The most read article at Northern Insights is Adventures in not net zero land. It begins with this: “Helping manage the BC government’s war on school teachers and public education is Deputy […]
Austerity only for the "plebs"
More lipstick please
Attorney General Shirley Bond sounds like a new arrival to BC as she presents another Liberal plan to improve court administration. Current backlogs result in serious charges not laid, stayed, thrown out or negotiated […]
Would we vote for someone who promised to:
“Protect BC Hydro and all of its core assets, including dams, reservoirs and power lines under public ownership.” “Restore an independent BC Utilities Commission, to re-regulate BC Hydro’s electricity rates.” “Pass a […]
Just asking
According to audited financial statements, BC Hydro’s debt for future energy purchases was $7.9 BILLION in 2006, not including Powerex. In 2012, that number had gone up almost seven fold, to $53.1 […]
Media fails to give an honest account
http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons?CartoonID=2239 Yesterday, the Liberal government claimed its diligent examination of TransLink had resulted in $139 million in annual savings. As I noted, the claim was easily determined to be false. Yet that […]
TransLink "audit" is political and worthless
The BC government claims it “found significant savings” following a performance audit review of TransLink conducted by the provincial Ministry of Finance. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak says, “As we conducted the audit, […]
Match point for the good folks
So BC Liberals put an end to Liquor Distribution Branch privatization. Rich Coleman’s efforts withered under the scrutiny of one independent journalist and soon to be retired Liberal MLAs decided not to […]
Politispeak with simultaneous translation
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee was writing about Nick Clegg and Britain’s Liberal Democrats but she could have been referring to the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals: “a string of the same weary non-truths, exaggerations […]
Renewal without reform?
A skilled and practised word hunter, Ian Reid can flush out sources from behind stone walls. Thursday, he scooped the Legislature’s press gang and published Mea culpa, mea culpa, the release that Christy […]
The rumour mill
Here’s a quick one that came my way today from a decent source. Within the next four months, Christy Clark will decide to focus on the important duties of a single parent […]
Unwelcome hero of working people
In the preceding article It is an old and cruel tactic, a reader’s comment referenced long dead miner Albert ‘Ginger’ Goodwin. Today, few young adults know this icon of trade unionism but […]
Lying about telling lies is Liberal truth
Margaret MacDiarmid was pushed onto the BCLDB platform by Christy Clark and Rich Coleman and the puppet masters behind them. Standing alone in the spotlight, the ironically named minister of open government […]
Thumb in the eye of BC taxpayers
The BC Liberal policy is firmly established. Reward your important friends and give the rest – teachers, paramedics, etc. – a firm kick in the ass. Of course, agency directors and senior […]
After all, they’re not transit riders
Securities regulators’ fines called ‘a farce, CBC News, June 28, 2012 “Nearly two-thirds of penalties levied by provincial securities regulators across Canada in the past five years have not been paid, a […]
A shill game
Ian Reid at The Real Story has proposed a new name for ‘Concerned Citizens for B.C.’, a group organized by aging Liberal toady Jim Shepard. From BC Rail shill to straight out […]
British Columbia invests in tobacco industry
Quebec launches $60B lawsuit against tobacco companies, Canadian Press, June 8, 2012 “More than half of Canadian provinces have now sued big tobacco companies in an attempt to recoup health costs, with […]
Bonuses for bureaucrats – a phony scheme
Fine editorial from the best daily in British Columbia: Community Living British Columbia bonuses call for inquiry, Times Colonist, June 22, 2012: …Last fall, as reports of CLBC’s mismanagement and cover-ups mounted, the […]
On the backs of the disadvantaged
Minister orders end to bonuses at Community Living BC, CTV News, October 21, 2011 “Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux has ordered an end to bonuses for managers at the Crown agency Community […]
British Columbia, Potemkin village style
Part of the plan to arrest dwindling BC Liberal support is to announce and re-announce program changes and capital projects, large and small. There is a flurry of proclamations happening now for […]
Subverting democracy
A month after Jim Shepard resigned as CEO of BC’s second largest forestry company, the Liberal government appointed him Senior Policy Adviser. After a year, Shepard, 73, is leaving to form The […]
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