Rafe Mair explains how Canadians are governed by a fraudulent charade called a “parliamentary democracy” – based on the flawed principle of “responsible government”.
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Continue readingRafe Mair calls out Justin Trudeau on Kinder Morgan and the mockery its approval makes of our democracy. “What right does parliament have to expose our lands, parks and waters to the certain destruction that will come from toxic tankers from the Kinder Morgan pipeline?”
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Continue readingIn the absence of any decent opposition, Christy Clark’s BC Liberals will likely win the next election, running on their economic record, says Rafe Mair. The problem is, that record is truly appalling.
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Continue readingOf course Christy Clark is guilty of a conflict of interest, says Rafe Mair. Going by the letter of the law, so is the Commissioner who exonerated her, Paul Fraser.
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Continue readingRafe Mair has a few ideas for the perennially losing NDP to start winning elections – beginning with some soul searching on the party’s devotion to big labour bosses (not their worker members).
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Continue readingRafe Mair reflects on how the “law and order” Conservative government and our outgoing Governor General whitewashed the Mulroney/Airbus scandal and made a mockery of Parliament.
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Continue readingBCNDP leader John Horgan has been too quick to dismiss the Leap Manifesto, says Rafe Mair. Instead of showing real vision and distinguishing himself from Premier Christy Clark, Horgan has chosen a losing path to the 2017 election.
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Continue readingRafe Mair calls out BC NDP Leader John Horgan for caving to a powerful union and apologizing for opposing Petronas’ Lelu Island LNG project.
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Continue readingAfter many decades, Rafe Mair has cancelled his subscriptions to boring, obsolete, oil-soaked BC newspapers – and he’s surviving just fine.
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Continue readingBC NDP Leader John Horgan’s decision to oppose Petronas’ Lelu Island LNG project is a game-changer for the upcoming provincial election, says Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingRafe Mair has praised the Green Party on many fronts, but its BC leader, Dr. Andrew Weaver makes a fatal mistake with his continued support of the Liberals’ private power sham, which is bankrupting BC Hydro while destroying our rivers.
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Continue readingRafe Mair has a little fun with a wild idea: If Elizabeth May took over the BC Green Party, she’d have an outside shot of beating the Liberals and NDP in next year’s election.
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Continue readingIn backing the Liberals’ LNG vision, John Horgan and the BCNDP made a fatal mistake, argues Rafe Mair. Had they done their job in opposition, they would now be poised to take down the government over its failed policies – instead, they face another crushing loss.
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Continue readingA recent Vancouver Sun editorial titled “In defence of oil industry” shows parent company and partner of the oil and gas sector Postmedia’s true colours, says Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingLiberal MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones is holding a series of public meetings into Woodfibre LNG’s climate impacts – but what about local fish, tanker and health risks, asks Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingGet ready for BC’s Annual “Deception Day”, says Rafe Mair – when the government’s budget, with its fictitious surpluses and billions in hidden Hydro debts, becomes a game of Three-card Monte
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Continue readingThe old divide between “left” and “right” no longer applies to the environment, says Rafe Mair, as even traditionally conservative voters are now paying attention to things like climate and water. Politicians who fail to grasp this new reality, such as BC Premier Christy Clark, do so at their peril.
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Continue readingRafe Mair calls out BC Premier Christy Clark for shameless politicking over Site C Dam at Bill Bennett’s funeral and for dismissing LNG opponents as “the forces of ‘No'”
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Continue readingRafe Mair on the death of hard-hitting mainstream journalism: “The world will get by without Woodward and Bernstein and Edward R. Murrow – but it won’t be as good a world, as honest a world.”
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Continue readingTechnical arguments and sham hearings on the merits and risks of pipelines and tankers miss the point, argues Rafe Mair.
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