BC and Alberta Premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford (CP photo) I assure you that his will not take long. We’ve been screwed, blued and tattooed folks. You may have read the story last week that First Nations have charged that the Enbridge pipeline has already started. At the same
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The Common Sense Canadian: Clark, Redford getting closer on Enbridge, energy export plans?
B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford (photo: Dan Riedhuber/Reuters) VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford have appointed a team of senior bureaucrats to develop an energy export plan, barely a year after a high-profile disagreement over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline strained the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC Budget hides $100 Billion, forces citizens to shoulder debt burden
As the Liberal Government compiles the 2014 BC Budget, it is ignoring warnings of exploding capital borrowing, hiding $100 Billion in taxpayer liabilities, and forcing the province’s least fortunate citizens to shoulder the burden of the province’s appalling fiscal mismanagement – argues independent economist Erik Andersen. It goes without saying that
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Judge blasts Alberta government for silencing oilsands critics
Oilsands infrastructure near Fort McMurray (photo: Kris Krüg) EDMONTON – Alberta’s Environment Department has been rebuked by a judge for working behind the scenes to silence groups that question the effects of oilsands operations on the environment. “This is a black mark for the government of Alberta,” Simon Dyer of
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Farnworth favorite to replace Adrian Dix as LNG hurts Horgan
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: BCGEU) Today’s decision by Adrian Dix to step down as BC NDP leader, pending a leadership election next year, comes as no surprise. The good news for Mr. Dix – to be a bit catty for the moment – is that he
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: It’s official: Adrian Dix stepping down as BC NDP leader next year
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this Sept. 18 story from The Globe and Mail on NDP Leader Adrian Dix’s announcement that he will step down as leader – but not until next year so he can help the party rebuild and find a new
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC Liberals hold worst Legislature attendance record
The BC Liberals have the worst attendance record in the BC Legislature since 1976 – especially with this week’s decision to avoid a Fall sitting…again. If they were employees working in the real world, they’d have a tough time holding down a job. In politics, apparently, it’s a different story.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Dix on way out? NDP awaits leader’s announcement
Adrian Dix may be mulling stepping down as BC NDP leader (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this story from CBC on the BC NDP’s upcoming caucus meeting to discuss the future of their leader. Adrian Dix has faced calls for his resignation, following what is widely considered one of the biggest
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Chrystia Freeland comments on the disproportionate influence of the super-rich in a democratic system which is supposed to value citizens equally: “I think most Americans believe in the idea of political equality,” Callahan told me. “That idea is obviously corrupted when in 2012,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On regional impacts
Back here, I pointed out the prairie numbers from Forum Research’s poll about Canada’s federal leaders as an indication that the NDP has plenty of opportunity to grow after electing Thomas Mulcair as leader. But Volkov points out the fact that the NDP’s chances of making major gains in western
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