It's been more than two days since we found out that Chuck Strahl, Canada's spy watchdog, is moonlighting as a lobbyist for Enbridge.And by so doing has erased the boundaries between the petro state and the surveillance state.Now to make matters even worse, we find out that Strahl is also a
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Left Over: Right, Right, you’re bloody well Right…
Former Tory minister on the hot seat over Enbridge lobbying gig by Kady O’Malley Posted: January 7, 2014 9:00 AM Last Updated: January 7, 2014 8:58 AM CBC online I was a bit disappointed in the lack of a big anti-pipeline presence outside the location of the Harpster’s meeting with the BC Bored
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Graves recognizes that the dismal mood of young Canadians is based on the economic reality that the expected trend toward intergenerational progress has been reversed. – Meanwhile, Jesse Myerson discusses five policy proposals which would give younger citizens a far more fair
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Spy Watchdog and the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Well it seems that Stephen Harper is pulling out all the stops to try to crush all opposition to his Northern Gateway pipeline.By not only getting the National Energy Board to rubber-stamp his insane project.But also by getting Canada's top spy watchdog to lobby for the pipeline maniacs from Enbridge. Read more
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Robyn Allan-“Pipelines and oil tankers: Economic cost and environmental risk.”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well respected Economist Robyn Allan has once again delivered the real story and has broken down the Enbridge Pipeline proposal for us. Peter Ewart, blogger and journalist sent this link by email to be shared far and wide. The cream is rising to the top over the
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Enbridge: What Now? We Escalate Our Fight
Some breaking news occurred yesterday, the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board approved the Enbridge pipeline, but with 209 conditions. To quote a teenager from 1994: “Big whoop.” Also, big whoop goes out to the awesome pictures of soon to be decimated pristine wilderness on the report cover.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Steve’s Obedient Review Panel Approves Northern Gateway Pipeline with 209 Conditions
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Finally the approval, carefully timed for release in a soft news cycle has been released. The Cowichan Conversations Research Department (CCRD) has confirmed that 19 people in British Columbia were surprised. The balance get it that this has been a hoax, a rigged process from the get-go.
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Referendums on Pipelines?
The longstanding “will they or won’t they” dynamic existing between BC premier Christy Clark and Alberta premier Alison Redford took a turn for the depressing recently when they announced they had come to a framework agreement on pipelines. While short on specifics and not making any firm pledges, the deal
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Coyne highlights the ultimate issue in the Cons’ Senate patronage, scandals and cover-ups: (I)f the prime minister sets the standard, then we are entitled to ask: Why has this standard been so inconsistent? On essentially the same set of facts, the senators
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: We are being fracked and occupied by the Oil and Gas Industry!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Deep down a great many of us knew that this Enbridge pipeline would be jammed through come hell or high water. The hell and high water part is still an unknown. There is no greater fear in the political world than the fear of the unknown. Harper
Continue readingWhere will all the scientists go?
In a new book about the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, The Oil Man and the Sea, author Arno Kopecky relates his attempt to interview Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) scientist Kenneth Lee. Dr. Lee was the executive director of the DFO-sponsored Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research,
Continue readingLeft Over: Bitumen Off More Then They Can Chew…..
Northern Gateway pipeline to be running by 2018, says Enbridge Project will be approved in 2014 and moving oil by 2018, company says The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 02, 2013 6:46 AM PT Last Updated: Oct 02, 2013 7:44 AM PT Fascinating, isn’t it, how these oily creeps assume that they
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: And We Thought All We Had to Deal With Was Enbridge.
Nexen, the Chinese Communist Party’s anchor in Athabasca, is urging Canadian National Railways to start shipping bitumen by rail car to Prince Rupert where it can then be loaded on supertankers for transport to the Peoples’ Liberation Army and other users. Apparently China is getting impatient with Comrade Steve’s inability
Continue readingLeft Over: The Emperor Prorogues, Then comes to BC with his Rogues….
Harper cabinet readies major B.C. pipelines push B.C. First Nations leaders to meet with key federal officials Sept. 23 in Vancouver By Chris Hall, national affairs editor, CBC News Posted: Sep 12, 2013 6:03 PM PT Last Updated: Sep 13, 2013 7:21 AM PT We are ready for whatever BS
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Alan Pyke observes that instead of reflecting any particular merit, massive payouts to CEOs are all too often made despite (or because of) executive incompetence and illegality: The best-paid CEOs in American business have overseen companies that were bailed out, been fired,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on pipeline hearings
A Vancouver-based environmental group ForestEthics and activist Donna Sinclair are suing the Harper government over new rules that drastically limit Canadians’ participation in pipeline project hearings and decisions relating to the energy industry. The post ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on pipeline hearings appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Bill Gardner discusses the effect of inequality and poverty starting at birth: There are three important facts packed into this slide. First, the lines stack up in order of increasing age, meaning that older people reported worse health than younger people. Second, all the lines
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It is Time for the BC NDP to Clean House. No More Reviews are Needed.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have been a member of the BC NDP since the early 70′s. Like so many others I have been on a full tour of duty including a ‘Mission Impossible’ run to be the Malahat Juan de Fuca MLA back in 2001. Today we face yet another
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Enbridge to delay required pipeline safety fix for three more years
Enbridge “will delay required crude oil pipeline safety fix for three more years”, according to a document received by the Council of Canadians via an access to information request. The post Enbridge to delay required pipeline safety fix for three more years appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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