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 […]
Hi Norm, You have that right. The angle we can use at the local level effectively has changed from directly…
[…] A friend of mine is deeply engaged with his local government. He is, by his own admission, a royal…
That alone should be investigated Why not one generator ata time and time it to rain season
Thanks for the summary Norm. This is the first year that Williston Reservoir has reached full pool for many years.…
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God luck in the election. Your platform resonates with me, and we are thinking of returning to PR for our…