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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jan 28th, 2013
It’s past time that we began to examine the word “process” as it relates to the environment. It has become, you see, a federal buzz word for sacrificing the environment while making it look all nice and legal. Last fall, I, along with Ben West of the Wilderness Committee, spoke to a group at a [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jan 17th, 2013
I do not pretend for a second to know what is on the mind of First Nations leaders who have been skeptical of “Crown-First Nations” meetings such as took place this past Friday and the follow-ups currently being scheduled. Leaders like Union of BC Indian Chiefs’ Grand Chief Sewart Phillip and chiefs from Manitoba, Ontario [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 5th, 2012
I have received a lot of feedback on my recent blog on John Weston, MP. Let me say that this was directed to Weston because he is my MP and it applies with equal force to all Tory MPs from British Columbia. I’ve been asked if I would resign were I in John’s position and [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 4th, 2012
I think the Harper budget is a plus for the environment. It comes in a way from a roundabout look at things. The government will take habitat protection out of the Fisheries Act and will put developments on a “fast track”. Why is this good news? Because we now have it in writing what the [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2012
The Premier and the Prime Minister are playing very dangerous games indeed. Prime Minister Harper is acting as though the Enbridge pipeline is a done deal – indeed he’s telling anyone he meets that very thing. The PM, never much for public opinion at the best of times, cannot see any possible way the general [...]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jan 13th, 2012
Today, because events are moving so quickly, a twofer for you. First, Premier Clark is in one hell of a jam and it’s scarcely improved with a man who I bet left the inner staff of Attila the Hun to join with Madam Photo-op by name of Ken Boessenkool, who amongst other clients worked as [...]
Posted in The Tyee on Aug 16th, 2010
They never say why they need so much info. I just don’t trust them. Gadfrey Daniel! I’m on the same side as Stephen Harper, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and Gadfrey Daniel! once more, the Fraser Institute! I say NO to the census “long form.” I must say, without intending to hedge, that my opposition takes [...]
Posted in The Tyee on Sep 20th, 2009
Before I get to today’s subject, two respondents to last week’s column asked why the use of SLICE in fish farms protected the Pink salmon yet not the Sockeye. The answer is simple – the SLICE was used by specific farms for specific runs for a short time span when the Broughton Archipelago Pinks went [...]
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