Talking about the HST referendum, BC Liberal highbinder Kevin Falcon assures us that: “. . . he has confidence in Elections BC to oversee the vote. “This is getting increasingly ridiculous,” said […]
Not a chance in the world of interference
Have they ever lied to us before?
Does any BC citizen believe that the HST referendum result is not yet decided? I, for one, think the current mail-in vote is so full of pretence that it is a travesty. […]
Lie like a rug
If the Liberal’s promises of HST rate reductions influence your vote, consider past announcments of this government: NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release2010PREM0193-001340Oct. 27, 2010Office of the PremierPREMIER ANNOUNCES TAX RELIEF FOR BRITISH COLUMBIANSVICTORIA […]
Planks in their own eyes
Reporting on taxation, commerce and consumer issues and serving the interests of business funded think tanks, the Vancouver Sun never lets truth get in the way of its agenda. In a rather […]
Real journalism is . . .
Amy Goodman, founder, host and executive producer of DemocracyNow!, was co-recipient of the inaugural Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media. The accolade memorializes I.F. Stone (1907-1989), a titan of 20th […]
Sleaze rules in BC
RE: Sean Holman’s Public Eye: Lines of defence prepared for Hochstein appointment Comment by Warren White of Victoria, sent also to MSM pundits: Palmer, Hall, Good, Bailey, etc. “FYI – the email […]
Ubiquitous fog of political misinformation
Cutting Edge of the Ledge, a weekly CKNW segment, is a classic display of journalism gone wrong in British Columbia. The participating trio – Good, Palmer, Baldrey – spreads a ubiquitous fog […]
Success not final, failure not fatal: it’s courage to continue that counts
“If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” Playwright Neil Simon’s clever statement seems apt with news the Ida Chong recall fell short of signatures needed to […]
Horgan speaks wise words
Academic economists, those not doing Faustian deals with the likes of the Fraser Institute or Colin Hansen, determine that consumer taxes such as HST can be a worthwhile element of fair taxation. […]
Yes Mr. Hansen, but . . . ( A rerun to keep our memories fresh)
Colin Hansen made a May 31 appearance on a question and answer forum conducted by the Globe and Mail. Hansen again complained that opponents were spreading misinformation about HST and Hansen then […]
Sometimes they deserve vitriolic attacks
Last August, Acting Chief Electoral Officer Craig James sniveled: I have been frankly saddened by the vitriolic attacks that I and my office have been subjected to in the past week. Complaints should […]
This is about trolls, not tolls
Troll: One who posts a deliberately provocative message with the intention of causing disruption and argument. I noted an example Monday. It is a contribution from a former professional columnist who took […]
HST and lower prices
When BC Liberals decided that HST was the single best reward they could offer big business, they relied on loyalists such as the Fraser Institute and the BC Business Council for ringing […]
Dear Colin . . .
A valued member of our little blog community, reader Warren White of Victoria, wrote this letter to Colin Hansen. Like others, Warren is out of patience with unprincipled politicians and the corporate […]
Oh, the horror!
Wow, the BC Liberal Government and ideologues in Canada’s newspaper salespaper industry sure think we are stupid. Wednesday, Elections BC announced the question to be voted upon in British Columbia: “Are you […]
Open, democratic and civil debate, for whom?
To have an open, democratic and civil discussion, all citizens must have a voice and a platform. The mainstream media in this province knows little about open discussions. I tried to engage the Editorial Pages Editor in correspondence, asking Vancouver Sun to open the Op-Ed page to people with ideas that occasionally stray from the newspaper’s agenda. Mihlar had not the courtesy to respond. So how do opponents of mainstream concepts participate in open, democratic and civil debates?
We are owed an honest explanation
Omnia causa fiunt – everything happens for a reason. When the captain who carefully plots his own course suddenly and radically alters direction, I ask why. What changed for Premier Gordon Campbell […]
Premier still doesn’t get the need for honest debate
I usually whine about the Vancouver Sun’s lack of balance when reporting on political and economic affairs. So they deserve credit for publishing this piece, a Chad Skelton item that does not praise […]
Piling on
From Michael Smyth in The Province: Colin Hansen revealed to reporters this week that the government spent $780,000 on pro-HST brochures that will now be fed into a paper shredder instead of […]
An HST scenario
Georgia Straight’s Charlie Smith poses the possibility that Colin Hansen was excluded from HST decision making and unaware the Premier had set the policy in motion through Graham Whitmarsh, Campbell’s 2009 appointee as […]
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