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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 27th, 2013
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. It looks like the gods are doing just that with the Premier and her government. What I’ve seen the past several weeks forces me to ask, Madame Premier: Is that thing on your shoulders just for photo-ops? For starters. Is the Kitsilano Search and Rescue […]
Posted in The Tyee on Mar 24th, 2013
At long last, muzzled DFO scientist Miller gets mandate to deepen risks study. Dr. Kristina Miller is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) scientist that the DFO muzzled for the Cohen Commission. She is an expert if not the expert on the question of disease, its origins, and its impact on wild salmon. Well, […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 21st, 2013
Old men cannot help feeling sad – not just at the physical ramifications, the illnesses you know will come all too soon or the fact that the fateful day is not far off. It’s not even the mistakes made, the people hurt by what you’ve said and done or the opportunities missed. These things are […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 15th, 2013
Of course Premier Christy Clark must resign. This unholy bloody business called “ethnicgate” started and stayed in her office. The cabinet minister, John Yap, who ran up on his own sword, lied while doing so saying that none of this had crossed his desk. Why did he lie? Clearly because his knowledge as a member […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 13th, 2013
Gary Mason’s column in the March 12 edition of The Globe and Mail, on Christy Clark, is very interesting. The premier is complaining about the lack of precision in the NDP’s plans and calls upon Adrian Dix to spell it all out. What is most interesting is Ms. Clark’s position on issues and what she […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 9th, 2013
Dear Premier Clark, You knew about “Ethnicgate” from the beginning. You had to. I was there, Ms. Clark, and know how government works – especially when the civil service is involved in politics. With a program this size – in the hands of your senior adviser; with the complexity involved, meaning the number of people […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 6th, 2013
There is a new axiom in BC, evidently, which says, ‘You can’t be against EVERYTHING.” Unhappily, this had led the NDP and Energy critic John Horgan to support Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in northwest BC for export. This is turning out to be an unmitigated disaster and my prediction is that there will be […]
Posted in The Tyee on Mar 5th, 2013
Realistically no. Only the NDP can make the NDP lose now. Let me state my own political position. Since I have one, you’re entitled to it. I will support the NDP and hope the Liberals only get sufficient numbers to form a decent opposition. If we had proportional representation I would support the Greens. I […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 4th, 2013
Today, a twofer. First, I feel sorry for Christy Clark. She is, no doubt, a very decent person and mother. Her mistake was assuming that she had the ability to govern. She’s scarcely the first person to make that mistake, nor will she be the last. I know “I told you sos” are not popular […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2013
In assessing Premier Christy Clark’s political sins, add one other: irresponsibility…big time. In the Sun of February 26, on the business page, is an excellent article by Scott Simpson on natural gas prices and their uncertainty. In it you will see that exports of natural gas, in liquefied form (LNG), to Asian markets are scarcely […]
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