The glittering images the World Cup is rolling out of Vancouver are likely to induce envy.
The visions that TV is spreading around the world spotlight the green trees of Stanley Park, the blue waters of Burrard Inlet, the silver highrises of Vancouver and the North Shore, and the sunshine-drenched Coastal Mountains.
No wonder so many from afar yearn to move to this province, as they have in the past. The problem is the pictures are no longer worth a thousand words: The alluring images fail to tell the more ominous, inside story of this province and country.
