Premier Clark is barnstorming around the province celebrating jobs week. Not wanting to incur more debt and commit new spending, she intends to repurpose planned expenditures. Of course, she also repeats the […]
Cut that red tape again, please
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.
Let’s play political football with Kitimat
BC Government Online Newsroom, British Columbia to develop liquefied natural gas industry, Sep 19, 2011: “Premier Christy Clark today announced British Columbia will take four key steps to create a prosperous liquefied […]
Legends of journalism or dreary old white men?
Top, L to R, Roy Peterson, Shirley Stocker, Bruce Hutchison, Jack Webster, Pat Burns, Pierre Trudeau, Peter Reilly, Tim Ralfe, Len Norris, Warren BarkerBottom, L to R, Denny Boyd, Harvey Oberfeld, Frank […]
David Hahn skippered the M.V. Deficiencies
More worthwhile reading today at The Tyee, from investigative reporter Andrew MacLeod, a fine journalist who does not work in an echo chamber rewriting background papers issued by flacks working for government […]
For service with distinction, to BC Liberals
The fatally flawed Order of British Columbia must be scrapped. Rushing to aggrandize themselves and their own financial backers, BC Liberals destroyed the award’s intended essence. It was supposed to recognize: those persons who […]
Americanization of heath care undesirable
We commonly hear claims that Canadian healthcare is not sustainable. Most of these statements originate with corporate PR institutes whose objective is to create business opportunities for private clients. The aim is […]
Conservation must be our central order of business
Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay theprice of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.(Gifford Pinchot 1865-1946, first Chief of […]
Guest Post re Enbridge Northern Gateway
Hi Friends, I just registered to make an oral submission to the National Energy Board panel reviewing the Enbridge Northern Gateway project. I encourage you to do the same. Enbridge plans to […]
Hands-on, results driven, action oriented corpspeak
DuPont’s Herbicide Goes Rogue, Jim Hightower, OtherWords.orgIn the corporate world’s tortured language, workers are no longer fired. They just experience an “employment adjustment.” But the most twisted euphemism I’ve heard in a […]
Non-thinking tank
During the lead-up to the HST referendum, business advocate Fraser Institute complained, “…opponents of the harmonized tax have filled newspapers, broadcast media, and the blogosphere with inaccurate – and often outrageous – […]
Cluster bombs on aisle 4, torture gear on 3
British Defence Minister Liam Fox is proud of U.K. arms traders. He welcomed dealers and customers from around the world to the 2011 Defence and Security Equipment (DSEi) arms fair in London. […]
People in NE BC, prepare for this – UPDATED
ProPublica,Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields, September 16By Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz Wallace-Babb was so sick she could barely move. She vomited uncontrollably and suffered explosive diarrhea. A […]
Disabled losing jobs to get "real jobs"
People with disabilities in a Ridge Meadows supported work program will be out of work if the province withdraws support after 20 years. A September 10 report in the Maple Ridge / […]
For traditional media to avoid irrelevance
Ian Reid is back at his computer station this week and that is good news for blog readers. He wrote a piece at The Real Story last October that is worth reexamination because the […]
Vaughn Palmer’s credibility: M.I.A.
In another liberal surge of empathy, Sun pundit Vaughn Palmer described the “post-HST fiscal triple whammy” faced by “action man” Kevin Falcon. He described the aggravation of replacing HST with PST, a […]
Fueling jihadist sentiment
The Terrorism Issue That Wasn’t Discussedby Gareth Porter, CommonDreams.org In the commentary on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the news and infotainment media have predictably framed the discussion by the question of […]
Everything by the book, but books were wrong
High-rise tank is new solution in farming fish,by Arthur Max, Associated Press, from Seattle PI KAMPERLAND, Netherlands (AP) — Adri Bout trawled Dutch waters for 25 years until he recognized the ocean’s […]
Demand Creates Jobs
10 Years Of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose, by Dave Johnson Why are “capital gains” taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason capital gains […]
$20bn± procurement – no bid, no competition
The Harper Government of Canada is continuing on a path to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 multirole fighter jets. First Canadian deliveries originally were anticipated in 2016 but the U.S. Air Force reported […]
Falcon: Revenue neutral HST an "urban legend"
When the referendum delivered an unwanted result, BC’s provincial government reshaped, polished and coordinated messages to the public. One particularly troublesome claim, made by Finance Minister Colin Hansen during the July 2009 HST announcement, […]
I hope Canada hurries up no tolerance based rules. I also hope this country has at least a clue of…