Vancouver then HMV used be the icon at the corner of Burrard and Robson, the crossroads of Vancouver to many folks around the world. It was the image that many people first saw during the coverage of the Olympics, Grey Cup victory celebrations and Stanley Cup riots. It was essentially
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Alberta’s Interest Is Not Ontario’s Interest Or The National Interest
Testify Brother Dalton: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has rebuffed Alberta Premier Alison Redford’s plea to publicly defend the oil sands, saying the high “petro” Canadian dollar has “knocked the wind” out of exporters in his province. […] “…if I had my preferences as to whether we had a rapidly growing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – pogge points out that the Cons’ response to the perception that judges aren’t fully onside with their efforts to impose top-down control has been to eliminate the judiciary’s ability to ensure fair results: Where the institutions of government have put constraints on
Continue readingChristy Clark’s BS Budget
Kevin Falcon, BC’s soon to be unemployed Finance Minister tabled his “Prudent and Responsible” Budget today. Which would be fine, if it were true, but it’s not. The reason his budget is complete and utter bullshit is his plan to privatize one of BCs few remaining moneymaking corporations, the Liquor
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Now Rebecca Scott is the only Press Secretary
I’ve made a fair issue of the conflict of interest CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart faces when reporting on Premier Photo-Op and her government while he shares pillows each night with Rebecca Scott, Premier Clark’s Deputy Press Secretary. Wayne Williams, News Director, CBC News British Columbia, said this in correspondence
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Can this be true?
Premier Photo-Op says, “I am not interested in raising taxes. We are committed to find ways of getting [labour] agreements but we are not going to ask taxpayers to pay more to fund them.” A representative of British Columbia’s teachers says: “Post-secondary students pay more in tuition than British Columbia’s
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Clark defines her BC Liberal Government
Christy Clark recently spoke to a gathering of her close supporters, including Gwyn Morgan, David McLean, Patrick Kinsella, Francesco Aquilini, Peter Wall and Tom Nellis. A spy tells me this was the central message of reassurance she conveyed: “We’re working harder than ever now because we earnestly believe we can
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Hello Premier Photo-Op
Ten Habits of Incompetent Managers, Margaret Heffernan, Fast Company Bias against action: There are always plenty of reasons not to take a decision… People who don’t make mistakes generally don’t make anything. …A good decision today is worth far more than a perfect decision next month. Beware prevaricators. Secrecy: …Very
Continue readingAdrian Dix overtakes Christy Clark as BC’s most popular choice for premier
This is good news for BC and for progressives. With Christy Clark shifting ever rightwards, the rise of Adrian Dix in the minds of BC residents is heartening. VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark suffered a significant blow in public opinion Wednesday, falling for the first time behind NDP leader Adrian
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Angus Reid Poll of BC: 42-28-19
As this Globe and Mail article points out (with a few inaccuracies, like 28% being the “lowest” poll number for the BC Liberals since Clark took office – that’s actually 23%), this Angus Reid poll isn’t good news for Premier Clark, who is now not only facing a vote split
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: What – and who – is behind last week’s University of Calgary public sector pay fairy tale?
Ken Boessenkool and Ben Eisen consider their latest fairy tale. Alberta public policy commentators may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Tom Flanagan directs the Wildrose Party’s campaign while the Alberta media looks on. A similar caveat applies to this image. Below that: Mr. Eisen and Mr. Boessenkool as they
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Liberal Conservative appoints conservative Liberals to battle progressive conservatives, true conservatives
I’m with him… Conservative Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman with his new chief of staff, Jonathan Huckabay. Below: Jeff Melland, from his Facebook page. Earlier today, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman emailed out a press release announcing big changes to his staff. Key among these were the additions of Jeff
Continue readingChristy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.
If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left political party hires a lobbyist whose previous tenure involved working as senior policy advisor and strategist to Stephen Harper and lobbying for Enbridge and Suncor,
Continue readingChristy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.
If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left political party hires a lobbyist whose previous tenure involved working as senior policy advisor and strategist to Stephen Harper and lobbying
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Enbridge Gateway JRP Hearings Broadcast (Kitimat/Kitamaat) – January 10, 2011
Hi! My name is Tia! I’m a radical, eco-terrorist, and enemy of the state now! Whee! (This is almost as random as the people Harper appointed to the senate the other day, and makes just as much sense.) Due to my fervent opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, I can now add these spiffy
Continue readingThe Equivocator: The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the twitter and the facebook (my twitter feed is there on the right side of my blog btw.) On twitter (you
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Is This Actually BC? Eh?
I know the news is now somewhat old, but there was a funky Forum Research poll out on December 15th that showed the situation in British Columbia is a whole lot more complicated than first glance. The numbers show:34% BC NDP23% BC Liberal23% BC Conservative15% Green Wha… who… huh? That’s
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Help for the CBC on conflicts of interest
Regular readers will be aware that I filed a complaint with CBC Ombudsman Kirk Lapointe over the conflict involving Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart, husband of Rebecca Scott who holds the position of Communications Officer and Deputy Press Secretary for Premier Clark, a relatively senior OIC political appointment. Lapointe referred
Continue readingSurvey: BC Liberals under Christy Clark slipping. NDP holding strong. Cons gaining on Libs.
‘Cannibal’ John Cummins takes the news cycle (Postmedia version) The big news in BC is the current dominance of the NDP in a new poll, which puts the party at 34 percent support. The Liberals and the Conservatives are split at 23 percent. Of course that would be the big
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Victoria’s practitioners of distraction
“The impact of the government’s changes to the drunk-driving laws have been felt in a very real way across the province. They were highly controversial. They were argued about. They are still being argued about. But you can’t argue with the results.” Premier Photo Op claimed 45 people are alive
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