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"If we remain silent, we kill freedom, justice and the possibility that a society armed with information may have power to change the situation that has brought us to this point."

In dealing with the Climate Emergency, our biggest enemy is no longer climate denial but climate delay – Ed Miliband

“Nothing is more dangerous than the illusion of action.”

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“CRAP!” from the blogosphere

By Norm Farrell on April 14, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

Contrary to the claims of retired newsguy Bill Good, blogs are not invariable distributors of CRAP! Instead, the good ones are sources of information and commentary that Bill Good and others in […]

16 yr-old talked to NEB, before new regulations

By Norm Farrell on April 11, 2013 • ( 14 Comments )

I first published a link to this video February 2 and it has been viewed by thousands of Northern Insight readers. Additionally, most major Canadian news operations paid close attention to a […]

Not told by Canada’s corporate media

By Norm Farrell on April 11, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

Fiscal record of Canadian political parties, Toby Sanger, The Progressive Economics Forum: “With all the recent news stories — as well as alarm raised by other leaders — about the fiscal and […]

Royal Bank of Canada – exporter of jobs

By Norm Farrell on April 8, 2013 • ( 25 Comments )

CEO Gordon Nixon, 12.6 million dollar man The Royal Bank of Canada (aka RBC) is responding to public complaints that spread rapidly following reports the bank will be terminating Canadian staff who […]

Boycott of RBC – make this a movement

By Norm Farrell on April 6, 2013 • ( 69 Comments )

RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers, CBC, April 6, 2013 “Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take […]

Apply to express an opinion: who runs this place anyway?

By Norm Farrell on April 6, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

Financial manipulators and industrialists have control and they aim to set Canada’s economic course without input from Canadians. They bought the license from Stephen Harper. Evidence is provided by Gloria Galloway in […]

Only when their lips move

By Norm Farrell on April 5, 2013 • ( 6 Comments )

On February 15, Times of India Film Awards flack Laura Ballance said: About 35,000 tickets for the April 6 awards ceremony at B.C. Place went up for grabs Friday morning at 8 […]

As much as anyone, Liberals hurt themselves

By Norm Farrell on April 5, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.” ― Judith McNaught Underwear mfg is prime sponsor Tickets […]

Pundit, partisan, or?

By Norm Farrell on April 1, 2013 • ( 18 Comments )

A garrulous right-winger, Alise Mills has appeared on CKNW, CTV, Sun News Network and CBC. Because she is pervasive, it’s worth learning a little about her. In the preceding article, you can […]

Dangerous charity caught in Harper Government web

By Norm Farrell on March 30, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

Environmental charities ‘laundering’ foreign funds, [Minister of the Environment Peter] Kent says, CBC News, May 1, 2012 Some charitable environmental groups in Canada are “laundering” funds from offshore donors to obstruct Canada’s […]

"Humans have never dealt with nature’s complexity…"

By Norm Farrell on March 30, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Allan Savory, on learning together: “We have learning sites, where the boundaries are soft psychologically. We’re all learning together because we don’t have answers. We just have a way forward now, which […]

Suspended coffees

By Norm Farrell on March 30, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

From the forum at Urban Diner, a Vancouver-based online magazine for food and restaurant lovers around British Columbia. By Publisher Paul Kamon: “We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine […]

BC Auditor General site down Mar 29-30

By Norm Farrell on March 30, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Since the website of the British Columbia Auditor General is inaccessible early morning March 30, and was down late March 29, I provide this access to recent reports from the Auditor General. […]

Pacific Carbon Trust officials must resign

By Norm Farrell on March 28, 2013 • ( 27 Comments )

Finance Minister Mike de Jong must demand resignations of the senior executives and directors of Pacific Carbon Trust. They are officials of a publicly owned enterprise but instead dedicated their loyalty to […]

From the audit of carbon neutral government

By Norm Farrell on March 27, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

“… [Carbon] offsets can only be credible in B.C. if, among other things, the revenue from their sale is the tipping point in moving forward on a project. It must be an […]

Failure perfectly OK with BC Liberals

By Norm Farrell on March 27, 2013 • ( 9 Comments )

Yesterday, British Columbia’s government refused to release a report from the Auditor General that examined Pacific Carbon Trust, a crown agency set up to pass funds from schools, hospitals and other public […]

"Planning is not an option or a luxury"

By Norm Farrell on March 27, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

A release from the Representative for Children and Youth, March 26, 2013: The audit found scattered and ineffective documentation of planning for these vulnerable children and youth, as well as a clear […]

Income disparity grows

By Norm Farrell on March 26, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Incomes of bottom 90 percent grew $59 in 40 years, Natasha Lennard, Salon.com “Pulitzer Prize-winner David Cay Johnston has highlighted yet more statistics that illuminate the spike in income inequality in the […]

Torstar’s 20% of Black Press valued at zero

By Norm Farrell on March 25, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

David Schreck of Strategic Thoughts provides worthwhile analysis of David Black’s Kitimat Clean proposal. If you think the refinery proposal is anything more than politically convenient fantasy aimed at boosting BC Liberal […]

NEB serves industry, not the public

By Norm Farrell on March 23, 2013 • ( 9 Comments )

This article is an updated and extended version of one published in January 2012. Particularly since it gained majority control of the House and Senate, Canada’s Conservative Party has been crippling the […]

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