Rafe Mair Online

I’ve been fighting injustice my entire life. I have long looked with considerable skepticism at those in charge feeling strongly that they must have the closest possible scrutiny. I’ve been in government and know how the spin is administered to issues so that evils in government policies are disguised. I’ve long been guided by what […]

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As I make my way around the province I find the following the greatest area of misunderstanding (a misunderstanding fostered and encouraged by the government and the private river people) to be that private power will help take care of BC’s energy needs. When lawyers see a statement like “fish live in water therefore I […]

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What I predicted some years ago to then Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister John Van Dongen has come to pass – the environment, quite apart from global warming, has become an election issue – big time. When I spoke to this spiritually challenged minister in a spiritually challenged government – I’ll explain the phrase a […]

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As I write this it’s one down, 6 to go on my 7 speeches in 7 days tour. It is my intention to speak in every corner of the province against the privatizing of our power. Since I began this fight I’ve been wondering what argument the government was going to put up it being […]

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Many of you will know that I’m the official spokesperson for the Save Our Rivers Society and I urge you to visit our website a www.saveourrivers.ca and look particularly at the Powerplay series by our brilliant film maker, Damien Gillis. My task will take me all over the province laying out the terrible policy of […]

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For this edition of The Flow I want to take us back to the beginning – in fact, before the beginning. As many of you know, I was a cabinet minister in BC for five years back in the 70s. During that time we made several major changes in policy and let me use an […]

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