crisis that, until recently, was trending downwards