Gwen and I raised three adult children in North Vancouver. Each lives in this community, as do our seven grandchildren. Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. Since 2009, I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA.
De Volkskrant (The People’s Newspaper) is a Dutch morning daily, the third largest newspaper in The Netherlands. Its journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra won the 2026 European Press Prize for Distinguished Reporting for What the wounds are telling us, a powerful investigation of targeted violence through the testimony of victims, medical professionals, and forensic analysis. De Volkskrant’s article is not easy reading.
Years ago, veteran war correspondent Robert Fisk warned against equating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism. He argued that conflating opposition to Israeli government policies with hostility toward Jewish people served to suppress debate and protect the state from legitimate criticism.
Canada’s double standard on Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran, isn’t a diplomatic nuance. It’s a choice — and British Columbians are living with the economic fallout.
Peer-reviewed science found that emissions from Alberta’s oilsands may be far greater than regulators and the public have been led to believe. Aircraft measurements revealed gas-phase organic carbon emissions up to 64 times higher than official estimates reported by the industry. Total organic carbon emissions in Alberta are equivalent to those from all other sources across Canada combined.
Because satire ruffled a few powerful feathers, Australia passed legislation that could land people in jail if they falsely present themselves as representatives of government agencies. That did not stop Juice Media’s Giordano Nanni, Lucy Cahill, and colleagues from working to make influential figures uncomfortable. The Melbourne-based collective has amassed millions of views with videos that use satire to expose political hypocrisy, climate inaction, and corporate greenwashing…
The New York Times published a piece by Brown University Professor Omer Bartov, titled, “I’m a Scholar of Genocide. I Know It When I See It.” At the risk of this being labelled antisemitic, I repeat words of journalist Gideon Levy published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
It is interesting to note that the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s estimate of a $578 million cost for Vancouver’s round-ball games is less than two weeks old and is already outdated. Official sources now say British Columbia’s cost for seven matches on the West Coast could reach $729 million.
Trump turns 80 in two weeks. Actuarial tables suggest he could remain alive and politically active for another seven or eight years — meaning Americans shouldn’t assume his influence simply expires with his current term.
In late May, BC Supreme Court Justice Sharon Matthews ruled in favour of 880 migrant workers recruited for jobs at Mac’s Convenience Stores through immigration consultants. The workers had been induced to pay thousands of dollars in illegal recruitment fees after being promised jobs that often did not exist or did not match what had been promised.
Occasionally, I leave aside the misery of politics, poverty, patrimonialism, and provisos that make life difficult. Tonight was one of those times. Gwen and I spent the evening at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre, enjoying a joyful production of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon by the North Shore Light Opera Society, a group in its 78th year.
As I decide whether to keep up this blog, I would like to hear from regular readers. What kind of content do you like to see on this website? What do you want to see less of? Should I maintain the more than 3,000 posts on this site, even if the majority of them are out of date, or would it matter if I completely shut it down?
Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
Clean electricity generated close to where you live — and increasingly owned by the people, businesses, and communities that use it. Solar experts and researchers from University of British Columbia Okanagan know how distributed energy systems and next-generation solar materials could transform Canada’s energy future, strengthen energy independence, and create opportunities for Canadian manufacturing and innovation.
Climate change is not a problem that can be solved within the current economic system without deep structural change.
“The blunt reality is that when there are no consequences, we humans are capable of immense depravity toward those we are taught to scorn as subhuman.”
Norway offers a striking contrast to British Columbia. In 2026, the two jurisdictions have almost identical populations — about 5.6 million people — yet Norway has built a sovereign wealth fund valued at roughly C$3.1 trillion.
Global financial markets are estimated to be worth $500 trillion, while global GDP is only estimated to be worth $100 trillion. This means that 80% of financial markets are not involved in producing the goods and services our society relies on to function properly.
At today’s exchange rate, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is worth roughly C$3.09 trillion — an extraordinary figure for a country with a population of about 5.6 million, very close to the population of British Columbia. That works out to approximately C$546,000 per person.
While the BC NDP talks publicly about a comprehensive plan focused on clean energy, the government has in fact been focused on increasing fossil fuel production. This policy may be good for the mostly foreign-owned producers and processors of natural gas, but it is another step toward a climate disaster.
Geothermal Opportunities is the third installment of the Canada West Forum Society’s series of online energy forums. The series began with Powering the Future, an overview of energy in British Columbia, and continued with Harnessing Wind Energy.
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