by Don Maroc There was some very good news made public in the Cowichan Citizen recently concerning the Municipality of North Cowichan and the Cowichan First Nation. Cowichan Tribes elected Chief William Seymour and North Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: Maroc Rejects Condemnation of Pacific Industrial Marine-PIM’s Role In The Cowichan Estuary
Don Maroc When Mr. Schuerholz said, ““The vast majority of people living in the bay do not want industry in the estuary…”, he may be right. It depends on what is meant by “industry”. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Chief of the Malahat Nation, Caroline Harry–“The Whole LNG thing… We Were Backed Into A Corner,”
Don Maroc Soon after being elected Chief of the Malahat Nation on November 2, 2015, Caroline Harry told the Salish Sea Sentinel, “The whole LNG thing… we were backed into a corner,” she said Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Even At the Local Level, Representative, Democratic Government Requires Hard Work To Understand.
Don Maroc Even at the local level, representative, democratic government requires hard work representative, democratic government requires hard work to understand. Every once in a while it pays to have a good conversation about Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Poor Reed Elley, former Cowichan MP, never did understand economics.
Don Maroc The Cowichan Valley Citizen courteously printed a letter from Mr. Elley severely criticizing the recently elected Alberta NDP and its charismatic leader Rachel Notley. Although Premier Notley’s crew have been running things Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: When Is War, War?
Don Maroc One thing we can feel secure about, a lot of out neighbours seem to know a great deal about what’s happening in Paris, France and Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and all the other Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Politicians Can Improve The Despised Alternate Approved Process (AAP)
Don Maroc Process, the steps through which government bylaws and regulations must pass to become the law of the land, are both the boon and the bane of government bureaucrats as they guide the Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Politicians Can Improve The Despised Alternate Approved Process (AAP)
Don Maroc So the politicians who claim to dislike the AAP can with a simple decision at the Board table, make the forms much easier to use by allowing multiple signatures on each page. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Have Cowichan Politicians and Residents Had Enough Of The Discredited Alternate Approval Process-AAP?
Don Maroc Process, the steps through which government bylaws and regulations must pass to become the law of the land, are both the boon and the bane of government bureaucrats as they guide Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP Lost The Election When They Stopped Being The Social Conscience Of Canada
Don Maroc Coming out of the starting gate with what they thought was a good lead Jeremy Corbyn. They were bounced from a strong position as the Queen’s Loyal Opposition, with 103 seats, to Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It is likely the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau will like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Don Maroc It is likely the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau will like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) almost as much as the Conservatives under What’s His Name. So it’s probably a waste Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Stephen Harper is determined to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) the law of the land before Canadians send him out to pasture
Don Maroc Stephen Harper is determined to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) the law of the land before Canadians send him out to pasture after the October 19th election. He feels it is Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc on Pope Francis and Kim Davis-Time To Take A Deep Breath
Can we perhaps sit down and take a deep breath before we set our hair on fire over Pope Francis having a 15-minute chat with Kim Davis, the fifty-year-old county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Steelhead LNG and KERN have even more grandiose plans for Sarita Bay on Port Alberni Inlet
Don Maroc Steelhead LNG and the Malahat First Nation have scheduled another public meeting to try to convince local south Cowichan residents of the incredible benefits of operating a floating liquid natural gas processing Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc-It would be reasonable if the Malahat Nation put the LNG proposal on hold until they sorted out their internal problems
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Thanks to Adam Olsen, of the Tsarslip Nation and the BC Green Party for his preceptive chronicling of the proposed partnership between the Malahat Nation and Steelhead LNG to Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Artificial Turf Controversy Fuels Dispute Over Health Concerns In North Cowichan
Don Maroc Michelle Hutton-Marinier, in a letter to the Cowichan Citizen newspaper, voices her disappointment n North Cowichan Council’s decision to delay for a couple of weeks signing a contract to install an artificial turf field to replace one of the grass soccer pitches on Sherman Road. Her son plays
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Artificial Turf is A Health Hazard, Especially For Kids
Don Maroc Last week the North Cowichan Council discussed the installation of a $1.4 million artificial turf field on one of the soccer pitches on Sherman Road. They were ready to call for bids when Councillor Rob Douglas made a motion to delay the decision for two weeks, or to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Two North Cowichan Councillors Are Proposing Ways To Ease The Residential Property Tax Burden.
Don Maroc Two North Cowichan municipal councillors, who some consider to represent the opposite ends of the left-right political spectrum, are proposing ways to ease the residential property tax burden. Council veteran Al Siebring suggested a direct assault on the tax rates, while council freshman Rob Douglas wants a workable
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan-Malahat Langford Green Party Nominate Fran Hunt-Jinnouche-Elizabethg Presses For Parliamentary Reform
Don Maroc The Green Party of Canada gives at least two meanings to the colour in it name. It stands, of course, for environmental respect and for ecology before corporate economy. In addition it is a collection of political neophytes, exemplified by the party leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc-$108,125 CVRD Communications Coordinator Panned
According to the Cowichan Valley Citizen at a recent Cowichan Valley Region District (CVRD) budget meeting, “the top priority item was to create a position for a communications coordinator for the district at a total cost of $108,125 including salary and benefits.” Explaining that CVRD is not very good at
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