Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA since 2009.
Recently, I’ve posed the question: Is there an inevitable journey for professional environmentalists from impecunious youthful idealists to zealous hustlers loyally serving industrial interests for personal gain? I made the inquiry in […]
The Globe and Mail presented an editorial this week that appears to be written by a confounded ideologue seconded from a Toronto high school paper. It really is the most appalling example […]
While we consider the subject of contempt for the public by public officials, Damien Gillis provides a definitive view of its existence. In a must read report on testimony at the Cohen […]
Chief Justice Lance Finch issued a release defending Gordon Campbell’s appointment to the Order of British Columbia. Finch’s effort at exculpation is a rare event. For the most part, Superior Court judges […]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says “draconian” anti-terrorism measures that were scrapped in 2007 are once again necessary because Canada faces a major threat from “Islamicism.” Interesting fact: the Christian and Missionary Alliance […]
Tzeporah Berman was at Capilano University Wednesday evening performing at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. Her act was promised to be an exploration of the past and […]
Carbon deal represents a massive transfer of public money from British Columbian schools, hospitals and taxpayers to an already profitable private gas company. …it is ludicrous to force the public sector, which is responsible for less than one per cent of greenhouse gases emitted in the province, to subsidize big polluters who pay no penalty for the majority of their greenhouse gas emissions.
CKNW’s Bill Good took a little heat this week from callers but did his best to defend Gordon Campbell’s appointment to the OBC, ‘Maybe it’s too soon.” Good’s ire rises quickly if […]
Friday afternoon before a long weekend – the favourite moment to dump orphaned news releases. Christy Clark’s associates wanted no relationship to the September 2 appointment of Gordon Campbell to the Order of […]
Oil Exploration Under Arctic Ice Could Cause ‘Uncontrollable’ Natural Disasterby Michael McCarthyPublished on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by the Independent/UK “Any serious oil spill in the ice of the Arctic, the “new […]
The Canadian Press Date: Tuesday Sep. 6, 2011 8:06 PM ET VICTORIA — The New Democrat Opposition in B.C. says the rules may not have been followed when former Liberal premier Gordon […]
Speaking with his disingenuousness dial set to maximum, Education Minister George Abbott talks as if the provincial government is merely an interested observer to the teachers’ labour negotiations, “We do hope the […]
There seems to be no end to small details that paint a very disturbing picture in the coastal salmon farming industry. Why do we have to rely on private citizens to protect […]
Kudos to the Times Colonist editorialists for an honest examination of the Ordure of British Columbia fiasco: …Campbell’s honour is premature for another reason — quite simply, it breaks the rules. A […]
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.” Tzeporah […]
In the preceding article, I quote Robert Reich from the New York Times. The words are worth repeating for emphasis because Reich’s points are so little understood but so important to our […]
It was a busy news day Sunday so British Columbia’s self described source for news, weather, traffic, events and features did not have time to report on the rising tide criticizing Gordon […]
The Order of BC awards were announced after noon on Friday preceding summer’s last long weekend, best day of all for taking out political trash. Apparently, Christy Clark’s Government was shy about […]
Thomas Paine, a great radical of the 18th-century, inspired both the American and French revolutions and is widely regarded as “possibly the most influential writer in modern human history.” He is cited often […]
The above is from a search of the FRPCS site of Elections BC done September 3, 2011. Searching on the name ‘Aquilini’ returns a listing of donations with a total of $530,130. […]
Foot dragging? Know of anywhere with a huge coastline, lakes and rivers, lots of tourists wanting to sightsee, lots of…
Yes, I fully agree with this summary. I am also reminded of, what seemed to be, the suspect (and possibly…
Thanks, good summary of the fiasco. Mr Eby will likely resign his seat when the new leader is in place,…
Yes, a predictable loss... though it was interesting to see the Conservatives also attracting fewer votes than last time. I…
I hope Canada hurries up no tolerance based rules. I also hope this country has at least a clue of…