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Posted in General on Jul 20th, 2010
It will be interesting to see what Premier Gordon (Pinocchio) Campbell does with his cabinet next fall when shuffle time will be on us again. Most pundits including me (have we ever been wrong?) believe that Campbell will step down in 2011 and, in my view, get his reward with a high 6 figures or [...]
Posted in General on Jul 13th, 2010
The polls have Gordon Campbell’s Liberals a massive 23 points behind the NDP. Though this is three years away from the next election one has to conclude that Gordon (Pinocchio) Campbell is electoral toast. It is he who has micromanaged his government from the start and thus it is he who is so unpopular. While [...]
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 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 The Tyee on May 10th, 2010
Voters are mad as hell, but that’s a long way from building a serious ‘third party.’ There is a lot of chatter about a significant new party coming to B.C. politics. Given the appalling state of governance and opposition, such a discussion is not surprising. Gordon Campbell and his so-called Liberals are in high odor [...]
Posted in The Tyee on Apr 26th, 2010
BC’s river giveaway to private producers was never about self-sufficiency, we now see. The polls showing Premier Campbell in deep doo-doo came out before the Site “C” decision. God only knows what the results would have been if they had been taken afterwards. Site “C” demonstrates beyond doubt that Campbell hasn’t been telling the truth [...]
Posted in General on Apr 19th, 2010
Premier Campbell’s decision to go ahead with Site “C” demonstrates what I’ve said all over the province and written for anyone who will print it for nearly three years: “Run of River, better stated as private power initiatives, will not supply power to BC Hydro because it produces its power during the run-off when BC [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 18th, 2010
In this province, those who care for the environment must be their own media. Tom Paine, the “media” catalyst for the American Revolution, rallied Americans with the stirring words “these are the times that try men’s souls”. Are these words applicable to British Columbia, its governments and the farmed fish issue?” I say, clearly yes, [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2010
Here’s an Article by Rafe at The Common Sense Canadian which tells us that even the former Attorney General of Norway and the owner of the world’s largest salmon farming company agree that salmon farms must be moved out of migration routes.
Posted in The Tyee on Nov 16th, 2009
Hobbling BC Hydro so private firms can profit big is bad public policy. Two Simon Fraser University professors, both experts in power issues, have written scathing critiques of the Campbell government’s energy policy. First, they affirm the argument I’ve been making for over a year — that BC Hydro is being forced to buy private [...]
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