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 […]
Last week, investigative journalist Bob Mackin wrote Premier Photo Op and the $185,000 charter bills “On CKNW AM 980, during The Investigators segment on the Oct. 22 edition of the Bill Good […]
Vaughn Palmer is pleased with the BC Liberals. His weekend column in the Sun offered this: …the Whistler convention struck me as a relatively happy affair. The public sessions — on the convention […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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