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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 27th, 2013
On the side of the Christy Clark bus are the words “Debt Free BC”. This could mean one of two things – we are now debt free or we will be. Either way, this statement stands as the all-time whopper in BC history and that covers a hell of a lot of territory. I do […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 14th, 2013
The news out of the Joint Review Panel looking into the Enbridge pipeline should have a profound effect on us all. One of the conditions is a requirement that Enbridge carry close to $1 billion in insurance, plus $100 million on hand to cover losses from spills. I find this interesting, since normally an assessment […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 9th, 2013
I was recently asked by a reader what it is I want, presumably in the way of government. I’m not so naïve as to think I’ll ever be satisfied, but neither is anyone else. Unless we’re members of a party or one of its cheerleaders we understand that human institutions will contain the human frailties […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Apr 2nd, 2013
There is an elephant in the cabinet room and it can only be dealt with if the occupiers of that room don’t oppose any of the proposed pipelines to run through BC – this thanks to the Campbell/Clark HST mess. In simple terms, we owe Ottawa $1.6 BILLION by backing out of the HST. It’s […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 27th, 2013
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. It looks like the gods are doing just that with the Premier and her government. What I’ve seen the past several weeks forces me to ask, Madame Premier: Is that thing on your shoulders just for photo-ops? For starters. Is the Kitsilano Search and Rescue […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 21st, 2013
Old men cannot help feeling sad – not just at the physical ramifications, the illnesses you know will come all too soon or the fact that the fateful day is not far off. It’s not even the mistakes made, the people hurt by what you’ve said and done or the opportunities missed. These things are […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 15th, 2013
Of course Premier Christy Clark must resign. This unholy bloody business called “ethnicgate” started and stayed in her office. The cabinet minister, John Yap, who ran up on his own sword, lied while doing so saying that none of this had crossed his desk. Why did he lie? Clearly because his knowledge as a member […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 13th, 2013
Gary Mason’s column in the March 12 edition of The Globe and Mail, on Christy Clark, is very interesting. The premier is complaining about the lack of precision in the NDP’s plans and calls upon Adrian Dix to spell it all out. What is most interesting is Ms. Clark’s position on issues and what she […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 9th, 2013
Dear Premier Clark, You knew about “Ethnicgate” from the beginning. You had to. I was there, Ms. Clark, and know how government works – especially when the civil service is involved in politics. With a program this size – in the hands of your senior adviser; with the complexity involved, meaning the number of people […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 6th, 2013
There is a new axiom in BC, evidently, which says, ‘You can’t be against EVERYTHING.” Unhappily, this had led the NDP and Energy critic John Horgan to support Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in northwest BC for export. This is turning out to be an unmitigated disaster and my prediction is that there will be […]
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