Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Which back dated paperwork is the real obstacle in the upcoming election to form the next BC government? Written by Kevin Logan The desperation of the BC Liberal re-election campaign machine knows no bounds. Oh sure, the corporate media will continue to offer a life line.
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Cowichan Conversations: BC Liberal’s Caught Redhanded and Redfaced Again! (Video)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger BC NDP House Leader John Horgan led off today’s Question Period by following up on yesterday’s revelations of serious wrongdoing, emanating from Premier Clark’s offices. Leaked documents showed that Premier Clark’s offices were mixing taxpayer funded civil servants and political hacks to hatch schemes to manipulate the ethnic vote. BC
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberal Kevin Krueger is a Nasty Piece of Work
BC Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger’s assholiness will be his legacy. When it is time to go most politicians tend to mellow out a bit and sheath their swords choosing to take the high ground and even smooth over some of the rough edges, not Kevin Krueger, no sir. It seems
Continue readingBryan Crockett: I’m supporting Kerry Davis
Despite being one day too young to vote in the upcoming provincial election, I have decided to get involved. I’m looking forward to volunteering in the democratic process. I am a liberal, and I am a federal Liberal. I’m not a provincial BC Liberal, and think that party really needs
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Duncan Council Don’t Smoke and They Don’t Chew and They’re Gonna Tell You What To Do!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is really hard taking some serious things seriously. The Cowichan News Leader’s editor, Sir John McKinley no less, penned an article about the Duncan City Mayor and Council’s righteous declaration against smoking cigarettes, here or there. I find it all confusing and am glad that I now
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Fracked Gas Won’t Solve Energy Crunch: Report
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Tyee series on energy continues, several from the series appear ‘On the Left Side.’ This episode features highly respected geologist David Hughes analysis. It is markedly different than the spin that we are getting from politicians of all flavours. Our politicians behaviour reminds of the classic
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It is Time to Declare a Moratorium on School Closures In the Cowichan Valley
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger The present turmoil and uncertainty regarding Cowichan School District school closures and restructuring of the entire system is being driven by the Christy Clark governments appointed ‘Trustee’ sent up to do the BC Liberal governments dirty work. This man arrived with an agenda from Victoria. He was sent
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Some Thoughts on the BC Budget
Five months ago, I predicted that the Liberal government of British Columbia would fail in its effort to balance the 2013 budget. Notwithstanding this week’s boastful headlines to the contrary, the jury is still out. I will not assert, as many others have done, that the surplus is purely fictional,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Families Abandon Homes near Alberta Bitumen Facility
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The more the politicians of all stripes and flavours proclaim the harmless benefits of fracking, producing and shipping bitumen to wherever there is a market the more that you know they are full of it. Bullshit slides smoother than bitumen! Check this out! CBC coverage (video) and an
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC Liberal Budget With Special Simultaneous Commentary.
This is one of the better more informed and down to earth commentaries that I have run into. Actually I did not run into it, I stole it from Laila Yuile’s Blog-No Strings Attached Blog. Another special from Dan Murphy.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberal’s Election Budget Won’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Richard Hughes PoliticalBlogger The BC Liberals Election Budget is exactly that, an election budget. The release was met with wide eyed disbelief from many observers and straight out rejection by others. Yes there are a few plums and illusions of benefits for young families but then those gains are countered
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Director Gerry Giles Has Endorsed A Cell Phone Tower For Cobble Hill!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The other day I wrote a piece about cell phone reception, dead spots, and the controversy that can swirl around these things. I later learned that Director Giles had come out swinging at a ‘Electoral Area Services Meeting’ as she had done some time back, against such
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: B.C. Oil and Gas Commission Lacks ‘transparency’ on Fracking Violations
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger You know we really do live in Lotus land, or is it Bananaland? We have a Premier so out of control she can’t even manage her caucus, leaks everywhere in the pointy buildings, rumours of staff being instructed to prepare for a surprise election call on February
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Ugly Truth of Canada’s Native Residential Schools is Being Revealed
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Slowly but surely the ugly truth of Canada’s Residential Schools is being revealed. Native children were ripped away from their families, their communities, their culture and abused in every way imaginable by their ‘Christian’ teachers. Although the ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ may make a mark it is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Tens of Thousands Rally to Urge Obama to Move “Forward on Climate”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Lately it seems that the politics of ‘Climate Change’ is like the classic children’s story ‘Alice in Wonderland. The roles have changed as if we are guests at the ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.’ Instead of the Americans dragging their feet it is in fact right here in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: One Billion Rising-Cowichan
Women, men and children throughout the world are standing up, rising up against abuse, rape and violence. In Cowichan this event was held in the Duncan City Square. Our thanks to Phil Ives for producing this video of the Duncan event.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: We Need More Cell Phone Towers in South Cowichan, Or Do We ?
Richard Hughes-Political Commentator How many times have you tried to retreive a call while at Cobble Hill’s Valley View Shopping Centre and had it drop off? Other times the calls do not connect at all! The annoyance in being able to remind your mate to pickup a carton of milk
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Christy Clark Declare A Moratorium Now. Cowichan Schools Facing Turmoil and Chaos!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Premier Christy Clark must step in immediately and declare a moratorium to end the chaos and disruption caused by proposed and considered changes throughout the Cowichan School District. Politically motivated threats of wholesale closures to meet shortfalls will neither resolve the fiscal challenges or meet the educational needs of our
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Director Loren Duncan Lives On The River
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There has been controversy over Cowichan Lake and River water levels, use and impacts for many decades and many of us including myself do not have a full and clear overall understanding of the issues swirling around the Cowichan River weir and its impacts. Oh I
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Vancouver Sun Letter
Please see today’s Vancouver Sun — or click here — for my latest letter to the editor. This one is about BC Premier Christy Clark’s efforts to raise government revenue via liquefied natural gas production. As regular readers might expect, I am not exactly on board.
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