Our friends at the helm of BC Ferries are in the news again over executive compensation issues. Now subject to Freedom of Information, BC Ferries must release salary information that was previously secret. […]
Carry on cruising, carry on regardless
Ferry service in Bolivia
If you get frustrated waiting for a ferry ride in British Columbia, take a look at the service we used in 2010 for a short crossing of the Strait of Tiquina on Lake Titicaca in the Andes between Bolivia and Peru.
Are we there yet?
Remember that BC Liberals promised us a rose garden. The pain-free HST would amp up the economy, create thousands of new jobs and lower prices through elimination of cascading taxes, greater business […]
BC Ferries at anchor on mandated change
REPLAY from June 2010, demonstrating the deceitfulness of BC Liberals involved in oversight of BC Ferries: The Coastal Ferry Act that received royal assent June 3 includes a number of administrative changes, […]
Our wheels of ‘justice’ turn slowly
MV Queen of the North is in the news again. Examination of its sinking soon enters the fifth year, with little known that was not immediately apparent. After years of judicial consideration, […]
They gots some ‘splainin’ to do
The platinum crew on the bridge of the good ship B.C. Ferries has got some ‘splainin’ to do. The provincial comptroller-general reported that executive salaries and director’s fees, which exceed public-sector guidelines, […]
Slow ferry fumble
Judging by the increases in BC Ferries’ executive compensation, I must be missing something. Fares are up and service is down. Ridership has declined after years of unbroken growth. Something else must […]
Hands . . .
On one hand: In 2001, British Columbia’s NDP Government set the minimum wage at $8 per hour. After eight years of BC Liberal administration, it remains at $8 per hour, the lowest […]
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Blair Fix at _Economics from the Top Down_ also wrote two very good papers on the converion of housing into…