Rafe Mair likes to remind citizens that when preference for private power generation became BC Liberal policy, they talked about “Run-of-the-River” projects. The implication was that small, benign installations would be community […]
Liberal wealthcare working well
McInnes, Brown, Campbell Plutonic Power Corporation announced this morning it had agreed to merge with Magma Energy Corp. The exchange ratio represents a premium to Plutonic shareholders of 32% over Plutonic’s 20 day […]
Multiple choice
BC Hydro is hitting consumers with three years of rate hikes to: pay for a $6 billion upgrade to aging infrastructure, or to meet an expected growing demand for electricity, or to […]
Accountable to no one, part 2
This is a question I directed in the last week to P. Kariya, Executive Director of the Independent Power Producers Association of BC, AKA Clean Energy BC. “Does your organization have a […]
Friends help friends
In the preceding article, Motorcycle guy pointed us to the speakers schedule for a conference of the Independent Power Producers of BC, the savvy folks who changed their name to one that […]
Green Day says "Know Your Enemy" – updated
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Get out your handkerchief – and your wallet
Gerry Hummel’s full size piece about this BC Liberal enrichment program may be seen at The Common Sense Canadian. While there, read BC Hydro Driving Rates Higher, the work of economist Erik […]
‘Good Corporate Citizens’ or what ?
Did Gordon Campbell’s Liberals choose ‘Good Corporate Citizens’ when they gifted development rights in Bute Inlet and other areas of British Columbia’s coastal wilderness? The key investors in Plutonic Power are not moms […]
Bute Inlet report
Bute Inlet is part of British Columbia’s almost unspoiled coastal wilderness, about 200 km north of Vancouver. In my teen years, as a Powell River resident, it was a dream to set […]
Forever hungry
Sean Holman’s Public Eye Online is a must-read for every British Columbian politico. This recent analysis of his is unconditional: British Columbians may have re-elected the Campbell administration. But they’ve never been […]
Perhaps, it’s too late already
Drawing with permission (sans title) from Stephen Gilpin The Big Picture
The Piper extracts payment
Are recent BC Liberal supporters – the ones who claim to be leading guardians of the environment – satisfied with 2009 Budget Redux? We should ask the David Suzuki Foundation, Tzeporah Berman, […]
Stones from glass houses
South Okanagan-Similkameen growers are Canada’s leaders in the advancement of organic principles and in recognition of the values of land conservancy. The Similkameen Valley has the highest concentration (40%) of organic farms […]
When you don’t want to know the answers
Even though I pay for a copy of the The Globe and Mail, I may seem to be a marketing rep. Can’t help it though when articles show up like this Mark […]
Highest and best use
In “Stream of aboriginal tradition hits a rocky patch,” The Globe and Mail examines how the declining Fraser River salmon fishery impacts the traditions of people who for thousands of years relied […]
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Is Reality finally having an adverse impact on The White House? https://www.rawstory.com/leavitt-miller-pretti/ "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to defend…