Borrow money to pay a dividend that allows government to declare a fake surplus and pro-media applauds. #bcpoli https://t.co/W6PX7AMlb3 — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) February 17, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Today's debt by Premier's “singular […]
Truth found in numbers, lies found in words
I am reading budget documents and will soon be writing more about the provincial government’s financial smoke and mirrors but I have initial comments. Natural Gas BC Liberals, particularly Premier Clark, are […]
A reader comments on forestry
Reader Ken Barry today submitted a comment to an article written last July – Log exports update. It reminds of a subject that’s close to my heart and, I think, an illustration […]
BC Jobs Plan, less than full disclosure
I’m often critical of corporate media but there is still some sharp work being done, even by people outside the major urban centres of BC. Here’s an example: References to the Temporary […]
Natural gas – unclean energy
Today’s BC Liberal Speech from the Throne claimed natural gas is “the world’s cleanest-burning fossil fuel.” Of course, that’s a bit like saying the electric Tesla Model S is the world’s least expensive car to operate. The statement requires ignoring $100,000+ costs incurred before one climbs into the driver’s seat. It’s the same with natural gas, and particularly gas that’s been produced by intensive fracking and been liquefied, transported, regasified and distributed to consumers in far-off lands.
BC Liberals import teams of ethics investigators
BC Liberals to natural resource companies, “Actually, we’re the party of no. No, you don’t have to pay the public for natural resources and energy.” ADDENDUM: As reader motorcycleguy says in comments, […]
Ian Jessop show, CFAX1070, Feb 8, 2:30 pm
The audio file below is a recording of my time on CFAX 1070 with Ian Jessop February 08. We talk of debt, jobs and deceitful government. .
Too much cynicism?
Rafe Mair distributes commentary through Rafe Mair Online, The Common Sense Canadian, The Tyee and other places. One of those is an email distribution list. I appreciate anything Rafe creates because it […]
Mythomania
Merv Adey (BCVeritas.com): “The proper role of political media is to unspin the various prevarications and lies governments like to foist on us.” B.C. Premier Christy Clark still trying…, CBC News, February […]
"What? Me worry?"
To begin BC’s LNG saga we have Martyn Brown’s declaration that the LNG deal is a disaster. That’s not enough to alert BC that there’s a problem? How about multiple fraud, theft and money laundering investigations in France, Switzerland, the UK, the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and either Abu Dhabi or Dubai?…
Difficulties mount for BC Liberal partner
French list Malaysian PM Najib Razak in bribery case file, The Australian, February 6, 2016: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a new front in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal bedevilling his […]
Mythbusting
Statistics Canada reports that 27,200 fewer people were employed in British Columbia in January, compared to the month earlier. A single period is an unreliable indicator but StatsCan provides decades of data […]
Vanishing revenues
There is too little public discussion of huge costs and questionable benefits of an industry that employs a tiny fraction of BC’s workers (0.4% in 2014 according to BC Stats). With land […]
BC Jobs Plan
British Columbia Liberals haven’t talked much about the BC Jobs Plan lately, perhaps because they don’t want people looking too closely at statistical reports. Those reveal a trend where full-time jobs are […]
"Veritable sewer of skullduggery"
I published the following piece about two years ago. It came to mind after I noticed Black Press writer Tom Fletcher claiming on Twitter that the Shawnigan toxic waste dump on a […]
Questions for BC Liberal by-election candidates
One day after Kelowna Liberal MLA Ben Stewart resigned in 2013, unelected Christy Clark called a by-election so that she could seek election and continue as Premier. Weeks later, Stewart was rewarded […]
Medical services poverty program
Readers of an age to receive a monthly Old Age Security cheque will be thrilled to notice a 57¢ increase in January. As I mentioned on Twitter, cautious saving of that amount […]
Why the rush to spend billions?
BC Hydro’s own sales records demonstrate Site C is not needed. Domestic consumption of electricity has been flat for more than a decade and technological efficiencies indicate we will need less power, […]
A reader comments
I’ve been reporting information taken from annual and quarterly reports of BC Hydro. There are important economic issues and billions of dollars at stake and the people who benefit from the way […]
Buy high, sell low
In the six months ended September 30, BC Hydro purchased 7,640 GWh of electricity from independent power producers. It paid $599 million, which is $78,400 per GWh. In the same period, BC […]
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