Fantastic fabulist Colin Hansen is spending our money advertising about HST. Why do they want to have a public discussion now? Why not before introducing the tax? Why not before the election? […]
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.
By their boots shall we know them
Take a close look at the upturned boot. This is a brand new (? recently issued) very distinctive deep black colour combat boot. Note as at Montebello, the special thick heavy corrugated […]
No one said this is about truth and justice
Regular readers here likely visit BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids, the one site that provides or links to most every worthwhile thing written about the corrupt sale of BC Rail. Robin Mathews, […]
“the mark of McDonald, inept and politically naive, with an obvious trail…”
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention wrote The business groups baffling attack on the anti-HST petitions. Paul wondered if it had been a hoax since the action seemed so improbable. Of course, anyone […]
Zweisystem talks to us
Reader Zweisystem of Rail for the Valley commented on an earlier article. I believe his contribution deserves more exposure. It addresses a mounting concern, which is the efforts of hired guns to […]
Making need an opportunity
“Conventional wisdom has it that education-obsessed Chinese parents send their children to years of arduous after-school tutoring to give them a leg up on the country’s brutal college admissions tests. There may […]
Topicality is an illusion
Actor, director, writer, producer Jonathan Lynn is one of those Brits who thinks he can do almost anything in the entertainment business. And, in more than 40 years, he’s pretty much done […]
Smile
British comedian Jo Caulfield says you can tell a lot about people from the newspapers they read. For example: If they read the Daily Star, they can’t read. If they read the […]
The Plain Truth
Rafe Mair says: The plain truth is that the Campbell government has wallowed in deceit and sharp practice from the outset . . . [The] government and especially the premier, have told […]
Judged by the company you keep
Corus Radio and CKNW have long featured “Business Analyst” Michael Levy. Lately he has been one of the point players in NW’s effort to help an unpopular government sell the unpopular harmonized sales tax […]
No retreat = certain defeat
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention writes No room for retreat on HST. He applies his usual unemotional, logical mind to HST. He cuts through the misinformation, posturing and partisan rhetoric and says the […]
Support for HST echoes, again
NEWS ITEM: VICTORIA – Finance Minister Colin Hansen noted that business people from around British Columbia are joining the ranks of other business people from around British Columbia who recognize that HST […]
Global TV reaches a new low, again
June 23, Global TV News Hour Final led with the Education Minister’s attack on the Vancouver School Board. It gave an in-depth, comprehensive, detailed analytical report on proposed service cuts (many seconds […]
Simple acts of defiance or a new game in town?
Act of Defiance I’d love to know the inside stories at the westcoast newspapers now owned by American vulture capitalists and their frontman Paul Godfrey. I’ll bet there has been smoking correspondence […]
Hiring foxes to redesign the chicken coop
Corrupt politicians believe public watchdogs should never criticize government policies and programs and must be restricted in how they engage the media. That has been a BC Liberal preference since soon after they took power in 2001.
BC Liberals bare all – updated
Three of Gordon Campbell’s executive assistants hold cue cards during a recent speech to defend his government. Squatting on a large stool at mid-stage, one said, “I am sorry but I didn’t […]
Lie to me, some more – updated
I wondered when folks at the Fraser Institute would weigh in, aiming to convince people that HST is good to great for ordinary British Columbians. That predictable message arrived today. Strangely, a […]
Well, maybe not ALL of us . . .
Premier Gordon Campbell, speaking in 2009: …in these unprecedented times we must ALL take action that reaches beyond ideology . . . we are facing a situation we couldn’t plan for. We […]
Meaningless apologies result in unchanged behavior
Any person with reasonable observation skills knew early on that four RCMP officers erred badly when they attacked and repeatedly tasered a distraught traveler. Robert Dziekanski was unarmed, compliant, non-threatening and dead […]
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