Corus Radio and CKNW have long featured “Business Analyst” Michael Levy. Lately he has been one of the point players in NW’s effort to help an unpopular government sell the unpopular harmonized sales tax […]
Judged by the company you keep
No retreat = certain defeat
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention writes No room for retreat on HST. He applies his usual unemotional, logical mind to HST. He cuts through the misinformation, posturing and partisan rhetoric and says the […]
Support for HST echoes, again
NEWS ITEM: VICTORIA – Finance Minister Colin Hansen noted that business people from around British Columbia are joining the ranks of other business people from around British Columbia who recognize that HST […]
Global TV reaches a new low, again
June 23, Global TV News Hour Final led with the Education Minister’s attack on the Vancouver School Board. It gave an in-depth, comprehensive, detailed analytical report on proposed service cuts (many seconds […]
Simple acts of defiance or a new game in town?
Act of Defiance I’d love to know the inside stories at the westcoast newspapers now owned by American vulture capitalists and their frontman Paul Godfrey. I’ll bet there has been smoking correspondence […]
Hiring foxes to redesign the chicken coop
Corrupt politicians believe public watchdogs should never criticize government policies and programs and must be restricted in how they engage the media. That has been a BC Liberal preference since soon after they took power in 2001.
BC Liberals bare all – updated
Three of Gordon Campbell’s executive assistants hold cue cards during a recent speech to defend his government. Squatting on a large stool at mid-stage, one said, “I am sorry but I didn’t […]
Lie to me, some more – updated
I wondered when folks at the Fraser Institute would weigh in, aiming to convince people that HST is good to great for ordinary British Columbians. That predictable message arrived today. Strangely, a […]
Well, maybe not ALL of us . . .
Premier Gordon Campbell, speaking in 2009: …in these unprecedented times we must ALL take action that reaches beyond ideology . . . we are facing a situation we couldn’t plan for. We […]
Meaningless apologies result in unchanged behavior
Any person with reasonable observation skills knew early on that four RCMP officers erred badly when they attacked and repeatedly tasered a distraught traveler. Robert Dziekanski was unarmed, compliant, non-threatening and dead […]
Take regular antidotes to the mainstream media
TomDispatch.com calls itself “A REGULAR ANTIDOTE TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA” and I think it’s good medicine, to be taken often. Sign up for the mailing list and you will get three or […]
Stick out that noble chin, slap on a happy grin
News item: ICBC paid insurance claims of $2.3 million for the 4,800 vehicle fleet used by VANOC during this year’s Winter Olympics. ICBC donated the insurance coverage, which it valued at $6.2 million. […]
BC Liberal shame
There are a number of BC Liberal MLAs who should be feeling shame for their actions in the imposition of HST. They truly abdicated their duties as elected representatives. Paul Willcocks reports […]
Reporter or advocate and apologist?
John Stewart reacts to watching Global TV’s News Hour Final on June 15. Stewart was expecting to hear a report on the BCR/Liberal Corruption Trial underway in BC Supreme Court and still […]
New era of prosperity began for some in 2001
An unpopular premier. A government on the slide. A resurgent New Democratic Party Opposition. According to Vaughn Palmer, those circumstances resulted in a private meeting when “some self-styled free-enterprisers began casting about […]
More from 2001 Liberal Platform: What Canada Health Act? UPDATED
Gordon Campbell: “It’s time to put patient care first. To do that, we must renew public health care, through better management, adequate funding, proper staffing, and sound strategic planning.” We want our […]
Who is failing the best interests of students?
I have no doubt that provincial politicians are trying to pick a fight with the Vancouver School Board to distract people from issues that sent the Liberal approval rating crashing down. Minister […]
The most open and transparent government never seen
BCR Sale Filing System Read the whole story by Mark Hume at the Globe and Mail: Government staff used private computers for some files, corruption trial told. Ministerial assistants and other senior […]
Get over it
Paul Willcocks authors Paying Attention, an essential read in the blog world. He provides a delicious example of a newspaper employing one standard for political friends and another for opponents. National Post complained that […]
Moore nonsense
My inbox overflows with news reports and links, some to which I subscribe, others forwarded by readers. Stories beneath the headlines I follow with Google alerts and larger pieces present themselves through […]
in-sights.ca 
Well of course! CBC's very own internal censor, Bari Weiss, was right and proper to cancel release of the video…