Ballad in Plain E

Rob provided a good overview of what’s happening with the Legislative Library closure over in Victoria. VALL has just released an update, with details on what we know, what we don’t know, and what we can do. And a “Save the BC Legislative Library” blog has been created, and seems to be posting news articles and letters to the editor as they roll in.

There’s a great quote from the story that ran in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday:

“It’s a tragedy,” said veteran Times Colonist columnist Jim Hume, who has used the library for more than 50 years. “My God, if the legislative chamber is the heart of the legislature, the library is its soul . . . . This is our history. If you really want to do research, you use the library where you can find everything, not the Internet.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself. I plan on writing to the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition, my MLA, and the Speaker, and I encourage you to do the same.

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