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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 Tyee on Jul 25th, 2012
Faced with Northern Gateway pipeline, no siren can be sounded too loudly. I addressed a public meeting last week to hear myself accused as a liar, an alarmist and a bad Canadian. At least that was the gist of serial remarks made by a staunch supporter of oil pipelines and tanker traffic generally, but especially […]
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, […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 21st, 2012
I would be delighted to report that Premier Clark’s recent musings about the proposed Enbridge pipeline were a positive step but unfortunately must report that she misses the point – badly. Her position evidently is that BC is not benefiting sufficiently from the pipeline. The first and fatal flaw is that she doesn’t include tanker […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 20th, 2012
In 1894 a French army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, was convicted of treason and sent to Devil’s Island prison. In 1896 a Paris journalist, Emile Zola, printed an article called “J’Accuse!”, which tore apart the case and led eventually to his pardon – which he accepted because he was dying on the vicious tropical Devil’s Island […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 16th, 2012
Dear Adrian Dix, You and your party have taken a strong stand against the Enbridge Pipeline and tanker issues, for which I applaud you. I think you should broaden this policy, but first some background. Stephen Hume has a fascinating article in the Saturday July 14 Vancouver Sun in which he quotes a man from […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 13th, 2012
John, When we met at the meeting at the North Vancouver church last night, on pipelines and tankers, you mentioned that we have known one another for some years ,as we indeed have. Far from having any dislike of you, my feelings are quite the opposite. I often remember the tour you took me on […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 11th, 2012
No one likes to hear those four words, “I told you so”, but Damien and I have been raising the issue of Enbridge for over 2 years. Our warnings have been confirmed by the National Transportation Safety Board in the US, in ringing terms, with Enbridge being compared to the Keystone Kops, which, in addition […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian, The Tyee on Jul 8th, 2012
Robyn Allan is the former President and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of BC and is an economist by trade. I have enormous respect for Ms. Allan and concur with her conclusion, stated frequently and as recently as July 6 in The Vancouver Sun, that the proposed Enbridge Pipeline will have a deleterious impact on […]
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