A few educators are on the list of unforgettable characters encountered in my youth but none stand ahead of Frank Gumley, my home room teacher in grades eight and nine. This week, […]
My opportunity to say thanks
Of business, by business, for business
British Columbia’s revenue from natural resources totalled $4 billion in fiscal year 2001. The Bank of Canada inflation calculator shows the equivalent in current dollars is $5 billion. Natural resource revenue received […]
"Revenue neutral" carbon taxes – hollow claim
In its June budget update, the BC Government said, “When the carbon tax was introduced, one of the key principles was that the tax would be revenue neutral – that all carbon […]
Taking care of business (friends)
Source: 2013 June Budget Fiscal Plan, Table A9 Revenue by Source (Page 120) From Auditor General reports, we know that natural gas revenues reported by the province did not account for the […]
They assume we’re feckless idiots and they might be right.
Before the May 2013 election, BC Liberals promised the entire provincial debt, budgeted this year at $62.5 billion, could be eliminated within 15 years with government proceeds of natural gas production. In […]
Broken trust
After shifting his focus in recent months, Alex Tsakumis is blogging again and getting ready to launch yourshow.ca as a 3-hour a day webcast on politics, media and other current affairs. A […]
Consumers targeted by BC Liberals
Governments prefer indirect taxation partly because politicians assume they’ll take less heat if hands of tax collectors slip into our pockets surreptitiously. That’s done in BC by instructing crown corporations to overcharge […]
Punishing electricity consumers
When Gordon Campbell led BC Liberals into the 2009 election campaign, his platform promised, “We will maintain our competitive advantage from low cost heritage power, for residential and industrial users alike.” When […]
Justice delayed: time is money
In the USA today, a black youth was jailed for life after a jury trial convicted him of a March 2013 shooting. The time from homicide to related conviction: 5 months and […]
Lots of shock, tons of awe – You can help!
H/T: Susan H
A weapon to change the world
Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. ― Aristotle This week the […]
In the dining room, an OOPs moment
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Bombs & explosives are chemical weapons
An eastern blogger, who I previously mentioned in this estimable piece, is a loquacious commentator for a preeminent corporate welfare bum. On his website Saturday, he was cheering for an escalation of death […]
Make the news, then report the news
After The Fraser Institute reported it’s never been easier financially to raise a Canadian child, Business in Vancouver surveyed Twitter response to the think tank’s featherbrained newspeak and found “considerable” controversy, “Yesterday, […]
Bring on the consultants – Replay
How CEOs Jack Up their Pay, Kimberly Weisul, Editor & Founder of One Thing New: “Poor, downtrodden, underpaid CEOs finally have someone they can turn to in their hour of need: compensation […]
News reporting or press release reading?
On CKNW’s August 22 afternoon news, Marcella Bernardo reported this about Verizon, the American cell provider that may offer service in Canada, “Last year’s [Verizon] revenues of 116 billion dollars were more […]
Head shot to disarmed, injured man, updated
Sunday, September 18, a 95 y.o. man assaulted another senior at the residential care facility of Vernon’s Jubilee Hospital. The victim died and within hours, the elderly culprit was arrested, taken into […]
That was then; this is now
Much of my youth was spent in the coastal mill town of Powell River. Paying excellent wages, the pulp, paper and lumber company directly employed almost 2,500 workers. It hired the town’s […]
Twitter feed for your consideration
Canadian citizen Maher Arar has lived in this country for more than 25 years. He has an undergraduate degree from McGill and a graduate degree in telecommunications, is married and father of […]
Five Myths of Terrorism
From Michael Shermer, monthly columnist for Scientific American, a respected science magazine founded in 1845. Link to Dr. Shermer’s complete article, Five Myths of Terrorism. It is worth reading, particularly if you wonder […]
in-sights.ca 
Some facts. Denmark’s healthcare system employs around 26,200 physicians, which translates to 4.38 doctors per 1,000 residents. A figure above…