Derrick Penner of the Vancouver Sun reported words from the Chief of BC Hydro’s nomenklatura : In December, [Jessica] McDonald heralded Site C as “essential to keeping the lights on…” “Fundamentally, (independent […]
An item from January 2015 has grown in importance. These recently created graphs support assertions within the article: BC doesn’t need it, Alberta doesn’t want it, USA will pay a fraction […]
A reader comment in a preceding article: We all have to be ‘shovel ready’ for the upcoming election and ‘Turf the Liberals’.There will be massive 1%er sponsored support and corporate funded advertorials […]
The audio file below is a recording of my time on CFAX 1070 with Ian Jessop March 02, 2016. We talk of BC Hydro and deceitful government. . 2015, #BCHydro earned 1/5 […]
British Columbia Hansard, March 1, 2016 Judy Darcy, MLA, New Westminster: Last February, we raised the latest IT failure under this Liberal government — the debacle of the clinical system’s transformation project […]
Before the last election, Premier Clark justified BC Hydro rate increases as a “common sense decision” that would enable the private/public utility to pay off the billions in its deferred accounts. “People […]
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Dr. Eoin Finn, who has a residence on Bowyer Island in Howe Sound, is a retired partner of KPMG and holds Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) and MBA (International Business) degrees. BC’s proven natural […]
The eyes of British Columbians should be on BC Hydro’s Site C project. It is a hydro facility not needed in a province that has had a decade of flat domestic demand […]
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki, Mychaylo Prystupa, The Tyee, February 23, 2016: Flooding valuable farmland to build the Site C dam undermines Canada’s commitment to meet international climate-change targets, […]
LEAKED: Script idea for the year long TV advertising blitz already begun by the BC Liberal Government. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/zeUMn5ujg2 — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) February 26, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Heading should read “Dishonouring the […]
A regular reader provided this comment to the preceding article. Hugh explains that the capture of BC’s public utility by selfish profiteers was a carefully considered manoeuvre. In the end, it will […]
According to BC Hydro’s report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, domestic consumption of electricity is down 2.2% from the same period 10 years prior. That we’ve had stable domestic […]
Excerpts from an article by Dambisa Moyo at Project Syndicate. An economist and author who sits on the boards of directors of global corporations, she was named by TIME Magazine as one […]
To me, the continuing LNG fantasy initiative qualifies as a Dead Pony Solution. It assumes there are only positive arguments to go forward regardless! This belligerent belief is presented by people who […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
I would like to see a calculation that subtracts all the government subsidies, tax breaks, environmental destruction, etc from the…
When a parcel is offered for auction, companies must pay a minimum amount to acquire the rights to explore for…
That looks bad, and I suspect that it is; I think I understand the meaning of "competitive auctions" and "administrative…
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Thanks, Norm, for continuing to pound the drum about the giveaways in the oil and gas extraction industry. Aside from…