The first thing you read today should be this piece by Alex G. Tsakumis: ‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: DAVE BASI CONFIRMS CHRISTY CLARK COMMITTED A BREACH OF TRUST WHILE SHE WAS DEPUTY PREMIER […]
What’s hidden from the Auditor General ?
Vancouver Sun’s excellent business writer David Baines considers tax implications of government paying $6 million in legal fees for convicted criminals Basi & Virk. $6-million question: Should corrupt aides pay tax for […]
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Ian Reid cleverly captures the question to be answered about BC Rail: Why did the BC Liberals want to shut the trial down? What were they so afraid of that they would […]
REPLAY: About BC politics (Oct 24, 2010)
Vancouver Sun writers and many mainstream colleagues refuse to pose difficult questions to their BC Liberal friends, instead preferring the approach of Sergeant Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes, “I hear nothing, I see […]
From July 2010 – A cheapjack’s parachute is stained
Tales from the True History of a Young Man’s Adventures as a Fortune-Teller, Grafter, Knocker-Worker, and Mounted Pitcher on the Market-Places and Fairgrounds of a Modern and Enterprisingly Romantic British Columbia: April […]
Liberal wealthcare – updated
BC Liberal spinmasters say that recovering any or all of the $6 million paid in lawyer bills on behalf of Basi and Virk is not worth any effort. Shannon Daub, writing at […]
Truth might be finite, but the possibilities are endless
The Times Colonist is certainly a newspaper that walks on more than one side of the street. Another don’t-miss contribution from the Times Colonist and Jack Knox: Breakdown in the System This […]
Canada has loosest corruption laws of any developed nation, by design
In June of 2009, I posted A country of ugly Canadians? examining a few ideas of Ottawa law Professor Amir Attaran. His statements about Canada’s tolerance of corruption need re-emphasis in the light of the BC […]
Bigger, better and largely empty – UPDATED
After the folks at Pavco completed the gold plated Vancouver Convention Center and kept the budget overruns down to a few hundred million dollars, they rewarded senior executives with bonuses and “incentive pay.” That is unlikely […]
Extortion ?
Canadian Olympic Committee claims the flame logo of this three-year-old small business infringes on its trademark. COC lawyers say desist and pay them $5,000 for legal expenses. I’m quite certain this is […]
Pigs at the trough, again
Time to bring this picture out of the archive, although I suspect we could link a story to it on many days. Michael Smyth of The Province documents how BC Liberals are […]
A story evolves
April 1, 2009, Statement from Metropolitan Police: A member of the public went to a police officer on a cordon in Birchin Lane, junction with Cornhill to say that there was a […]
A country of ugly Canadians?
That’s what we are becoming, according to Ottawa law Professor Amir Attaran. Outstanding credentials and impressive career achievements mean that we should pay attention to his proposition. Dr. Attaran writes in the […]
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