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.
“This project is not ‘run-of-river. It involves draining alpine lakes by levels of 60 feet in depth, diverting waterfalls and clearcutting linear swaths for power lines and penstocks. This will permanently industrialize a local pristine fjord for the sole purpose of private profit.”
When financial numbers involve billions, many of us struggle to gain understanding and perspective. Usually, the beneficiaries of large scale spending are the worst sources of information. Here’s an example. A “fact-check” […]
Many British Columbians of my generation were involved directly with the forest industry. As a kid, I lived beside a log dump and, to mother’s futile distress, played regularly on log booms. […]
The CEO of Tides Canada issued a copy of his recent letter to RCMP Commissioner Paulson. If anyone doubted the once iconic police agency had become servant to rich industrialists and governing politicians, uncertainty was removed by its decision that a mostly foreign-owned industry needed protection from legitimate discussion of public policy by Canadians. There is an irony involved in the RCMP suggestion that a respected organization staffed and supported by people aiming to preserve the livable space of our nation is allied with extremist criminality.
The latest release from BC Stats demonstrates that log exports continue to rise. The volume (in cubic metres) shipped in January 2015, is 40% above the monthly average during Liberal years and […]
The following was first posted here December 19, 2012. It is a reminder that TransLink is not always aligned with serving British Columbian workers’ long term interests, despite the present position of […]
The good doctor at The Gazetteer diagnoses a similarity between issues underlying the now debated transit sales tax and the late and unlamented HST. RossK is focused on the tax ‘shiftyness’ involved […]
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Few students in BC graduate from post-secondary schooling laden with debt, according to Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of Advanced Education in British Columbia. Wilkinson asserts there is no student debt problem. He claimed […]
Senior governments download responsibility for delivering services but seldom include taxing authorities to match spending demands. The download trend is demonstrated in a report by The Columbia Institute: British Columbia’s government prefers […]
I’ve written about politics influenced by a captured and compliant press. This is from a Canadian Press article that Liberals found helpful, published by Macleans Magazine weeks before the last BC election: […]
Black Press political reporter Tom Fletcher, whose wife is a Public Affairs Officer for the BC Liberal Government, occasionally recalls the nineties. He wrote: The dark decade, the dismal decade, the decade […]
The work of Tom Fletcher is a subject today and the article about agenda-driven journalism is drawing large readership. The Black Press writer offered a defence to one reader today. In it, […]
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I enjoy Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, a BBC Two satirical program now in a third series. BBC TV is not readily available in North America without use of a proxy server but […]
Opinion researchers Insights West concluded in 2013 that an increase in sales tax was the least favoured funding option for TransLink. Nevertheless, that’s the option preferred by most municipal politicians and the […]
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Republished from April, 2012, proving not much has changed: The marvellous managers of British Columbia’s public service demonstrate an indisputable skill. Come hell or high water, they always manage to hit pre-determined […]
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…