Thanks to RanD Hadland at Facebook’s Say “NO” to Site “C” Dam! for drawing my attention to a recent Vaughn Palmer column. The Sun’s pundit mentions BC Hydro’s “pathetic” excuse making when justifying incompetent management of the Site C project.
Palmer correctly notes that BC’s public utility is “notorious for resisting independent scrutiny of every kind.” This observation is in line with points made at IN-SIGHTS over the past several years.
Of course, in Palmer’s words, I was just a blogger, one of the “Nincompoops ranting in their underpants” when public issues were discussed.
He references the very useful website Just and Reasonable published by former BCUC Commissioner Richard Mason. It is a great source of information offered by a well-informed man.
In his 50+ years at the Vancouver Sun, Palmer has never been more right than when he wrote this:
Time for Hydro to clear the air fully on what went wrong with Site C and say how those lessons are being applied to the next multi-billion dollar project.
in-sights.ca 
Problem Solved?
Given their battle over sovereignty a new option probably is something Mr. Carney, Mr. Eby and Ms. Smith shouldn’t ignore. But will they?
The dispute between BC and Alberta over a bitumen pipeline to the coast may have been resolved by Manitoba’s Premier Kinew. His idea? Run the pipeline from Alberta to Churchill.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/port-of-churchill-energy-company-infrastructure-wab-kinew-9.7067291
Plans to expand the Port of Churchill in northern Manitoba and boost shipping through the Arctic have attracted interest from a major energy company, Premier Wab Kinew said Thursday.
Kinew wouldn’t name the company, but said a lot of “leg work” has been done in evaluating the opportunity. The provincial government is set to sign a non-disclosure agreement with it so discussions can continue.
“At this stage, it’s just really exciting for the province of Manitoba to be able to say that real private-sector investment is starting to come off the sidelines and say, you know what, this Churchill thing is … worth us looking at in great depth and detail,” Kinew told reporters following a premiers’ meeting in Ottawa.
Kinew has been promoting expansion of the rail line to Churchill and the port, on the coast of Hudson Bay, as a way to enhance Arctic sovereignty and provide an alternative shipping route.
It could also be used to ship western energy and solve a dispute between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and British Columbia Premier David Eby over the idea of shipping oil through northern B.C., Kinew said. That could involve a new pipeline to a new terminal in Churchill.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/01/29/manitobas-time-is-coming-
churchill-port-expansion-draws-interest-from-major-energy-company-premier-says
Premier Wab Kinew’s dream of seeing a major nation-building project realized in the Port of Churchill has apparently piqued the interest of a major player in Canada’s energy sector, which is now negotiating with the province.
“It seems that Manitoba’s time is coming, and that Churchill will play an important part in that,” Kinew said Thursday, speaking to reporters after a meeting of Canada’s first ministers in Ottawa.
“There is a major energy company interested in what we’re working on with Churchill. Some officials from our government are very soon going to sign a (non-disclosure agreement) so that we can dive into some of the details effectively.”
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