Sean Holman, after 9 years investigative reporting on provincial politics, became a full time faculty member of Mount Royal University’s Communications department. Losing Sean and Public Eye Online was unfortunate for British […]
Has the game changed or merely the players?
Recently, I was amused by a certain radio news-talk host angrily sputtering in response to callers’ claims that he was partial and passive in political coverage. He replied that, in a very […]
The end of news as we know it
The following article was first published May 24, 2010. Since then, Sean Holman suspended the Public Eye website, Postmedia has focused on serving business not public interests, the destruction of CBC News […]
Falcon: Revenue neutral HST an "urban legend"
When the referendum delivered an unwanted result, BC’s provincial government reshaped, polished and coordinated messages to the public. One particularly troublesome claim, made by Finance Minister Colin Hansen during the July 2009 HST announcement, […]
Carry on cruising, carry on regardless
Our friends at the helm of BC Ferries are in the news again over executive compensation issues. Now subject to Freedom of Information, BC Ferries must release salary information that was previously secret. […]
An eye on Public Eye
RossK makes excellent points in comments at The Gazetteer about the value of Public Eye Online and the entirety of Sean Holman‘s work. Finally, a number of folks are slagging Sean Holman […]
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 […]
Justice is blind . . . to abuses
Attorney General Mike de Jong expressed concern about “. . . a growing disconnect between the justice system and the people.” No doubt, he is talking about citizen discomfort over his own […]
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 […]
Sell Out
“Sell Out” is a song by fabulous California ska punk band Reel Big Fish, released as the first track on their 1996 album Turn The Radio Off. It may be a good […]
When 2 + 2 = 8
British Columbia Premier Deceiver Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced a plan to combine PST (provincial sales tax) and GST (goods and services tax) into HST (harmonized sales tax). The new […]
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