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.
I was first introduced to now-retired economist Erik Andersen by lawyer / commentator / broadcaster Rafe Mair. Using his professional experience, Erik analyzes several economic subjects. His recent comment about BC Hydro caught my attention.
Stephen Fry excels in many forms of entertainment and education. While there seems to be nothing he cannot master, Fry has struggled with bipolar disorder throughout his life. Three years ago, Fry narrated the video ‘What makes something right or wrong?’. It provides a short explanation of humanism.
Ten symptoms of Woke Mind Virus: 1. You read book, and don’t burn them. 2. You embrace science. 5. You believe in true equality FOR ALL PEOPLE! 8. You resepct others’ rights…
A couple of Tesla Takedown events in the lower mainland this weekend. The first one is today at noon at the Tesla Dealership in Vancouver. March 16, there is another event at noon, 12021 104th Avenue, Surrey.
In 2019, Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s former White House communications director, warned us that the current American President “may not have early stage dementia, but he has full-blown early stage fascism.” We have seen recent evidence of both dementia and fascism.
A week ago, Senator Chris Murphy said the Trump White House was “on its way to being the most corrupt in the history of the country.” That statement is wrong. The White House is not on its way; it has already arrived. Today’s car show at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is additional evidence. White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino livestreamed the event on X, the social media app owned by Musk. The Tesla share price increased more than 7% today, so the stunt added $55 billion to the company’s market capitalization. Members of the Trump crime family who knew about the car show likely profited immensely.
The 12 directors are drawn exclusively from the business sector. Resource extraction companies, including coal miners, are particularly well-represented. So too are large construction and engineering companies. This may explain BC Hydro’s resistance to the idea that conserving energy is better than making energy. Residential consumers provide more revenue to BC Hydro than any other group, but that is not reflected by board appointments. Perhaps the government thinks a person primarily concerned with ratepayers would have a conflict of interest. However, there appears to be no concern that directors involved with extractive industries in remote regions might have conflicting interests.
Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator for Connecticut. In 2024, The Guardian newspaper named him one of the Democratic Party’s rising stars, active in several policy areas, particularly healthcare, foreign policy and gun safety legislation. He delivered a scathing speech in the U.S. Senate about unprecedented corruption in the current administration. Canadians should pay attention to Senator Murphy. Trump has no desire for the continued independence of Canada. He views this country as a home for hewers of wood and drawers of water. It doesn’t matter that the phrase became outdated about 70 years ago. Canada has its own plutocrats waiting to steal from the common people. They may be inspired by the easy success of the Trump/Musk crime family.
Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brooking’s Center for Effective Public Managment wrote in the Atlantic about the USA’s regime change. Rauch says that even those who expected the worst from Trump’s reelection expected more rationality. Instead, they got an administration that operates like a crime family, “divvying up the spoils, sometimes quarreling, but helping each other when needed.”
A reader responded to the IN-SIGHTS article, John Rustad: Trump is the victim. That comment is shown below…
Norway’s oil and gas taxation is far different from Canada’s. The northern country ensures that its future citizens will benefit significantly from resource exploitation, while Canadian governments prefer the immediate privatization of resource values.
IN-SIGHTS reader, environmentalist, and businessman Pat McCutcheon believes Justin Trudeau has tied one hand behind his back while responding against the country that aims to destroy Canada:
It is clear that rich American plutocrats are willing to punish poor people and America’s best neighbours, but intend to leave programs untouched if those schemes put more money into the pockets of wealthy Americans…
John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at Yale University in 1962. Words Kennedy spoke more than 60 years ago are meaningful today…
I have not been a fan of Trudeau’s Liberal Government. Nevertheless, all that I think is wrong with the Liberal government would be even worse if Donald Trump’s friend Pierre Poilievre moves into 24 Sussex Drive. I think Canadians need to organize today for the next federal election. The continued existence of our country may be at stake.
Marsh Family, six people from the UK have messages for the world.
All politics is about real estate. Postmodern politics is essentially a matter of land grabs, on a local as well as a global scale. Whether you think of the question of Palestine, the settlements and the camps, or of the politics of raw materials and extraction; whether you think of ecology (and the rainforests) or the problems of federalism, citizenship, and immigration, or whether it is a question of gentrification in the great cities as well as in the shanty towns and the townships and of course the movement of the landless today everything is about land…
When Paul Willcocks writes commentary, I pay attention. The Tyee’s Senior Editor recently asked, “Which Side Is John Rustad On? Following are a few of the points made in The Tyee article…
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the justice system, expecting resulting chaos will bring an end to democracy.
World Central Kitchen, founded by Spanish-American chef Jose Andres, is an example of humanitarianism at work. WCK has become one of the world’s leading relief organizations since its 2010 launch following a devastating earthquake in Haiti. Food is essential to life and is vitally important in a crisis. Access to healthy meals during a disaster is a reminder that someone cares. But, of course, not everyone cares. Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would cut foreign aid funding. That mimics Trump’s policy of eliminating almost all development and humanitarian help abroad.
As illustrated above, America’s brightest, most enthusiastic, most experienced professional brains are protecting the country. Absolutely. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15601985/Terror-fears-skyrocket-Iran-strikes-FBI-issues-chilling-alert.html https://crooksandliars.com/2026/03/thomas-fugate-22-year-old-head-terrorism Iran terrorism…
More bad news for the Trump Clan. Et tu, FedEx? https://apnews.com/article/fedex-tariff-trump-supreme-court-costco-9c9cf3062b780dd8ce9f23f5c30891a0 FedEx joins other US companies in seeking a refund…
Despite his loud insistence Trump tariffs still aren’t legal even after an Appeal? So how will the Prince Of Peace…
Further Down the rabbit hole we go. For reasons beyond comprehension Melania Trump lectured the UN Security Council https://apnews.com/article/un-melania-trump-security-council-children-conflict-iran-da7c8e4537b2d6b2697a2795c2aab041 UNITED…
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That was quick. The war to bring Jesus home rejected by majority of Americans? https://time.com/7382231/iran-us-israel-war-support-polling-trump-republicans-democrats/ The majority of Americans disapprove…