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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 29th, 2012
I don’t suppose that many of you have not by now heard of FIPA (Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement), the trade deal between Canada and China Stephen Harper is pushing forward – and I don’t suppose that many of you, including me, have a full comprehension of what this will mean to trade, not […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 12th, 2012
By the time this is published I’ll be away for two weeks on a neat cruise – Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta and return, no airplanes. I’m often told, “You must be pretty well off to afford all these cruises,” but the fact is that if I had another ten or fifteen years to go I […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 3rd, 2012
Today is a twofer – two for the price of one. First, I’m beginning to feel sorry for Premier Christy Clark. She is a very nice person, personable and able to speak. What she is not capable of doing is speaking sensibly or making decisions that make sense. It seems obvious to me that she […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 29th, 2012
The joke used to be, “How can you tell when a lawyer isn’t telling the truth? The answer is when you see his lips move”. Now substitute politician and you’ve got it right. Premier Clark will just happen to be in Edmonton next week and hopes that the Alberta Premier would like to have a […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 22nd, 2012
I have, for Premier Clark, an offer she can’t possibly turn down. She refuses to call the Legislature into session because it will only make pundits and politicians (presumably she means those in the opposition) happy. In her view it’s better for the great unwashed if she goes on the road, from time to time, […]
Posted in The Tyee on Sep 19th, 2012
That’s when they surrendered BC’s best chance to stop Enbridge’s risky pipeline. I hate a whiner, especially a political one who whines to hide guilt. (To any who asks whether or not I whined when I was a politician, I can answer truthfully that I didn’t. Premier Bill Bennett wouldn’t stand for it and my […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Aug 27th, 2012
It has been accurately observed that in politics six weeks is an eternity. By April/May of 2013, who knows what the issues of the moment might be? I’ll tell you my bet in a moment. It is this question which should spur the Liberals into doing something about their leadership – or lack of it. […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 26th, 2012
Premier Clark’s fight with Alberta Premier Redford over the Northern Gateway project is a very dangerous ploy. She has, by this action, said plainly that the BC environment is open to bids in exchange for the desecration of our province. We are the hooker bargaining over the price of services. The Premier’s environmental stipulations will […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 23rd, 2012
The BC Liberals have just offered the sword of surrender to Enbridge and Ottawa as the organ-grinder’s monkey, Environment Minister Terry Lake, made clear in a statement today. Separating the pepper from the fly shit, the Liberals want more money and more environmental safeguards imposed upon Enbridge, which must be severely monitored by the feds. […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 22nd, 2012
I wonder how many of you have come away from making a speech – perhaps the toast to the bride, being presented an award or perhaps just an after dinner speech and said to yourself, “damn … I should have said etc., etc.? I must admit that I’ve often felt that way and, even worse, […]
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