This is old news but worth revisiting. I was reminded because of a notice in my inbox that Capilano University is selling tickets to a lecture by Ms. Berman in September. Is […]
Greenwash
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.
Integration of church and state
The Government of Canada will match donations to World Vision for East Africa drought relief. Question: should Canadian foreign aid be delivered by an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal […]
Wisdom of the ordinary guy
The Common Sense Canadian‘s cartoonist in residence. While working at a paper mill and raising two children as a single-dad in Kitimat, BC, Gerry Hummel began working as a self-taught editorial cartoonist […]
Not a chance in the world of interference
Talking about the HST referendum, BC Liberal highbinder Kevin Falcon assures us that: “. . . he has confidence in Elections BC to oversee the vote. “This is getting increasingly ridiculous,” said […]
Have they ever lied to us before?
Does any BC citizen believe that the HST referendum result is not yet decided? I, for one, think the current mail-in vote is so full of pretence that it is a travesty. […]
Oh Canada !
Section 2(b) of the Charter states that “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: … freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.” Everyone, […]
Message from Alexandra Morton
Dear Wild Salmon People: This article below tells us where the problem with our wild salmon comes from…. deep within Ottawa. This bad and wrong for us and for future generations. Justice […]
Worth Remembering
From Ralph Deline’s blog Read My Mind: “On 4 May a rally drew approximately two thousand students, many merely curious onlookers. National Guard officers ordered the protesters to disburse, shooting tear gas […]
A Gathering Storm
From Tomgram, July 26: China’s economy soars on one side of the planet (though with a multitude of half-hidden problems). . . On the other side of the same planet, from Greece […]
Canadian right wing more dangerous
Rafe Mair recaps the misdeeds of BC Liberals A comment at The Tyee submitted by “immigrant” includes this wise observation: “. . . Since moving here I’ve learned that the BC and […]
Will the final loser be the G.O.P. or the U.S.A.?
Regular readers will know there is one mainstream writer for whom I have particular admiration, as a skilled wordsmith and a thoughtful humanist. Roger Ebert’s Journal is one of the finest opinion […]
Daddy, where do laws come from?
Bloomberg: Koch, Exxon Mobil Among Corporations Helping Write State Laws: Koch Industries Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) are among companies that would benefit from almost identical energy legislation introduced in state […]
Bring on the economic insanity
Question are being asked now in the USA. Canadians should pay attention. Right wing influencers are also working in our country to advance the interests of plutocrats: From commondreams.org: How have the […]
Michael Smyth’s “scoop”
Last Sunday, Province columnist Michael Smyth asked and answered a question about a floating gravy train: “How does B.C. Ferries boss David Hahn’s salary compare with that of his counterpart in Washington […]
Presiding over disaster
These are aims of Fisheries and Oceans Canada as stated by the Minister’s cynical minions: “DFO manages fisheries in accordance with the roles and responsibilities outlined in the Fisheries Act, using credible, […]
ProPublica – Don’t miss journalism – U.S. style
ProPublica’s ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism.MuckReads
Shoddy science and shoddy journalism outed
Rafe Mair, heroic analyst of British Columbia’s political economics, hits DFO, a favourite target, between the eyes at The Common Sense Canadian. Salmon Farm Apologist’s “Shoddy Science” Outed Mair reminds us of mainstream media behaviour […]
Accurate information, the oxygen of democracy, at risk
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.” Edward R. Murrow I may look too fondly at the past […]
Understanding modern medicine
David Mitchell and Robert Webb, two of Britain’s brightest social commentators, provide an inside look at modern healthcare:
Being of unsound mind and body. . .
“Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.” Heinrich Heine Acute medical distress recently focused my appreciation of close friends and loving family. What great fortune […]
I hope Canada hurries up no tolerance based rules. I also hope this country has at least a clue of…