Fiscal Cliff Letter: Small Business Owners Urge End Of Bush Tax Cuts, Zach Carter, Huffington Post “As businesses owners, none of us hire more employees simply because someone gives us a tax […]
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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.
Propagandists in the service of the powerful
For more than half a century, the Soviet Union’s news agencies were universally recognized as untrustworthy. Strict political controls ensured that content served interests of the nation’s autocrats. In the democratic world, […]
The other 47% watch
Willard Mitt Romney: “…there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for […]
The real Welfare Queen
Walmart: America’s real ‘Welfare Queen’, Paddy Ryan, Daily Kos, October 2012 ” As many as 80 percent of workers in [U.S.] Wal-Mart stores use food stamps.” Inequality, exhibit A: Walmart and the […]
No sense of decency
In Liberals’ memo shows party’s delusion, Keith Baldrey takes aim at the government crowd and fires a cruise missile through the target. Actions of these minor league partisans suggest Joseph Welch’s famous […]
Talking real money
One indisputable dunce pursuing a nomination for the coming provincial election praised the B.C. Liberal government for its “prudent fiscal management.” Obviously, that person pays no attention to reality. Oxford Dictionaries defines […]
There’s fish in the lake
Two unions are in court to overturn Temporary Foreign Worker Program permits that allow 200 Chinese coal miners to work in northern BC. The labour organizations claim the permits were based on […]
Did you know?
The Great Star Fleet At the turn of the 20th Century, the Alaska Packers Association assembled the largest fleet of privately owned sailing ships in the world. It was an era in […]
Pro-media: watchdogs or lapdogs?
Katie Hyslop has a worthwhile piece in The Tyee about the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. Teacher Decries Pension Plan’s ‘Unethical’ Investments, The Tyee, Nov. 13/12 “[Paul] Hutcheson started researching the B.C. […]
Wazzup, ferry riders?
A few days ago, Mary Polak’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced the “B.C. coastal ferries consultation and engagement process”. The ministry invited: Input on considerations to achieve $26 million in savings […]
A caution for Canada’s Conservative Party
Six CPC members of Parliament may be deposed if the Federal Court accepts allegations of widespread voter suppression during the May 2011 election. This action, to be heard in December, is separate […]
BC Liberal truthiness
We face 26 weeks of taxpayer paid pre-election advertising promoting the BC Liberals. They’ll be using “facts” like this one, broadcast on Global TV November 9: “We’re ensuring British Columbians have the […]
Conservatives use truthiness liberally
For people who care about Canadian veterans, truthiness of the Conservative government is cringeworthy. Harper’s crowd claims to be: …unwavering in our devotion to making sure that Canadian veterans not only have […]
SNC-Lavalin & BC Liberal commonality
A reader of the piece about BC Investment Management Corporation’s holdings in unethical companies asked if the agency has a relationship with SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, it does. And, it […]
Like Emily Litella, without the never mind
NBC anchor Brian Williams told election night viewers, “Donald Trump, who has driven well past the last exit to relevance and veered into something closer to irresponsible here, is tweeting tonight.” In […]
Vertical integration of Chinese forest industry
The Wall Street Journal reports the China Investment Corp. will acquire a substantial stake in Island Timberlands, which owns about 254,000 hectares of forest land, mainly on Vancouver Island. Soon, we may […]
Money speaks louder than words
According to a March 2012 Canadian Press report, “British Columbia and five other provinces are teaming up to sue Canadian tobacco firms for health-care costs. “B.C., New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba […]
Comparing investment returns WA & BC – REPLAY
First published June 18, 2012 (Click on the label bcIMC for more information:My earlier article pointed out the vast difference in overhead costs for government investment agencies in British Columbia and Washington […]
Take from the poor, give to the rich
Further to my comments about homeowners subsidizing industrial power, here is an extract from the blog of Vancouver lawyer Jim Quail, Site C and the Kitimat LNG Export Terminal: Christy Clark’s Program […]
Time to reform government advertising
We’re presently bombarded with slick advertising from two senior levels of government. As well, industry is celebrating tar sands as great for the environment and, of course, producers tell us that natural […]
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The Gordon Campbell/ChristyClarke years did not bode well for BC. The same Developer real estate views are still widely adhered…