The Village of Lions Bay's Most Prominent Political Commentator
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 12th, 2017
Few people are lucky enough to work with, let alone become close friends with one of their heroes. Over the past decade, I got to ride shotgun with mine: legendary politician, broadcaster and environmental defender Rafe Mair. But on our many road trips around this great province, hosting townhall meetings on pipelines, tankers, hydropower, wild […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Oct 11th, 2017
As we mourn the passing of a legend and dear friend, Rafe Mair’s own word’s in 2011 at his 80th Birthday Roast serve as a fitting goodbye from a man who was ahead of his time and never stopped fighting for the people and environment he loved so dearly. In the coming days and weeks, we […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 20th, 2017
In 1988, a year before the Iron Curtain fell, I was in Budapest and after a stroll I went back to my group in the hotel and said this: “Folks, this regime is in trouble…when I was in the main square, the money changers were doing their deals bold as brass right under the nostrils […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Sep 1st, 2017
Justin Trudeau is not as young as he looks – obviously. If he was, he would have noticed a sea change in public attitudes that this old man, more of his father’s generation, has not just noticed but takes as obvious and natural. Prime Minister, lets take just a very short look down the road […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Aug 9th, 2017
I have a bit of a knack for remembering doggerel as part of my brain’s principal function as a storehouse of useless information. Ergo this: You cannot hope to bribe or twist Thank God, the British Journalist. Considering what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to. It seems that this applies equally to our […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 28th, 2017
Dear Premier Horgan, My congratulations to you and your new government. I can tell you that a great many British Columbians who do not usually support your party voted for you on May 9 last with the same feelings as Dr. Johnson ascribed to second marriages – a triumph of hope over experience. I realize […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 21st, 2017
In politics, speculation is half the fun – the other half is figuring out how, with all your experience in the field, you could have been so bloody wrong. Actually, for the new minister, the reasons he or she is usually wrong are predictable as hell to a guy like me – not because I’m […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jul 12th, 2017
I wish John Horgan and his new government well. He has his work cut out for him. There has been a load of pollyannish bullshit spouted by the media about what will and what will not happen to his shaky government when it finally gets going. And that’s my first note. As soon as the […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 27th, 2017
Looking ahead at our political situation in BC and assuming that the NDP will govern with a one vote majority, perhaps it might be well to consider what that actually means. An accepted authority is HOUSE OF COMMONS PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE, edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit This on “Confidence”: What constitutes a question […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 19th, 2017
The Trans Mountain pipeline [Kinder Morgan] expansion project will never see the light of day. -Grand Chief Philip Stewart, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs If you live anywhere in Canada other than British Columbia, you’re probably convinced that the Kinder Morgan (Trans Mountain) pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby, BC will be built, since no less […]
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