Lobbyists and media outlets, each serving special interests, push North American governments to favor regressive taxation. Unsurprisingly, the tax systems, rife with avoidance opportunities, burden the middle and lower classes more heavily […]
What recession?
If you are not regular readers of Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention and Andrew MacLeod at The Tyee, you should be. They shine light on an expense payment of $167,342 to BC […]
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty
Before he was elected Premier, Gordon Campbell wrote, When government does its business behind closed doors, people will invariably believe that government has something to hide. Secrecy feeds distrust and dishonesty. Openness […]
BC Liberal movement grows stinky
How many Liberal MLAs does it take to change a light bulb? Forty-nine. One to do the job, one to supervise the motion from the Speaker’s chair and 47 to blame the […]
Too good to miss
At Public Eye Online, Dawn Steele, a person who makes comments that are always perceptive and incontrovertible, talks about schools being unfunded for urgent maintenance while gigantic infrastructure projects proceed. She says: […]
The Piper extracts payment
Are recent BC Liberal supporters – the ones who claim to be leading guardians of the environment – satisfied with 2009 Budget Redux? We should ask the David Suzuki Foundation, Tzeporah Berman, […]
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 […]
P-for-P
What is P-for-P? A new government project like Public Pays Private Partnerships? Maybe, a formalized policy titled Piss on Poor People? No, it is a new style of public hospital management, Pay-for-Performance, […]
A Faustian bargain
I recall Colin Hansen speaking as an opposition critic about the problems of BC Ferries a decade ago. He noted successive provincial governments had failed to install competent management and had subjected […]
First, they lied to the poor people
From July 2009, published here after the BC Liberals reversed a promise before the May 2009 election that HST was “not on the radar.” First, they lied to the poor peopleAnd I […]
Self interest before public interest
An earlier post “Power from the powerful” listed the following political insiders and their connections to private power production. Geoff Plant, former BC Liberal Attorney General, now chair of Renaissance Power. Mark […]
"The job’s too big for us"
A decade ago, media companies were fat and so was their sense of entitlement. Newspapers and broadcasters were flourishing and to them, the Internet was an untapped lode, ready to be exploited. […]
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