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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 20th, 2012
It’s wondrous to behold! So many have seen religion at the same time! Vaughn Palmer of the Postmedia Sun has finally got religion and is openly questioning the Liberal government’s position on the use of Telus resources to help build the new roof on BC Place Stadium! One looks in vain to see any criticism [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 17th, 2012
It’s time to fish or cut bait, Premier Clark! Our esteemed contributor Otto Langer blew it wide open when he, using a leaked document, stated that under the Harper government the protection of fish habitat would no longer be enforced against industry and that it would use an “omnibus bill” to try to sneak it [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 16th, 2012
Here, ladies and gentlemen, are your Conservative MPs and their contacts: Edward Fast – Abbotsford ed@edfast.ca Dick Harris – Cariboo – Prince George Harris.R@parl.gc.ca Mark Strahl – Chilliwack – Fraser Canyon mark.strahl@parl.gc.ca Kerry Lynne Findlay – Delta – Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca Nina Grewal – Fleetwood – Port Kells Grewal.N@parl.gc.ca Cathy McLeod – Kamloops – [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 10th, 2012
These opening words from Gwen Barlee of the Wilderness Committee which cry out (in my mind at any rate for I don’t speak for the W.C. which certainly doesn’t need my help) for the highest manifestation of protest including civil disobedience: Tucked away in the wild of northern Vancouver Island, the Kokish River is a [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 7th, 2012
Rafe Mair pulls no punches in this, the second of a two-part interview with BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix – grilling the potential future premier of BC on Liquid Natural Gas, fracking, the proposed Enbridge pipeline and salmon farms. Will the NDP stand up to Harper over Enbridge and open net pen aquaculture? Why do [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2012
The Premier and the Prime Minister are playing very dangerous games indeed. Prime Minister Harper is acting as though the Enbridge pipeline is a done deal – indeed he’s telling anyone he meets that very thing. The PM, never much for public opinion at the best of times, cannot see any possible way the general [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 29th, 2012
This is the simple story – from the Canadian Press: CALGARY – The outgoing CEO of pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. said Monday he has no qualms about leaving the company while its controversial West Coast pipeline project remains in limbo. The Calgary-based crude shipper (TSX:ENB) said Monday that Pat Daniel, 65, will leave his post [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 27th, 2012
In the first of a two-part interview, Rafe Mair grills BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix on private power, Site C Dam and BC’s flawed environmental assessment process. What will the NDP do with existing and future private river power projects (a.k.a. IPPs) if they form the next government – and where do they stand on [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 26th, 2012
What an interesting pair of stories – on the one hand Transport Canada has said that tanker traffic is safe on our pristine west coast while another tells of Enbridge repairing its faulty pipeline that resulted in yet another spill for the company this past May in the Northwest Territories. Now sisters and brothers, repeat [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 17th, 2012
Bob Plecas has an op-ed piece in the Vancouver Sun – they whose recent papers are celebrating their 100th birthday have carried the art of media masturbation to new heights once thought unreachable. I assume that the editor in charge of its op-ed page, being a Fellow of the far right Fraser Institute, chooses his [...]
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