Once the disappointment over the BC election isn’t so painful, there’s something that needs to be talked about regarding polling. This is a quick, stream-of-consciousness post, and I plan on writing more later. While Mario Canseco of Angus Reid said, this morning, that it’s not a “methodology” problem, I think
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Left Over: Dazed & Confused, Depressed & Not Amused….
By now the entire country knows what happened here in BC…the re-election of the Provincial Liberals (or Con-Lites) …to say that I am depressed is to state the case in an all-too delicate way. If I can derive any tiny bit of satisfaction from the election, it is that… a)
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Is Unstoppable
Christy Clark is unstoppable. She became Liberal Leader with only the support of one MLA. Members of her caucus criticized her. 17 of them fearing defeat didn’t run for re-election. Practically every pundit and journalist thought Clark was going to lose and so did every single polling firm. But last
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Is Unstoppable
Christy Clark is unstoppable.She became Liberal Leader with only the support of one MLA. Members of her caucus criticized her. 17 of them fearing defeat didn’t run for re-election. Practically every pundit and journalist thought Clark was going to lose…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Is Unstoppable
Christy Clark is unstoppable. She became Liberal Leader with only the support of one MLA. Members of her caucus criticized her. 17 of them fearing defeat didn’t run for re-election. Practically every pundit and journalist thought Clark was going to lose and so did every single polling firm. But last
Continue readingEclectic Lip: May 14 – British Columbia provincial election
Here’s to hoping that any and all British Columbians reading this, take their opportunity to vote. In the broad sweep of history, with precious few examples, democracy is a fairly new phenomenon — not unlike the concept of retirement — so it would be a pity to waste the opportunity for
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election today as Canadian politics has gender equality, and that’s close to zero. With six female premiers, soon to be five, Canada looks like a pretty equitable place, but just as with Christy Clark’s chances on election day, looks can be
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
*UPDATE 05/15/13: With Christy Clark’s amazing upset I am happy to admit the below post is wrong. BC has its first popularly elected female Premier. Congratulations, it is an incredible victory. Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election today as Canadian politics has gender equality, and that’s
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
*UPDATE 05/15/13: With Christy Clark’s amazing upset I am happy to admit the below post is wrong. BC has its first popularly elected female Premier. Congratulations, it is an incredible victory.Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election …
Continue readingLeft Over: And the Drug War Drags On……
Underground grow-op found under fake horse paddock Fake fire pit, dog house and horse paddock all hid underground operation CBC News Posted: May 7, 2013 2:16 PM PT Canada’s Provincial and Federal governments can be said to be implicit partners in this ‘enterprise,’ and so many others around BC and
Continue readingLeft Over: Here, KIti, Kiti, Kiti……..
China’s largest bank in deal to finance Kitimat refinery ICBC will also provide engineering and construction help to build refinery CBC News Posted: Apr 18, 2013 6:08 PM PT Last Updated: Apr 18, 2013 9:38 PM PT Fascinating, isn’t it, how the BC Liberals keep on sneaking around the public
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In BC, Dix and NDP will ban union and corporate donations if elected
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A big announcement from the Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats today. If elected, an NDP government will institute several measures to reduce the corroding influence of big money on our democracy. First of such progressive measures will be a ban on union and corporate donations.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Climate justice and the political moment in BC
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational dialogues from Gen Why Media, and was co-sponsored by the CCPA, Get Your Vote On, LeadNow and Vancity credit union. I was asked to set the stage for a
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Absolving our Carbon Sins: the Case of the Pacific Carbon Trust
Last week’s report from BC’s Auditor General dealt a huge blow to the credibility of carbon offsets and claims that BC had achieved a state of “carbon neutral government.” Coverage of the AG’s report was coloured by accusations from the Pacific Carbon Trust, the Crown corporation created to buy and sell BC offsets,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: British Columbia study advocates postconsumerist model of zero waste
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Wilderness Committee calls for a radical rethink of British Columbia’s waste management policies. It argues that recycling can’t solve the province’s pollution problems and calls for a postconsumerist model of zero waste. While acknowledging
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oil The Humanity!
Oww, my sides would be hurting from laughing at the irony of this situation, if it weren’t a deadly serious joke that the Conservatives are playing on Canadians. On a public relations mission to convince the public that the BC coast will be safe from oil spills, the clean-up vessel
Continue readingLeft Over: Throwing Down the Dirty Oil Gauntlet
Pacific Pipeline Crucial For Canada, Baird Says In Asia CBC | Posted: 03/13/2013 7:39 am EDT What’s crucial, Baird is that you develop some level of adult understanding regarding the fact that BC doesn’t want it to happen..ergo, it will NOT happen.. Giving rosy reports to Asian business types doesn’t change the facts…we
Continue readingLeft Over: Subsidizing Reality in BC
B.C. premier’s office mobbed over child-care costs CBC News Posted: Mar 9, 2013 4:49 PM PT Lots of people complain that those who cannot afford childcare should simply stay home, or conversely, have no children until they can afford them (the 12th of never for many.) Let’s be honest and
Continue readingLeft Over: The Empress Has No Clothes…..
B.C. Liberals face budget vote amid ‘ethnic-vote’ scandal Premier Christy Clark doesn’t rule out possibility of scandal forcing her out CBC News Posted: Mar 5, 2013 7:04 AM PT Clark, like the disgraced Campbell before her, unhappily faces the onslaught of very real scandal; unlike him, however, she is facing
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Real Problem For BC Liberals
It’s not the low poll numbers or the ethnic voter outreach controversy, the real problem for the BC Liberals is that there are BC Liberals who want a problem. Considering it was just 2011 when the federal Conservatives’ ethnic voter strategy made headlines it’s more than obvious that the current
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