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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 27th, 2017
Looking ahead at our political situation in BC and assuming that the NDP will govern with a one vote majority, perhaps it might be well to consider what that actually means. An accepted authority is HOUSE OF COMMONS PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE, edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit This on “Confidence”: What constitutes a question […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on May 31st, 2017
It will be a much postponed verdict but my initial reaction to the NDP-Green deal is positive. Whether so motivated or not, Andrew Weaver has done the right politically moral thing – contradiction in terms though that is – by agreeing to support John Horgan and the NDP. It is particularly laudable in the form […]
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 General on Jul 22nd, 2016
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw The political situation in British Columbia is such that no one seems capable of winning and both sides seem quite capable of losing. This unique situation usually leads to an opportunity to “come up the middle” meaning I would think the BC […]
Posted in General on Jul 17th, 2016
The purpose of this presentation is to press The BC Green Party to deal with the issue of Independent Power Producers in a manner satisfactory to environmentalists. My sole concern is that BC has a viable Green Party option for next May’s election. I have never met Dr. Weaver. Independent Power Producers (IPP´s), created by […]
Posted in General on Mar 30th, 2016
I find myself in a pissing match with Dr. Andrew Weaver, leader ot the BC Green Party. It occurred over this week’s column in the Common Sense Canadian, printed below. Dr. Weaver’s fulsome complaints can be found on Facebook. The column is about the Energy Policy of the Green Party and was prompted by Weaver […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 22nd, 2016
It being just over a year until the next provincial election I fret that people really have no choice. The government is bloody awful and the opposition is scarcely a government in waiting and a lousy opposition to boot – what to do? What about a new party “coming up the middle”, something that pundits […]
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