Many commentators claim BC Liberals are incompetent and ineffective. While true in ministries such as Justice and Children and Family Development, Liberals have been successful in the centerpiece of their strategic plan. Startlingly successful. In 2001, Gordon Campbell’s platform document promised a “business environment that is second to none” and
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Northern Insight: A modest appeal
I wrote recently of one business using charity for self-promotion and self-congratulation. Here’s an example of the polar opposite, a small effort where every dollar delivered to the charitable purpose goes to the charitable purpose. Jody Paterson is in Honduras with partner Paul Willcocks, quietly doing good works through CUSO
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Memories of Vancouver a while ago
Aaron Chapman’s great Tyee piece, Ten Legends of Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub, brought back memories. I only visited The Penthouse a handful of times, in its declining, or maybe declined, days. In the seventies, rules governing liquor service in BC were primitive but a far cry from decades preceding. By then,
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