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Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 4th, 2013
Today, a twofer. First, I feel sorry for Christy Clark. She is, no doubt, a very decent person and mother. Her mistake was assuming that she had the ability to govern. She’s scarcely the first person to make that mistake, nor will she be the last. I know “I told you sos” are not popular […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2013
In assessing Premier Christy Clark’s political sins, add one other: irresponsibility…big time. In the Sun of February 26, on the business page, is an excellent article by Scott Simpson on natural gas prices and their uncertainty. In it you will see that exports of natural gas, in liquefied form (LNG), to Asian markets are scarcely […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 21st, 2013
The famous bordello keeper of the 20s, Texas Guinan, used to greet her “guests” with, “Hello suckers!” Texas Guinan has her presence today in the form of BC’s Finance Minister Mike de Jong. First we must understand some underlying facts about BC finances. A balanced budget – your style and mine – has us forecasting […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 14th, 2013
Don’t eat that, Elmer. Them’s horse buns! The BC Liberal Government’s speech from the throne on February 12 – which hinged on promises of a $100 Billion windfall from BC’s heretofore nonexistent Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) industry – was an appalling attempt to divert attention away from reality with pie in a distant sky. This […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 11th, 2013
The following letter to The Common Sense Canadian came from the office of John Weston, Conservative MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, in response to Rafe Mair’s January 28 column. See Rafe’s further reply below. In Rafe Mair’s article “Environmental ‘Process’ a Myth in Stephen Harper’s Canada”, published on January 28th, 2013, he makes […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 8th, 2013
Wow! The Vancouver Sun has been a-burst with environmental issues, two on the front page February 6. Let’s first back up to Vaughn Palmer’s ill thought out column of February 4. It’s nice to see Palmer has finally sacrificed his virginity and tackled the Independent Power Producers’ (IPP) obscene contracts foisted by the government on […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Feb 2nd, 2013
In the Postmedia press this past week we learned that Gordon Fisher has become publisher of The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Here is my welcome. Dear Mr. Fisher, My congratulations on your new posting. These two papers need all the help they can get. I’m an octogenarian now – I love that word because […]
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 22nd, 2013
Mike Smyth gave us a full page story of his interview with Adrian Dix in the Sunday Province without a word on the environment! What’s with these guys at Postmedia? Are the thousands upon thousands of hits that organizations like the Wilderness Committee, and yes, the Common Sense Canadian, garner meaningless? Can it be that […]
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 […]
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