Alexandra Morton reports on testimony at the Cohen Inquiry that suggests a concerted effort by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to ignore and undermine science, even their own, if it points to fish […]
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.
"Even if it means compromising democratic ideology"
Christy Clark‘s financial backer and key advisor Gwyn Morgan contemplates the difficulties faced by autocratic rulers in the Middle East: “Only a few weeks ago, instability in the House of Saud seemed […]
Socialism for big investors, capitalism for everyone else
Risk, Radiation and Regulation, by Nancy Folbre, Economics Professor, University of Massachusetts The New York Times, March 18, 2011 Early warnings about potential nuclear dangers in Japan and about Wall Street’s propensity […]
"Lowered the environmental bars . . ."
Extracts of testimony to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, House of Commons, February 3, 2011 Will Koop (Coordinator, British Columbia Tap Water Alliance): . . . the rush to develop B.C.’s non-renewable deep […]
Politicians "too managed"
Simi Sara, speaking with John Horgan on CKNW, made a plea for politicians to speak clearly, from their own hearts: “I’ll tell you what I don’t like, having done this for a […]
Horgan questions Clark’s priorities
“In her first opportunity to raise issues of concern to British Columbia, did Premier Clark discuss the likely fallout from the June 24th referendum on the HST?” asked Horgan. “Did she raise […]
Sharks don’t circle for long
News item, The Star, Encana to buy stake in B.C. liquefied natural gas terminal “CALGARY—Canadian natural gas giant Encana Corp. is looking to tap into lucrative overseas markets by taking a 30 […]
Happening here too
From: Documentary Storm, Free Streaming Videos Gasland, a film by Josh Fox (Use this link, not embedded one in photo below.) H/T John W.
Sleaze rules in BC
RE: Sean Holman’s Public Eye: Lines of defence prepared for Hochstein appointment Comment by Warren White of Victoria, sent also to MSM pundits: Palmer, Hall, Good, Bailey, etc. “FYI – the email […]
What next citizens?
Great comments here today on the Basi/Virk misadventure. The question is: now what? The law industry believes that a few unconnected citizens can sit on the sidelines crying “Foul!” but life will continue […]
Justice MacKenzie not worthy of the position
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and jurist in the late 18th century: “In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing… Publicity is the very soul of […]
Wealthcare for welfare bums, again
Have you heard the Canadian Taxpayers Federation or the Fraser Institute economists complain of wasteful and non-market subsidies to the oil industry? No? Strange. Climate Action Network Canada
Reviews needed urgently
Ben Parfitt and The Tyee make an important contribution, Our Water Secretly Sucked Away by Shale Gas Industry, showing how the BC Liberal government operates in secret to serve the oil and […]
Might we be surprised?
Presence of Gwyn Morgan and Patrick Kinsella on Christy Clark’s campaign team signaled the right wing business coalition would remain influential if BC Liberals rejected their first choice. Now, with Kevin Falcon […]
Particle board cabinet under micro-thin veneer
Will McMartin wrote this a month ago in The Tyee about Finance Minister Colin Hansen: “Hansen was true to his word — he didn’t set out any ‘new directions.’ A new direction […]
Real commentary replaces usual MSM puffery
If we regularly saw commentary like Iain Hunter: Memo to Clark: Public has an interest, the blog world would be almost irrelevant. This is smart and well written, the kind of work […]
Horgan’s policies scare the political elites of BC
This is the sort of news we should have been hearing non-stop from the Official Opposition while Gordon Campbell’s associates plundered the public treasury. Why did it take so long? John Horgan […]
Horgan speaks sense, again
NDP leadership candidate John Horgan said today that Premier-designate Christy Clark must appoint a judicial inquiry into the sale of BC Rail and make integrity a top priority of the B.C. government […]
Older does not guarantee wiser
Before Patrick Moore bills himself as “the sensible environmentalist” and claims to have been a leader of the international eco movement for more than 30 years. Others say that when Moore exhausted […]
Regulation or no regulation, you decide
The libertarians and erzatz capitalists won’t publish this sort of headline but it’s the truth: “Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes.” Friday’s quake was the fifth-largest recorded […]
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