If we regularly saw commentary like Iain Hunter: Memo to Clark: Public has an interest, the blog world would be almost irrelevant. This is smart and well written, the kind of work […]
Real commentary replaces usual MSM puffery
Horgan’s policies scare the political elites of BC
This is the sort of news we should have been hearing non-stop from the Official Opposition while Gordon Campbell’s associates plundered the public treasury. Why did it take so long? John Horgan […]
Horgan speaks sense, again
NDP leadership candidate John Horgan said today that Premier-designate Christy Clark must appoint a judicial inquiry into the sale of BC Rail and make integrity a top priority of the B.C. government […]
Older does not guarantee wiser
Before Patrick Moore bills himself as “the sensible environmentalist” and claims to have been a leader of the international eco movement for more than 30 years. Others say that when Moore exhausted […]
Regulation or no regulation, you decide
The libertarians and erzatz capitalists won’t publish this sort of headline but it’s the truth: “Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes.” Friday’s quake was the fifth-largest recorded […]
Buying influence, US style
Wealthcare, a story of unrestrained greed
US based auto maker Ford Motor Company has awarded $56.5 million in stock to Alan Mulally and $42.4 million in shares to its executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr. Here is Ford’s profit […]
Hear, hear
VANCOUVER – John Horgan committed today to pulling the plug on BC Lottery Corporation’s online casino and focusing instead on responsible gaming, crime prevention and restoring gaming funding to charities and non-profit […]
Gaming the taxpayers with ersatz capitalism
Hired guns Deloitte & Touche prepared an economic impact report for Paragon’s proposed casino at BC Place. The numbers give an optimistic view of financial benefits that might arise but, as with […]
Don’t worry, be happy
Kathy Marks, The Independent, Shell oil exploration threatens one of the world’s great wonders “Shell Oil has come under heavy criticism for planning an oil and gas drilling site that could threaten […]
Real news
In Senate testimony last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fiercely criticised the commercial media, saying: “We are in an information war, and we are losing that war … Viewership of al-Jazeera is […]
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 […]
Ubiquitous fog of political misinformation
Cutting Edge of the Ledge, a weekly CKNW segment, is a classic display of journalism gone wrong in British Columbia. The participating trio – Good, Palmer, Baldrey – spreads a ubiquitous fog […]
Wealthcare, again
First to Profit from $1 Billion Smart Meter Program: Liberal Insiders By Will McMartin, The Tyee Is anyone surprised? Will there be no end to BC Liberal larceny?
One small sad piece of a very large failure
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Stenography or reporting?
March 1, reporter Ted Chernecki made an unconditional statement on Global TV BC News Hour that the Canadian healthcare system “was already ranked one of the worst in the world when it […]
Radio and TV news
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) bills itself as the collective voice of Canada’s private broadcasters. It advocates for the industry and administers the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). The CAB Code […]
Why Americanize Canadian healthcare?
Austan Goolsbee is an American economist, currently Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the youngest member of the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Goolsbee is on leave from the University […]
Global TV – a factual deficit?
As the Royal Columbian Hospital doughnut shop story unfolded, Global TV was quick to redirect the discussion to promote private healthcare as a better alternative. Ted Chernecki began his News Hour report […]
Most acute deficiency is skilled health administrators
The effects of access block on acute hospital services are reflected by patients on stretchers lined up in emergency room corridors and by ambulances parked outside hospitals, waiting to deliver acutely ill […]
Thanks, good summary of the fiasco. Mr Eby will likely resign his seat when the new leader is in place,…