Will Christy Clark’s brilliant campaigning skills survive the growing opposition to her LNG pipedreams? When a star advisor such as Tzepborah Berman calls out the Premier depth of discontent and disbelief may become a serious Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: The Shawnigan ‘Dirty Dirt Nightmare’- What Will It Take?
There has never been anything about the dumping of 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Watershed that is supportable. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Will the Trudeau’s Federal Liberals step in and Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: JEFF RUBIN – Why the oil sands no longer make economic sense
The Oil and Gas crowd are an addicted and confused force that take up air and space at a time when change is begging for action. Somewhat like the ‘Flat Earther’s refusal to get that Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Martyn Brown: Christy Clark’s boon to Big Oil
Richard Hughes Martyn Brown’s excellent assessment of the BC Liberals manifest incompetence and devil may care attitude shows how they were duped into what can only be described as a complete and utter abdication Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair- Woodfibre LNG Plant–LNG Tanker Traffic–Fraser River LNG Terminal
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that for some considerable time the whole fracking and LNG play was over there, up north, away from our direct experience, and to a degree we were spared the Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Kinder Morgan Slaps Burnaby Residents With A Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit
Richard Hughes-We are being occupied! Whoever thought that in Canada our Prime Minister and the Premier of BC would sell us out as is being done by Harper and Christy Clark? They have made a deal with the devil eager to play in the LNG game and we are all
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Christy Clark’s Personal Fight Against BC Teachers Is Taking its’ Toll
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In 2002, then BC Liberal Education Minister Christy Clark ripped classroom composition provisions out of the legally negotiated contract. The teachers in 1998 had negotiated a contract with the BC NDP government that funded the changes in classroom conditions, forgoing any wage increase. It was 0-0-0 for three years
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Video: Deconstructing Christy Clark spin on teachers strike and lockout
Charlie Smith was heard on CBC’s ‘On the Coast’s ‘Political Panel this afternoon. Bill Tieleman and Alise Mills were the other panelists. Charlie was cut short when responding to Alise Mills. Is this video his reply? Press Progress, which is an arm of the Broadbent Institute, has released a video
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Horgan Calls On Premier To Respect Teachers and our Public Educuation System
BC NDP Leader John Horgan VICTORIA – New Democrat leader John Horgan has written an open letter to Premier Christy Clark on the prolonged education dispute. In the letter, Horgan expresses disappointment with the government’s failed approach to date, and urges the premier to directly involve herself in the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hey BCTF Teachers-Loose Lips Sink Ships–Tell Media to Call BC Federation President Jim Iker
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is a cynical game being played out by some media types regarding the BCTF struggle to negotiate a collective agreement with Premier Christy Clark’s anti-public education BC Liberal’s Watch out for the media game of trying engage teachers in second guessing over their leaderships tactics. This
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair: Why Bill Bennett Needs to Resign
The tradition of responsibility is a concept that has in the past served our parliamentary system well. Strong emphasis on, in the past. The BC Liberals under Christy Clark are a destructive, negative and corrupt force. I honestly wonder if she will last her full term or will her mishandling
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe asks: Is ‘lying’ too strong a word for Clark Libs’ LNG fibs?
Rafe Mair has struggled with our Premier’s lack of ‘truthiness’ when it comes to the straight goods on LNG. If it were not so serious it would be downright hilarious. Most are not prepared, especially on big issues, to face fabricated stories from the make believe ‘Christy Clark World
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Opinion: Compromise is a two-way street. BCTF has moved a mile, the government not one inch
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark embraces the anti education, anti academic, anti-intellectual posture of a true Philistine. Let’s not beat around the bush. This attack is a part of a larger plan to continue dismantling our civil society and commonwealth. It is all about wealth transfer
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Vince Ready Won’t Mediate Between the BC Government & BCTF
Omni TV’s Kim Emerson on the BC Teacher’s strike and Vince Ready’s refusal to step in.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Christy Clark and Peter Fassbender On a BCTF Union Busting Mission
Maggie HughesTeacher Guest Post by Maggie Hughes All Union Members and indeed all people who value democracy should be very upset at one of the proposals in the ongoing dispute between BC teachers and BC Public School Employers Association (BCPSEA)which is appointed and controlled by the Provincial Government. Back in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Enbridge Pipeline an Enormous Risk for Little Benefit
Following PM Harper’s approval of the treacherous Enbridge pipeline BC NDP leader John Horgan and Environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert speak out in this NDP Media Release. Clark still camouflaging her support for unacceptable approach to creating B.C. jobs BC NDP Leader John Horgan VICTORIA – The federal decision to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Super Industrial BC
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Positively Political Rafe Mair is back in the saddle and zoning in on issues of significance to all British Columbians. Mair is calling out to BC NDP Leader John Horgan to stand up to the powerful oil and gas corporations, in part because if he won’t, who will?
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Holly Arntzen’s Letter in Support of Teachers
MY LETTER TO PREMIER CLARK RE: TEACHERS By Holly Arntzen Dear Premier Clark, I work in schools regularly and an continually impressed with the dedication and love teachers show for their students. When I’m in the staff room, I constantly hear teachers talking about their students with each other, figuring
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: What I Learned at School Today
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Teacher’s Pet The struggle between teacher’s, parents and students on one side and the BC Liberal government on the other goes back to the days of when Gordon Campbell was the Premier and Christy Clark was the Education Minister. Now that Christy Clark is the Premier education in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Defiant Northern Chief Galvanizes BC First Nations Against Premier’s LNG Plans
A new leadership figure has emerged in the politics of LNG, Enbridge, pipelines and native rights. Fort Nelson Chief Sharleen Gail has blown Christy Clark and her MLA’s into major damage control mode. It could however be too late. Chief Gail’s stand might well have spelled the turning point in
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