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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 […]
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 Jul 2nd, 2012
Dear John Weston, MP, A short time ago you held a meeting in Lions Bay to announce that through your sterling work and doggedness we will soon have a National Health and Fitness Day…or is it a whole week? Well done, I’m sure. The thought may occur to some that this is a little dollop […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 29th, 2012
Sometimes big stories go relatively unnoticed, as this one has for months. I’m indebted to Les Leyne of The Victoria Times Colonist and the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre for this information. Renowned economist and former ICBC CEO Robyn Allan has also worked hard to bring this matter to the fore. The Joint Review […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 26th, 2012
Pasted hereon is one of the funniest clips I have ever seen. It’s a spoof of an Enbridge pipeline video ad by Vancouver Province cartoonist, Dan Murphy. It’s brilliant and was on the Province’s website last Friday. It was pulled a few hours later after an enraged call to the Province by Enbridge. I go […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 23rd, 2012
Note well the names that follow, for they are British Columbia MPs who voted for the final destruction of the Pacific Salmon, the sea going Rainbow trout (Steelhead), river resident Cutthroat, resident Rainbow trout, river dwelling Dolly Varden and Bull trout: Don Albas, Ron Cannan, John Duncan, Ed Fast, Kerrry-Lynne Findlay, Nina Grewal, Richard Harris, […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 20th, 2012
Dear Adrian Dix, The recent polls show that you and your party have a wide lead over the Liberals and Conservatives – something which gives many of us who care deeply about the environment encouragement, including thousands of us who are not usually supportive of the NDP. It is those people whom I have in […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 13th, 2012
Every one of us stops and looks at our own situation sometimes and asks, “Why the hell am I doing this?” This self examination may be about personal habits such as, “Why do I play the slots when they’re mathematically impossible to beat?” Or, “Why do I do this job when I’ve long had an […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Jun 12th, 2012
After more than a week of some ailment where solid foods were a problem (not liquids, however) I should be at my rest, book in hand to help me snooze…but I find myself so goddam angry I’m here spouting venom. Why? I’ve just read our economist Erik Andersen’s blog in the Common Sense Canadian and […]
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on May 31st, 2012
The refusal of Premier Clark to represent BC at the annual Western Premiers’ Conference is a disgrace! This is a very important conference. It allows Premiers to discuss many important issues. No doubt the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines and resultant tanker traffic will be on the agenda and Clark hasn’t the guts to deal […]
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