PETERS: The week that was presented frustration, elation — and hope

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In both cases, the drastic measures taken to battle the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in not just a leaky boat, but one with cannonball-sized holes in the hull.

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The words “balanced budget” won’t be uttered by either the federal or provincial government for another half-generation, it seems.

Even in spite of the pages of spending promises, there are reasons to doubt whether our community will get what it wants and so desperately needs.

Also early in the week, the province stretched out its circuit breaker rules and Premier Horgan let the cat out of the bag early on planned travel restrictions, something the government has been scrambling to catch up with for the rest of the week.

Both health and elected officials struggled to articulate the difference between what they want us to do and what they will allow us to do — and why those two sets of actions don’t match up.

The most consequential news may have come on Tuesday, when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, something we all knew should happen but weren’t certain would happen.

If this signals to law enforcement officers that they can’t hide their racism behind a badge and have the courts let them off the hook, it might be a major step in addressing the institutionalized racism Black, Indigenous and people of colour face every single day.

This comment airs for the first time on CFJC TV at roughly 12:15 p.m. and that is almost the exact time I will be receiving my first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The protection it will afford me stands in parallel with the hope it represents — that even as we navigate weeks filled with wild swings from high to low, somewhere normal still exists and we will find it soon.

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Editor’s Note: This opinion piece reflects the views of its author, and does not necessarily represent the views of CFJC Today or the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.