British Columbia’s shipbuilding industry is happy today, gearing up to work on an $8-billion piece of the largest marine construction program in Canadian history. The federal government takes pride in what they […]
“Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.” – Shakespeare . Dear Customers, As you may know, I have confirmed that I am stepping down as President and CEO of BC […]
Private Power by the Numbers: Hugely Overpriced IPP’s Mean Soaring Hydro BillsGwen Johansson, The Common Sense Canadian, Originally published in the Alaska Highway News “…Besides having to acquire more electricity than needed, […]
ETHICS:A matter of daily practical concern described glowingly in universal terms by those who intend to ignore them.– John Ralston Saul From West Coast Environmental Law, 11 October, 2011 In a recent […]
Gordon Campbell and PavCo’s David Podmore made an announcement in March 2010: Downtown Vancouver is getting a new $450-million casino and hotel complex to anchor its new “entertainment epicentre,” B.C. Premier Gordon […]
The one-percenters and their agents in government remain deaf. As rage at Wall Street rises, its moneymen shower cash on candidates, David Goldstein, McClatchy, October 17, 2011: “WASHINGTON — Even as protests […]
No person should be surprised when Community Living British Columbia next puts its large insensitive foot into another sticky situation. Friday, after the CLBC tossed CEO Rick Mowles, Board Chair Denise Turner said about […]
This is a change of pace, i could not resist.
http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf Aljazeera, US troops to help Uganda fight rebels “US President Barack Obama has announced he is deploying 100 “combat-equipped” troops to Uganda to help efforts against rebels of the Lord’s Resistance […]
Canadian Federation of Independent Business wants municipal politicians to take the CFIB Taxpayer Pledge, committing to three principles: 1. Property Tax Fairness: “A commitment to narrow the current gap between commercial and […]
Robert Reich is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton. Reich is currently Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at […]
Susan Heyes says, “Best sign I saw today…..Thanks to Geoff Olson!”
The BC Civil Liberties Association, now in its sixth decade, does important and principled work in our province while advocating for individual rights, freedom and law reform. Their good work continues as […]
Report: A quarter of U.S. millionaires pay taxes at a lower rate than some in middle class, by Lori Montgomery, Washington Post, October 12/11 “A quarter of millionaires in the United States […]
Gulf Islands bi-weekly newspaper Island Tides promises an eclectic mix of local, regional, national and international topics—serious and light-hearted—to give readers a “relaxed, informed ‘West Coast feeling“. One of the contributors to […]
Pavco’s convention centre and stadium deals fascinate me. People residing beyond BC’s lower mainland are probably more pissed-off than fascinated. The arrangements clearly demonstrate disaster potential when public and private enterprises work […]
From the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch What is Coca-Cola doing behind closed doors with Koch Industries at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? The Center for Media and Democracy […]
One of the items in my Mirth and Meditation Archive is this: Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. – Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton’s expression is wonderfully concise but, in […]
Almost six years ago, Vince Ready, in an interim report to the BC Liberal government about relations with teachers, commented: …the parties have not concluded meaningful negotiations in the decade since the […]
To: Dr. Laura Richards, Director General, Science, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada I am writing to ask for your progress report on the thousands of silver-bright sockeye and now Coho that are floating […]
My stepsonn posted a meme on his Mastodon account with both PP and MC claiming, à la Spartacus, "I'm Stephen…
Well of course! CBC's very own internal censor, Bari Weiss, was right and proper to cancel release of the video…
In these days where we are bombarded on social media by lengthy blocks of text with no paragraph breaks… (which…
Jonathan Winter reminds me of when Pangloss tells Candide that men must perforce have been made to wear eye glasses,…
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The Wall Street takeover of Canada shouldn't come as a surprise. Ex Goldman Sachs executive, Mark Carney, is demonstrating once…