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Posted in General on Jul 5th, 2010
I am a great fan of The Economist out of London. It not only reports on issues without the censorship to which we are subject in Canada, it does some fascinating special features. The Issue of June 19-25 2010 has a long feature on Genomes and the history behind the great scientific discoveries of the […]
Posted in General on Jul 2nd, 2010
J.M. Dent and Company, a publisher of antiquity if nothing else in Canada, has a lot to answer for. When I was a child they were the source of Canadian history and they did a lousy job. So did the Department of Education of the day – shall we say the late 30s? I learned […]
Posted in General on Jun 30th, 2010
We learn from the morning excuses for Vancouver Papers that the provincial government is hiding back reports of the impact of sea lice from fish farms on wild salmon. Why should we be surprised? The government has steadfastly refused to face up to this issue on the old standby political position of saying and doing […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2010
I note from the bad excuse for morning papers that ICBC is installing new cameras at intersections so they can take our pictures and fine us if we’re naughty. A paltry $23 million of our premiums will go towards this admirable effort to save us from ourselves. My first reaction was “how do they get […]
Posted in General on Jun 26th, 2010
The fact that no charges were recommended against former Solicitor General and one time Mayor of Chilliwack Jon Les is not quite the vindication he claims. He clearly was an insider on land deals while mayor and had special favours given him. What was not demonstrated – or better put, what the Crown said it […]
Posted in General on Jun 24th, 2010
For some reason one of the main arguments against some form of proportional representation is that it invariably means minority governments and often means that it takes a long time to form a government after an election as parties negotiate towards a coalition. This fear is unjustified. Let’s deal with minority governments first. What’s the […]
Posted in General on Jun 23rd, 2010
Every Monday on the CBC (Early Edition, Rick Cluff at 7:40) I do a short political panel including Moe Sihota, president of the NDP and Erin Chutter, a well known Tory. Last Monday I got roundly criticized for pooh-poohing the advantages of the G8 and G 20 conferences in Toronto. Moe and Erin thought they […]
Posted in General on Jun 22nd, 2010
The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) issue is the worst managed political issue in my memory and that covers a lot of ground! The problem came from two causes – the extraordinary difficulty Premier (Pinocchio) Campbell has with telling the truth, and arrogance. He truly believed that he didn’t have to tell us about this, that […]
Posted in General on Jun 13th, 2010
The resignation of Blair Lekstrom, MLA South Peace, came as a surprise and shock to Premier Campbell and he has reason to be concerned. The reason Mr. Lekstrom gave for his action in leaving cabinet and the Liberal caucus was the unpopularity of the HST in his constituency. I take him at his word but […]
Posted in General on May 20th, 2010
Perhaps not but their accuracy depends upon whether they are taken with the desire the truth or prove an argument. When the latter is the case, distortion can be expected as you will see from two pictures of last May 8th’s anti Fish Farm rally. Below is the picture taken by Tom Fletcher, a government […]
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