How the work is done

Lasqueti.net is editorial coverage of civic issues facing the island. I write it on my own time, with no committee affiliation, no advertisers, and no funding. The standards below are how I do the work.

Sourced

Every factual claim is traceable to a primary document, a named source, or a recording: contracts, statutes, regulations, inspection records, correspondence, public filings. If I can't trace it, I don't publish it. Sources are cited in the piece so readers can check.

Focused on senior governments

The watchdog framing is reserved for senior governments and their contractors: BC Ferries, the province, federal agencies, and similar bodies whose decisions reach the island from above. Local boards and committees are not the target of the critical lens, even where I disagree with them.

Fair

Before I publish criticism of a named official, I make a genuine effort to contact them and offer the opportunity to respond. If they decline or don't reply, the piece says so.

Independent

No advertisers, no sponsors, no funders, no organization behind the site. If that ever changes, the change will be disclosed plainly on this page.

Conflicts disclosed

If I have a personal, financial, or organizational connection to a subject I am writing about, I say so in the piece. If the connection is significant enough to compromise the work, I step back from it.

Editorial, not neutral

Watchdog work involves judgement and, at times, taking a position. Where I take one, the reasoning is in the piece and the evidence is cited. Positions follow from the evidence, not the other way around, and I update them when the evidence does.

Mistakes get fixed

When I get something wrong, I correct it promptly, with a visible note of what changed. I do not silently edit the record. Contact me for questions, complaints, and corrections.

How AI is used here

AI tools play a major role in every piece on this site: research, drafting, image creation, design. The editorial choices are mine: what to investigate, what conclusions the evidence supports, what gets published, what I stand behind. Every factual claim is verified against the primary documents cited. Messages go to a person.

Where an AI-generated image could be mistaken for a real photograph of a real thing, place, or person, the piece says so.