Tory MP John Weston (from his annual Christmas video message/Youtube) There is surely nothing quite as ridiculous as a Tory pretending that he cares. Money and rich friends they understand but when it comes to the values that ordinary people revere they’re at sea. In fact they’re bewildered by those
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The Common Sense Canadian: Petronas would import foreign workers to build LNG project
Read this Dec. 9 story from the Globe and Mail on Malaysian energy giant Petronas’ announcement that if it does wind up proceeding with a proposed pipeline and LNG plant near Prince Rupert, it will import much of the workforce from Malaysia. The story comes after agreements signed between the BC government
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Audio: Science World helps sell LNG to BC youth
Damien Gillis and CFAX radio’s Ian Jessop discuss the recent partnership between Science World and the BC Liberal government to promote the liquefied natural gas industry to students. The post Audio: Science World helps sell LNG to BC youth appeared first on The Common Sense Canadian.
Continue readingNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: Lies my energy minister told me
October 15, I listened to Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett provide detailed assurance that, unlike budgets of numerous BC megaprojects that suffered runaway costs, the $7.9 billion Site C dam budget was final, fully reviewed by specialists and reliable because it included a contingency well above prudent amounts. Nothing
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Harper: It’s “Crazy” to apply climate laws to oil and gas industry
Read this Dec. 9 story from The Globe and Mail on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement that it would be “crazy economic policy” to apply climate regulations to the oil and gas sector. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has retreated further from his pledge to regulate carbon emissions in the oil industry,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Christy Clark admits Site C not needed for LNG; Cracks forming in her support for project: Bloomberg
BC Premier Christy Clark would choose the LNG industry over Site C Dam According to this Dec. 10 story from Bloomberg, BC Premier Christy Clark remains bullish on the beleaguered LNG industry – but, more notably, she has finally given up on the notion the Site C Dam is needed
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there is a free fall in the price of oil with Morgan Stanley
BC and the LNG Myth Patrick Smyth By: Patrick Smyth Back in March 2014 I wrote about BC putting all of its eggs into one basket by pursuing a one track economy with its investment in LNG. Today, BC is in serious trouble. OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Latest Harper Omnibus bill guts regulations for coal, LNG ports
Neptune coal terminal (Image: Dan Pierce/Wilderness Committee) By Andrew Gage and Anna Johnston – republished with permission from West Coast Environmental Law On October 23, 2014, the federal government introduced Bill C-43, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures (also called the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Clark govt, Science World selling LNG Kool-Aid to kids
Ministers Rich Coleman and Shirley Bond watch a recent demonstration on the “science of LNG” (BC Govt) The BC Liberal government’s all-out push to build an LNG industry is extending into the province’s classrooms and the minds of its students. The latest partner in this effort, Science World, is co-hosting a series of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe-It’s incomprehensible that the John Horgan Opposition Would Support the Liberals on their LNG Endeavours
Rafe has always been hesitant to be a ‘Horgan Booster’and God knows I tried over the years. OK, I give up, our challenges today are way beyond narrow partisan ask no questions politics. This latest sell out spells the end of relevance for the BC NDP. I suppose it’s not
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: What’s the NDP thinking jumping on Liberals’ sinking LNG ship?
BCNDP Leader John Horgan talking LNG at UBCM meeting (Photo: BCNDP) I suppose it’s not unusual for an electorate to feel swindled. It sure as hell happens often enough. The BC electorate has every right to feel swindled in the election of 2013 by the Christy Clark government’s solemn promise
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Even Clark’s Black Friday LNG tax giveaway couldn’t satisfy Petronas
Video by Kevin Logan Common Sense Canadian LNG commentator Kevin Logan threw together this little spoof of BC Premier Christy Clark’s Black Friday address, which brought to a close legislative debate over her government’s plans to further slash a proposed export tax on liquefied natural gas (LNG). During the last
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: What Kind of Politicians Ignore THEIR OWN SCIENTISTS?
In BC and Canada, politicians actively ignore the people and their own scientists. Why? OK, you tell me. What do you call politicians who ignore their own scientists? It’s not a trick question. What if scientists tell their political bosses about the climate impacts of ramping up a mythical $1
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Global gas glut threatens future LNG exporters…like Canada
LNG tankers undergoing maintenance near Ras Laffan in Qatar Read this October 21 Foreign Policy story on the looming global gas glut that calls into question the business case for would-be LNG developers like Canada. Companies around the world are spending billions of dollars in a scramble to start exporting ever-greater amounts
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC approves Petronas LNG plant and 2 more gas pipelines
Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shakes hands with BC Premier Christy Clark Read this Nov. 26 Reuters story on the BC Liberal government’s approval of multiple LNG infrastructure applications. VANCOUVER — British Columbia has approved a liquefied natural gas export terminal being developed by Malaysia’s Petronas, along with two pipelines to service
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG, fracking and BC’s Energy future: Victoria multimedia discussion
Join The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis and Council of Canadians’ Leila Darwish for a multimedia discussion about BC’s energy future – this Wednesday evening in Victoria. Gillis, who is also co-directing the documentary film Fractured Land, will tackle the economic and environmental myths and realities of the proposed LNG industry –
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bloomberg: Russia-China gas deals spell big trouble for Canadian LNG
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Damien Gillis- Common Sense Canadian sent this along and it tells the story of how badly the Christy Clark BC Government has handled this from the get-go. The good news is that the potential profitability of fracking is negated by market forces, geography and sheer
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Bloomberg: Russia-China gas deals spell big trouble for Canadian LNG
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping may be putting Canada’s LNG industry out of business before it’s even built Read this Nov. 10 story from business news leader Bloomberg on the increased pressure deals between Russia and China for natural gas are placing on would-be LNG exporters – especially Canada. Based
Continue readingNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: LNG export policy will damage BC businesses and consumers
A large employer organization in Australia wants government to subsidize businesses crippled by large price increases for natural gas. Ai Group says governments have to moderate the consequences of decisions to approve export facilities that connect Australia to global gas markets. When LNG plants start to function, wholesale gas prices
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Govt fears losing LNG, fracking social licence to social media: Internal briefing note
Rich Coleman tries to conjure up some good LNG PR with this youtube video (BC govt youtube page) The BC government is worried it can’t control the way fracking and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are being criticized through social media, documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveal. As a result, the
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