Perhaps my concern in an earlier blog post about trending toward fascism missed an important proof. In July 2010, the chairman and cofounder of the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest […]
Advance of fascism
Norm Farrell
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.
Rewarding friends, jailing opponents
Again in 2012, Alexandra Morton was not awarded an Order of BC. Perhaps she is not sufficiently distinguished or perhaps she failed to offer financial support in the way others of this […]
Salute democracy while suppressing it
In British online news magazine The Week, Alexander Cockburn gives his take on America. Had he turned eyes north, the American based writer would have noticed similar trends in Canada. “…if there’s […]
Pollution monitors kicked out the door
What would your choice be? Would you provide chauffeurs on standby 16 hours a day so that every cabinet minister could avoid the shame of riding in a taxi but still return […]
Coleman regulates the ‘independent’ regulator
if we needed more evidence that BC Hydro has become the tool of financial pirates, Rich Coleman provided it Tuesday with news that public hearings scheduled to begin a month from now […]
Liberals legislate silence from environmentalists
Virus sparks quarantine on B.C. salmon farm, Curt Petrovich, CBC News, May 17, 2012 B.C.’s salmon farming industry is on high alert after the discovery of a lethal fish virus [Infectious Hematopoietic […]
Add to your bookmarks
Keep your eyes on 2010 Gold Rush – News and Views on Vancouver 2010 (And Beyond) From Bob Mackin. On Twitter, follow hashtag #LiquorLeaks as Bob reports on Liberal friends maneuvering to […]
Say, what?
In making consumer choices, most of us don’t have time for careful sorting of fact from fiction. As a result, we rely on sources presumed to be accurate and free of bias. For years, […]
J’accuse – BC Hydro, plaything of fraudsters
BC Liberals and their media surrogates regularly accuse BC’s NDP governments of responsibility for “skyrocketing spending and debt.” Not that it matters to Liberal supporters, but we can determine if the aspersion […]
From Doug Pyper
Hi Friends, I just sent a message to Premier Christy Clark recommending that the Government of British Columbia inform the Government of Canada that the province is now exercising its right, with […]
More from the Not-Net-Zero folks
Succinct words word from Blog Borg Collective: Bullshit
Using police to suppress political opponents
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story,Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, May 16, 2012 “The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing […]
From May 2012: Lady Christy can sink no lower
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Evidence of corruption mounts
Economist Erik Andersen, writing at The Common Sense Canadian, contemplates why BC Hydro: indulged in its aggressive contracting with Independent Power Producers in BC when domestic demand increases are nonexistent. I suggest […]
Parenting, North Carolina style
North Carolina Pastor Encourages Parents to Use Violence on Effeminate Children “Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. […]
$1.28 billion over the next four years
Hansard, May 14, 2012 Adrian Dix: My question is to the Minister of Energy. The government’s energy policy has stripped away B.C. Hydro’s ability to capitalize on the high water flow as […]
When they don’t care about the answer
Jack Knox column: Students show the way to a fair hearing, Times Colonist, May 13, 2012 …This is what all of Canada could use right now: a listening competition. Had B.C.’s Liberals […]
Taxpayers carry financial risks for IPPs
Through idiocy or corruption, the public utility has been forced to buy electricity it did not and does not need, some of it at prices five times market.,,
Coastal discouragement
Before being elected government in 2001, BC Liberals promised to appoint an independent inquiry into the “mismanagement of BC Ferries.” That promise, like many others made by Gordon Campbell, fell by the […]
Recognizing real radicals
Laurence Britt’s Patterns of national behaviour and abuse of power #3: Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause… Bill C-38, Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, May 9, 2012: “…Over the past few months, […]
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Historians have not been kind to elites who opposed scientific innovation. For centuries Belief among guardians of executive authority rarely…