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.
Several years ago the Fraser Institute spearheaded a drive to deregulate Canadian banks so they could act more like U.S. banks. That potential disaster was in line with the Fraser Institute objective […]
In this opinion site, I often take shots at PostMedia dailies for failures to contribute intelligently to a broad discussion of community issues. The conduit between the Fraser Institute and the Vancouver […]
Rafe Mair, The Common Sense Canadian, Hydro Report: Death Knell for BC’s Public Power? “The dice were cast and they turned up snake-eyes. The Campbell/Clark government privatized BC Ferries and BC Rail […]
American news writer Michelle Chen, in Washington’s Anti-Regulatory Crusade, notes, “. . . politicians in both parties, including the White House, have claimed that scaling back regulations would unleash economic growth, suggesting […]
CBC News, BC Ferries losses rise as passengers dwindle: B.C. Ferries says passenger levels are dropping to 20-year lows and the corporation is predicting it will lose more than expected this year. […]
HST, BC Liberal’s generous gift to the corporatocracy, is having much less benefit for British Columbia’s economy than pretended by governing politicians. Why? Because, like all mega-corps, the largest companies in BC, […]
Corporate media mouthpieces have been quick to deride Warren Buffett for his call to stop coddling the mega-rich. Michael Smyth, perhaps trying to protect his tenure at the top dog, lifted his […]
True cost of Afghan, Iraq wars is anyone’s guessBy Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the […]
By Gabriel Lerner: “. . . The Department of Homeland Security pays between $50 to $200 per day per person to local, county and state prisons to house apprehended aliens. A few […]
Warren Buffett, with $50 billion, is the world’s third richest man according to Forbes. Monday, he urged U.S. lawmakers to raise taxes on wealthy Americans, saying the move would not reduce investments […]
Brits are debating plans, backed by many governing Tories, to cut social benefits and evict families of rioters and looters from their homes. The debates will be spirited, with conservatives favouring harsh […]
Be afraid, British Columbians. Be very afraid. The big business lobby was the guiding hand behind Gordon Campbell’s introduction of HST. The aim: to relieve giant multinationals from paying tax in this […]
A reprint worth re-reading, brought forward from May 30, 2010: Gordon Campbell and his sacrificial minister Colin Hansen defend the HST but voices of others in the Liberal government are muted. In […]
Phil Rockstroh, Commondreams.org “. . . the financial elite (and their political operatives) are arrayed in a defensive posture, even as they continue their global-wide, full-spectrum offensive vis-à-vie The Shock Doctrine. “Concurrently, […]
By RJ Eskow, ourfuture.org “Mitt Romney got a lot of press for telling a heckler at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people.” He did not go on to sing that […]
‘Canadian Canary’, an always intelligent contributor in the blogosphere, left this comment on my CBC story. It deserves prominence so I am reposting the comment on its own: Canadian Canary said… “Stephen […]
An articulate piece worth a complete read at Aljazeera. Tea Party Terminators by Cliff Schecter, President of Libertas, LLC and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. “. . . After its humble […]
Asked about HST, Federal Minister of Finance Flaherty recently stated that he expects British Columbia to “honour the terms of the agreement that we have. . . “ This left the implication […]
By Dave Johnson, ourfuture.org Just ten years ago this country was running huge surpluses and paying off its debt. But then we elected Obama and all hell broke loose. Oh, wait… Something […]
During the short period of post-WWI liberal democracy in Germany, jazz flourished although conservative and right-wing movements hated Negermusik for its roots. Fremdländisch (alien) music, they believed, raised hopes of freedom and […]
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