Will American Anti-Labor Policies Infect Europe?, Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future The threat is in the air: “Shut up and take the wage cuts or we will move your job to […]
Canada too!
Norm Farrell
Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA since 2009.
Pulses from the twitterverse
Lindsay Kines (Feb 9): Glad to see the jury delivered its Vander Zalm verdict in court instead of on the Bill Good show. Christy Clark appoints NW crime reporters to probe justice […]
Now Rebecca Scott is the only Press Secretary
I’ve made an issue of the conflict of interest CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart faces when reporting on Premier Photo-Op and her government while he shares pillows each night with Rebecca Scott, […]
Radical policies for which no one voted
Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, an office that dates back 1,400 years. Often outspoken, occasionally radical, Williams served for one issue last summer as guest editor of the New […]
"Calle a spade by any other name then a spade"
FYI, Erasmus did the title translation long, long ago. Bribery is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions […]
A Good award
I think Alex Tsakumis’ open message to CKNW’s Bill Good deserves repeating. So, I repeat it: HUGE JEERS to Bill Good, the complete idiot that he is, who last night demeaned, through […]
Mad about the girl
I discovered Adele in 2011, way behind most of the world. If you watched last night’s Emmy Awards, you’ll know her too. Sylvia Patterson, writing in The Observer in 2008, saw the […]
Can this be true?
Premier Photo-Op says, “We are committed to find ways of getting [labour] agreements but we are not going to ask taxpayers to pay more to fund them.” The BC Chamber of Commerce […]
No net-zero reality for IHA executives
In the blog article Failing healthcare managers still paid handsomely, I noted that average earnings of the top 10 people at the Fraser Health Authority rose almost $4,500 per month between 2008 […]
Clark defines her BC Liberal Government
Christy Clark recently spoke to a gathering of her strategic advisers, including Gwyn Morgan, David McLean, Patrick Kinsella, Francesco Aquilini, Peter Wall and Tom Nellis. A spy tells me this was the […]
Rotten apples
In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad, By CHARLES DUHIGG and DAVID BARBOZA, New York Times “…the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions, according […]
More not-net-zero reality
In the blog article Failing healthcare managers still paid handsomely, I noted that average earnings of the top 10 people at the Fraser Health Authority rose almost $4,500 per month between 2008 […]
Hello Premier Photo-Op
Ten Habits of Incompetent Managers, Margaret Heffernan, Fast Company Bias against action: There are always plenty of reasons not to take a decision… People who don’t make mistakes generally don’t make anything. […]
RCMP change not welcome after all
Almost two months ago, I wrote Rewarding incompetence and stated my hope that, under its new leader, RCMP had turned a corner toward an era of accountability and respectability: “That [William] Elliott’s […]
Failing healthcare managers still paid handsomely
Doctors vow to take back Royal Columbian ER, Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun, February 7, 2012 “Emergency-room doctors at Royal Columbian hospital served notice to administrators Monday they will no longer assess patients […]
BC Liberal motto: Be Prepared
A REPLAY from March 1, 2011 ER doc takes a coffee break CBC News item: Staff at Royal Columbian Hospital near Vancouver were forced to turn the facility’s Tim Hortons outlet into […]
I-RO-NY [ ahy-ruh-nee ]
The REPLAY below from September 2010 seems particularly relevant after Jonathan Fowlie exposed the story of HST pamphlets going from printer to shredder by the truckload. The original waste is bad. Worse […]
Uncomfortable parallels
While a mere teenager when Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, Stephen Harper had found a mentor. A few decades later, empowered by a majority in parliament, the now Canadian […]
Comparing football and baseball
In an event that proceeds so slowly that it may not end until next week, America celebrates couch potatoes and gladiators. It is a good time to remember George Carlin:
Talking tough, empty words and empty head
There is nothing more laughable than a politician trained in nothing providing direction to executives of the province’s $14-billion dollar monopoly insurer. Speaking to ICBC, British Columbia’s chief law officer “delivered a […]
I hope Canada hurries up no tolerance based rules. I also hope this country has at least a clue of…