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.
Wealthcare, a story of unrestrained greed
US based auto maker Ford Motor Company has awarded $56.5 million in stock to Alan Mulally and $42.4 million in shares to its executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr. Here is Ford’s profit […]
Hear, hear
VANCOUVER – John Horgan committed today to pulling the plug on BC Lottery Corporation’s online casino and focusing instead on responsible gaming, crime prevention and restoring gaming funding to charities and non-profit […]
Gaming the taxpayers with ersatz capitalism
Hired guns Deloitte & Touche prepared an economic impact report for Paragon’s proposed casino at BC Place. The numbers give an optimistic view of financial benefits that might arise but, as with […]
Don’t worry, be happy
Kathy Marks, The Independent, Shell oil exploration threatens one of the world’s great wonders “Shell Oil has come under heavy criticism for planning an oil and gas drilling site that could threaten […]
Real news
In Senate testimony last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fiercely criticised the commercial media, saying: “We are in an information war, and we are losing that war … Viewership of al-Jazeera is […]
Liberal wealthcare working well
McInnes, Brown, Campbell Plutonic Power Corporation announced this morning it had agreed to merge with Magma Energy Corp. The exchange ratio represents a premium to Plutonic shareholders of 32% over Plutonic’s 20 day […]
Ubiquitous fog of political misinformation
Cutting Edge of the Ledge, a weekly CKNW segment, is a classic display of journalism gone wrong in British Columbia. The participating trio – Good, Palmer, Baldrey – spreads a ubiquitous fog […]
Wealthcare, again
First to Profit from $1 Billion Smart Meter Program: Liberal Insiders By Will McMartin, The Tyee Is anyone surprised? Will there be no end to BC Liberal larceny?
One small sad piece of a very large failure
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Stenography or reporting?
March 1, reporter Ted Chernecki made an unconditional statement on Global TV BC News Hour that the Canadian healthcare system “was already ranked one of the worst in the world when it […]
Radio and TV news
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) bills itself as the collective voice of Canada’s private broadcasters. It advocates for the industry and administers the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). The CAB Code […]
Why Americanize Canadian healthcare?
Austan Goolsbee is an American economist, currently Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the youngest member of the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Goolsbee is on leave from the University […]
Global TV – a factual deficit?
As the Royal Columbian Hospital doughnut shop story unfolded, Global TV was quick to redirect the discussion to promote private healthcare as a better alternative. Ted Chernecki began his News Hour report […]
Most acute deficiency is skilled health administrators
The effects of access block on acute hospital services are reflected by patients on stretchers lined up in emergency room corridors and by ambulances parked outside hospitals, waiting to deliver acutely ill […]
Sacrifices must be made
See the whole strip at This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow Global TV and their media partners want you to know we cannot afford reasonable healthcare because economic affairs are so bad […]
Who carries the revenue risk for the Port Mann bridge?
Tunnel collapse? Blogger and transportation expert Stephen Rees poses the very important question. When will we see an answer that can be believed? The title is in response to a post on […]
BC Liberals to feed the lions ?
Colin Hansen and Kash Heed should resign along with Gordon Campbell so that Christie Clark has a better chance of winning a seat in the Legislature. BC Liberals can rid themselves of […]
Politicians – gilt edged investments
2003, Dr. Marvin Rosenau, senior fisheries biologist with the BC environment ministry, warned that a residential development proposed for Mission would destroy the only urban ecosystem of its type between California and British Columbia. The […]
A regulation story
While the Fraser Institute and its clones plot to restore laissez-faire capitalism devoid of government regulation, let us consider the experiences of Christchurch and decide if deregulation is what we need. From […]
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