Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The CVRD Regional District and Shawnigan Director Bruce Fraser have been blissfully sleepwalking through an application from South Island Aggregates (SIA) to dump up to 5 Million tons of contaminated and toxic soils onto their Stebbings Road property in the Shawnigan Watershed. The application
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Cowichan Conversations: How Realistic is David Black’s Kitimat Refinery Proposal?
Peter Ewart looks into the David Black Refinery proposal Locating a bitumen refinery in Kitimat deserves scrutiny and media mogul David Black’s backers do as well. The Black proposal has apparently attracted Swiss backers and certainly has our Premier’s attention but her need for a credible hook to hang her beleaguered political
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Alberta Premier Redford’s Desperation Is Showing!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger We have been conned by the Oil & Gas crowd for so long it is often met with resignation. I mean other choices do we have? Truth is we have a great many choices especially if you target a substantial reduction say by 2035. A
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair Calls on Christy Clark To Do The Right Thing-Resign!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger When the BC Liberals went to such pains to build up the ‘in house investigation’ it was highly suspicious and now we are finding out why. The ship is rotten from the Premier’s Office down and it is sinking. Rafe Mair’s latest post calls for
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Rot is Spreading-Premier Clark Should Have Resigned!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger It is becoming evident that the ‘Quick Wins Strategy’ was but just one arm of the BC Liberal Octupus of Deception. Now the latest scandal described below confirms a culture that has abused the public trust and and agan used publicly paid staff to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Political Games Being Played Over Application To Dump Contaminated Soil In Shawnigan
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Many worried and stressed Shawnigan residents have been wondering why Shawnigan Director Bruce Fraser and the BC Liberal friendly CVRD Board have been dragging their feet over the SIA application to dump 5 million tons of contaminated soil in the Shawnigan Watershed. Although facing unthinkable
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: George Carlin – The Truth About Life In Premier Clark’s Office
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well my friends it is Friday afternoon, time for a little humour. Actually, unbeknownst to us George Carlin was hanging around the BC Legislature recently. More precisely in the spirit of openness and transparency he was slumming and checking out life in the Premier’s office, observing Premier Clark
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The End of Growth – CBC Video
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I had half heard a CBC mention of this last night but ended up missing it. But, as if my magic it turned up on the internet and so here it is. Economist Jeff Rubin and environmentalist David Suzuki might seem an unlikely pairing. But they’ve been
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC NDP Gaining Ground Over Christy Clark’s BC Liberals
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The election is on and has been for awhile now and it is becoming clear that the BC Liberals and Christy Clark are headed for certain defeat. The real question now is how bad will it be for them? We are looking at a possible landslide that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP MLA Bill Routley Challenges BC Liberals Over School Closures
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Personally I found that the dismissal of our elected School Trustees was an unnecessary action savoured by the BC Liberal Government to keep the uppity Trustees in line, not only here but throughout the province. This is not just about money. This shines a light on an
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canadian Taxpayer Federation Exposed! In running for ‘Turfy Award’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger You have to hand it to the ‘Right Wing Nuts.’ when. The smallest gaggle of true believers seem able to attracting funding and dispense their gospel broadly throughout the MSM without a murmur of questioning, measuring or guaging its’ accuracy or value. In Canada we are
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, I pondered about whether or not I should put Michael Moore’s latest up on the blog this morning. It is not pretty but it is the truth and with or without a cup of coffee it is what must be faced, really faced. Yes Canada,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hugo Chavez Was A Tyrant! Umm Are You Sure?
Richard Hughes Political Blogger The framing battle spinning around the death of Venezuelan President Hugh Chavez pits the oil interests against the rest of us. They pretend that democracy and human rights will follow his demise and the election of the US CIA and Oil Interest approved politicians. This is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Let’s Vote For Better Schools! BCTF TV Advertising Is Pathetic!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have watched the BCTF campaign ads over the years. They squander hundreds of thousands of dollars on some really well produced ads and then choke and say stupid things like ‘Vote for Education’ or ‘Vote for Smaller classrooms.” The BCTF’s latest is ‘Let’s Vote for Better
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: New Musical British Anthem – ‘Bugger the Bankers and Politicians’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Monday mornings can be a grim way to start the week, especially seeing that so many are reeling from that so important lost hour that seems to register its’ weight in the morning. It is overwhelming sometimes, the turmoil, the upheaval and environmental concerns facing our future.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A Woman’s Revenge With A Flair!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger After 37 years of marriage. Jake dumped his wife for his Young secretary. His new girlfriend demanded that they live in Jake and Edith’s multi-million dollar home and since the man’s lawyers were a little better he prevailed. He gave Edith his now ex-wife just
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Conversations Genuine Unscientific Election Poll Results
This unscientific snapshot of Cowichan Conversations followers reflects our leanings but probably is more than we can really expect. Interesting to see the Green support and the low figure for the BC Liberals.In reality it is expected that the numbers will tighten up as we approach May 14th.Thanks for participating.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Premier Must Have Known About Ethnic Voter Plot
Christy is lucky Rafe wasn’t interviewing her! Rafe Mair has been through the episodes of a number of Premiers and his advice is unequivocal. Madam Premier the Gig is up! Read the whole post here.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Shawnigan Watershed Threatened While Director Fraser Fiddles
The CVRD has the authority over land use. They failed to enforce their bylaw or draw up another to protect the Shawnigan Watershed. Word has it that the Ministry of Environment has announced that a draft approval of the SIA proposal to dump five million tonnes of contaminated soil into the
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