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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Nov 11th, 2016
Fresh from the heady feeling of predicting an election result, indeed an American presidential election, and having the reasons pretty accurate, I’m encouraged to take the next logical step. I only go over a bit of old ground to make the point that if we do not understand the depth of the problem – I suspect […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 29th, 2016
Well, we’ve let it go a very long time – perhaps for so long that a better brand of chaos is all we can hope for with reform. I’m talking about our health care system in this country. Canadians recently learned that the World Health Organization ranks us number 30 in the world as a […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 19th, 2016
Something strange was happening in the world and until a social event in November, 2011, I was having trouble putting my finger on it. That was the night some friends held a roast for me to celebrate my 80th birthday. It was held at the Wise Hall in East Vancouver, a traditional left-wing gathering spot. […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 18th, 2016
Well, it’s the political silly season again, when we democratically come together to decide by secret ballot who will govern us for the next four years. It’s a system we’ve used with minor alterations for as long as there’s been a British Columbia. We pass it down to our children with the clear explanation as […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 30th, 2016
Developing a climate plan to meet Canada’s Paris Agreement commitments is a challenging but achievable task for the federal government. Doing so while meeting Alberta’s and BC’s oil and gas production growth aspirations, however, will be virtually impossible. The oil and gas industry is certainly not going away any time soon, but if Canada is […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 24th, 2016
I’m a lawyer by trade and recently helped celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UBC Law Class of 1956. Like all of my classmates, I am very proud of our Class, one of those of those extraordinary comings together of individuals who somehow become an identifiable entity. Out of the 56 who graduated, 14 became […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 16th, 2016
Of course Donald Trump could beat Hillary in November. I think he will, but before going further, let me say that this would be an enormous worldwide tragedy and we must pray that there is a God and He will save us. Back to the election. Trump is in a lot better shape than the […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 11th, 2016
It’s always difficult to lose a friend even, perhaps especially when it is mostly a friend of convenience. Friendship covers a lot of ground, all the way from that which leads consenting adults into the sack through the Arab expression “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Political friendship is cynical, temporary, and, far […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 1st, 2016
Yes, yes, yes, I know, Mr. Editor, we’re in the last stretch before the last stretch just before a big, real last stretch going into next May’s election and I should be thinking wall-to-wall BC politics. Well, sir, I’m not going to do that today, for a couple reasons. I have commented till hell won’t […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Aug 24th, 2016
Whither the Green Party of Canada after its recent convulsion? In order to answer that question I think it must be understood, perhaps conceded is the better word, that the Green Party isn’t like other parties and probably never will be. If it struggles to be what it never can be, it will go the way of […]
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