If the public interest is ever to be served, the power and influence of lobbyists must be reduced to near-zero and the ability to slip easily between the regulators and the regulated must end. Don’t expect that to happen though. The people who make the rules are also the people who benefit by having lax rules.
This week I got confirmation that new corporate funding has been assembled to counteract bloggers and writers in alternative media who reveal mismanagement of provincial assets and emphasize the public’s declining share […]
In March 2008, Gordon Campbell intimate Ken Dobell plead guilty to violating British Columbia’s lobbying legislation. Dobell had retired as deputy minister to the premier in 2005 and then busied himself as […]
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 […]
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 […]
When even Business In Vancouver spots an absurd causality in BC Hydro’s self-inflicted power demand "crisis" (mortal wounds!) be assured…
Psst! Clean Energy? Don’t tell “Cowboy” Carney or his MAGA best girl Danielle Smith about repurposing oil and gas wells…
Bread and Circuses? Bread or Circuses? Who will choose for us? Consider the Electric Vehicle... A while back 18 automobile…
Thanks Skylab for your content. I am a big fan of Naomi Klein and have read her book 'The Shock…
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In case you’ve been wondering - who supports huge Data Centres? Angus Reid has a poll. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-york-ai-data-centres-alberta-solomon-9.7222388 Support 15% across…