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Everything the City of Victoria does should not be viewed through a tent-city lens. A social media storm has erupted because a bylaw officer warned the owner of a dog that the animal should be leashed.

Apologies are easy, but if they are to mean anything, they must be accompanied by change.

A year ago, the B.C. government sent a message that it was serious about a climate action plan by appointing a climate leadership team. Failing to act on the team鈥檚 recommendations sends a different kind of message.

Not to sound ungrateful, but what took the province so long to commit funds for the repair of Bayside Middle School? The school鈥檚 saga is a concrete illustration of what happens if you ignore an old proverb: A stitch in time saves nine.

Defining the problem is the easy part; devising a solution is much more difficult. Yet the tent city must go. Making the tent city a permanent part of downtown will not resolve the issues that led to the encampment鈥檚 establishment.

British Columbia鈥檚 representative for children and youth is embroiled in yet another controversy.

If the province thinks the Saanich school district can take $1 million out of its annual budget without hurting education, it should explain how it can be done.

Let鈥檚 take it from the top again, and this time, let鈥檚 get it right.

The B.C. government promised to find everyone a family doctor by last year. It didn鈥檛 happen. And it won鈥檛 happen this year, either. Finding and keeping family doctors might be a difficult task, but it should not be an impossible one.

When it comes to the proposed McKenzie Avenue interchange, Saanich is in a 鈥渄amned if you do, damned if you don鈥檛鈥� situation.