Anita Roddick, billionaire businesswoman, activist and founder of The Body Shop, said that when leaders are not ethically sound, innovation coming from them, “Is only innovation on puffery.” Puffery, for people not […]
Message to Christy Clark
Enbridge: into the truth machine
In an extended campaign, advertising promoting the Enbridge pipeline has become incessant noise. One problem with this particular ballyhoo is that its words are not believable. Listeners don’t need sophisticated knowledge to […]
After millions spent on advertising
Today’s report from Statistics Canada: “In British Columbia, employment was little changed in December and the unemployment rate declined 0.3 percentage points to 6.5%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment was little […]
BC’s slow ferry fiasco
Heading to Vancouver Island January 4, I noted something while checking BC Ferries schedules. Here are the vessels in service today on major routes to the island: Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo Queen […]
A message to Christy Clark and friends
An old Turkish folk tale teaches: The candle of someone who lies almost always burns just to midnight. After his candle goes out, nobody gives him any light. He remains without light. […]
Hard for First Nations to get out the real story
Jon McComb, doing the morning show on CKNW today, had this to say about Attawapiskat: “The housing crisis that has plagued her [Chief Spence] remote reserve of about 1,900 people has been […]
A road to inevitable unrest
Libs’ ‘Job Plan’ not enough to tackle poverty, Trish Garner, The Province, Dec 2012 …B.C. has the largest gap between the rich and the poor, and the highest poverty rate in Canada. […]
"Improved" PST will look much like HST
With less than 20 weeks before the BC election, our Liberal government continues spending tax dollars to promote themselves. It’s not the first time they aimed to influence the vote with government-paid […]
Five myths about charitable giving
From the Washington Post, follow the link for complete article. Of course it refers to American organizations but Canadian charities are not substantially different. 1. Charities are principally dedicated to serving the […]
Prudent fiscal management, BC Liberal style
Note 16 of BC Hydro’s audited financials statements, March 31, 2012 “Energy Commitments “BC Hydro (excluding Powerex) has long-term energy purchase agreements to meet a portion of its expected future domestic electricity […]
Citizens shouldn’t face legal assault by their own governments
Elizabeth James, an independent minded columnist with the North Shore News, is regularly a far better read than many of her high profile colleagues in BC newspaper enterprises. James would not have […]
Association precludes effective regulation
When governing parties are controlled by big business, agents shuffle back and forth between the regulated and the regulators. Now, faux capitalists are so confident in their right to rule, they drop […]
"Marginalization continued"
Writing in The Tyee, Bob Mackin makes an incisive point about recent work of remittance man Wally Oppal, the loyal BC Liberal go-between when $6-million cash from taxpayers topped up Basi/Virk prosecutor […]
Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain
Not surprisingly, Laila Yuile has a good piece. She demonstrates an example of obedient political loyalty within the corporate press. A Times Colonist editor, who might be competent on matters of genealogy, failed miserably […]
Another corporate charity misleads
Galen Weston speaking for President’s Choice Children’s Charity states in TV commercials running currently: Please, make a donation at pc.ca/charity. 100% of it goes to helping children We’re supposed to assume the billionaire […]
Deception and financial fakery for friends
A few days ago, I wrote Cronies, henchmen and the future and noted a loss of government revenue derived from natural resources, even though production and commodity prices have risen dramatically in the […]
The reason Liberals hide BC Rail files
While British Columbia’s government hides BC Rail documents from the Auditor General, consider this current news story. It demonstrates one more example of why full disclosure and transparency is needed for all […]
What next at Port Mann?
It’s time for the Liberal government to explain what might happen next. The Port Mann bridge and highway project cost $3.3 billion but we’ve seen that provided no protection from ice falls. […]
Makes me go hmmm…
The Millau Bridge, crossing the River Tarn in southern France, is the highest road bridge in the world. It is almost certainly the most beautiful, stunning from every angle. Gwen and I […]
Ice bombs inevitable
The reason for ice bombs dropping onto vehicles from the $3 Billion Port Mann bridge? Take a look. Compare the Alex Fraser bridge. On the new Port Mann, the bridge decks, east […]
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The Wall Street takeover of Canada shouldn't come as a surprise. Ex Goldman Sachs executive, Mark Carney, is demonstrating once…