The article about Roger Ebert repeated here was first published in 2010. It came to mind when I was reading through old emails exchanged with an acquaintance who was facing a serious life challenge. None of us know how we will respond when facing the final threat to survival. Ebert was only 70 years old when he died in 2013. Despite years of serious illness, he was able to keep his life meaningful until the end.
From Michael Smyth in The Province: Colin Hansen revealed to reporters this week that the government spent $780,000 on pro-HST brochures that will now be fed into a paper shredder instead of […]
Tony Bourdain, exuding uncontrived deference atypical of New Yorkers, shared a table with Korean-American food superstar David Chang. They were at Chang’s momofuku ssam bar, one of the most in-demand pleasure houses in Gotham. […]
Georgia Straight’s Charlie Smith poses the possibility that Colin Hansen was excluded from HST decision making and unaware the Premier had set the policy in motion through Graham Whitmarsh, Campbell’s 2009 appointee as […]
Doing political analysis, Rafe Mair swings a hammer. Paul Willcocks, on the other hand, prefers a scalpel. His blog Thursday at Paying Attention, HST saga gets still worse for the Liberals, quietly […]
Rafe Mair has a voice that makes higher purpose people nervous because he articulates uncomfortable truths with brutal honesty and little regard for the comfort of former friends. His experience as a […]
I did write earlier that my hiatus might be interrupted if the good ship BC Liberal, foundering in the sea of inveracity, appeared finally ready to go under with all hands aboard. […]
I think – or maybe hope – Vancouver Police leadership, taking an uncommon path, is trying to be forthright in its public dealing. Improvement in training and supervision is still needed as proved by […]
On radio Monday, BC Liberal spokesman Keith Baldrey may have launched a trial balloon when he talked of a possible strategy for dealing with the HST dilemma. He said that, after the […]
Auditor General John Doyle, MBA, CA, submitted his third report of the fiscal year to the Legislature, Conservation of Ecological Integrity in B.C. Parks and Protected Areas. Mr. Doyle is precise and […]
Given the heroic efforts of responders, this is not a good time to focus on fire fighting deficiencies. However, with a million acres burned, smoke hazing continental skies and the homes of thousands threatened, our […]
Reading through comments at various online sites, one finds occasional statements supporting the BC Liberal’s surprise imposition of HST. Those not commissioned by our big business friends, I suspect, come from the […]
The title is reworked from economist Dean Baker‘s offering today at Huffington Post. His title: When Wall Street Rules, We Get Rules for Wall Street. Fairly clear what that article explains, eh? For […]
British Columbia’s Auditor General John Doyle says the Liberal government is not following generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and understated the 2010 deficit by $73 million. Finance Minister Colin Hansen downplayed the […]
From BIV Business Today: Acting chief electoral officer Craig James was mistaken when he decided not to send the citizens’ initiative petition against the HST and its accompanying bill to a legislative […]
The Auditor General of British Columbia has given a qualified audit opinion on the Summary Financial Statements because the statements do not comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). All three of […]
Must reading from The Common Sense Canadian by economist Erik Andersen: Sinister Financial Vectors at BC Hydro From 2007 to 2010, there has been a $628 million reversal of net operating income. […]
HST shifts cash from pockets of individuals to coffers of business. Lack of competition and world prices guarantee that tax savings will increase business profitability. Mega-corporations shelter money in overseas havens while […]
Joseph Brean, National Post, August 15 Paul Fromm’s efforts to rouse public opinion against the Tamil migrant ship began last month from his home in Ontario, with impassioned messages posted to Stormfront.org, […]
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