Nine Months before Olympics, Province Saw Big ‘Shortfall‘, Bob Mackin, The Tyee, November 14, 2011 …When VANOC revealed its post-Games financial report on Dec. 17, 2010, it claimed a balanced budget after […]
Would they lie to us?
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.
Political action at the grass roots
Inside the Russell Pearce recall, Amy McMullen, Salon.com A good read about citizen-activists organizing to make Russell Pearce, President of the Arizona Senate, the first state legislator in Arizona history removed from […]
Some targets are easier to make than others
Forget land costs, interest, management and operating expenses; BC Place still needs $2.5 million a month to break even. That represents amortization of recent renovation costs over 20 years. Of course, the […]
If we do not act, we bear the guilt
“Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.”Joe Paterno (Penn State) Legendary coach Joe Paterno and Penn State are in the news […]
George Monbiot explains national bankruptcy
The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen, George Monbiot, The Guardian “If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in […]
Old news, aged quickly
Today, media conglomerates are not only influenced by Big Money interests, but they are often themselves Big Money interests.– Cameron Gaut I wrote earlier that the Toope Report helps the Liberal Government […]
When up is down and down is up
BC Agriculture Minister Don McRae, coordinating with federal agencies, claimed last week there are no confirmed cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in British Columbia salmon. Mcrae said, “It is vitally important […]
Policies are pointless if routinely ignored
BC Liberals paid $6-million in public funds to Dave Basi and Bob Virk as part of enticements to end the BC Rail political corruption trial. The criminal court action had been embarrassing […]
An impassioned gale
In 1908’s New Worlds for Old, H.G. Wells examined a nascent movement that he supported avidly. He wrote, “The early Socialist literature teems with rash, suggestive schemes. It has the fertility, the […]
Old line parties share corrupt styles
Silence reigns over Port of Montreal hiring controversy, Politicians prefer to keep things quiet, BY STEPHEN MAHER, POSTMEDIA NEWS, October 29, 2011 “…In the Mafia, if you break that code and rat […]
Mainstream media no longer sole gatekeepers
In the government’s sale disposition of BC Rail, there are compelling indicators of massive fraud. Even worse, senior provincial officials interfered with investigation and prosecution of these crimes. Having directed the asset disposal […]
The myth of democracy
Oligarchy, American Style, Paul Krugman, New York Times Op-Ed “We have a society in which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people, and in which that concentration of […]
Mistrusted neighbour
“Salmon farming along the British Columbia coast has expanded with encouragement from both Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the B.C. provincial government. The Canadian federal fisheries department is in […]
Has the game changed or merely the players?
Recently, I was amused by a certain radio news-talk host angrily sputtering in response to callers’ claims that he was partial and passive in political coverage. He replied that, in a very […]
So they arrested the reporter, not the bankers
Chris Hedges arrested, Truthdig, November 3, 2011: “Goldman Sachs, which received more subsidies and bailout-related funds than any other investment bank because the Federal Reserve permitted it to become a bank holding […]
The end of news as we know it
The following article was first published May 24, 2010. Since then, Sean Holman suspended the Public Eye website, Postmedia has focused on serving business not public interests, the destruction of CBC News […]
Good tax, bad tax
News item, The Guardian, November 3, 2011: Bill Gates will tell the G20 group of developed and developing countries on Thursday that they could raise an extra $48bn (£30bn) a year to […]
Autumn colours
Go, sit upon the lofty hill, And turn your eyes around, Where waving woods and waters wild Do hymn an autumn sound. The summer sun is faint on them — The summer […]
Charity, redefined
CHARITY (Oxford Dictionaries):generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless. The Fraser Institute styles itself the most influential market research organization in Canada. It is certainly the best funded […]
Just a pay-to-play way of life
Tomgram: Lawrence Weschler, The Great American Shakedown, November 1, 2011: “In the U.S., corruption is seldom “corruption.” … 15 of [Obama’s] top “bundlers,” who give their own money and solicit that of […]
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