First you need principles, Ms. Wynne.
If you do not like the mess when racoons get into your garbage, you can tell Premier Kathleen Wynne about it. If you want to kill or at least discourage…
September 2013
“Communications expert”?
Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth.
They Are Appalled
A kind of follow-up to this post. Anti-wind activists out in Adelaide have been asked by the provincial MOE (Ministry of the Environment) to, if they are testifying re the…
Revolution And The Corporate State
Chris Hedges has no illusions about the power of the corporate state: The state, to protect itself, lies. Politicians, corporations, the public relations industry, the entertainment industry and our ridiculous…
A conservatism is spreading that the Tories can’t fathom | John Harris | Comment is free | The Guardian
A conservatism is spreading that the Tories can’t fathom | John Harris | Comment is free | The Guardian. A month or so ago, when the public’s opposition to any…
Values and Ideas #nlpoli
“Don’t question my values,” Cathy Bennett warned one her fellow candidates in the Liberal leadership, “and I won’t question yours.” The other candidate in that part of the debate wasn’t…
Stephen Harper and the Con Klown Pushers
Well I see Stephen Harper has returned from his disastrous attempt to try to force Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline. And that after shooting himself in both legs by…
"Revenue neutral" carbon taxes – hollow claim
In its June budget update, the BC Government said, “When the carbon tax was introduced, one of the key principles was that the tax would be revenue neutral – that…
First Nation upset CNRL is draining lake to contain Alberta bitumen leak
photo: Canadian Natural Resources Limited Read this Sept. 28 story from CBC on the ongoing Alberta bitumen leak crisis near Cold Lake. The Common Sense Canadian has been following the…
BC LNG: Energy expert debunks Minister Coleman’s math
Video by Damien Gillis, analysis by David Hughes On Sept. 18, BC’s Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman gave the above speech to northern mayors and councillors at the…
Mining Magnate calls for end of growth economy
Ross Beaty Read this surprising Sept. 22 Vancouver Sun guest op-ed from one of Canada’s top mining tycoons, Ross Beaty, arguing for the end of growth and a new focus…
More International Elections
Austria held it’s vote today and the results are as follows. 53 – Social Democrats46 – People’s Party (Conservative)99 – Governing Coalition (two parties listed above) 42 – Freedom Party…
Dinner with Justin Trudeau: Gimmick or Doing Politics Differently?
“Have dinner with me, Susan.” What a charming invitation. Too bad it’s part of a fundraising campaign directed at 300,000 supporters of the federal Liberal party. But wait…let’s think about…
BC LNG: The Real Story – exclusive series, presentations all this week
British Columbians have been hearing a lot of glowing rhetoric from their political leaders about the economic promise of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. We’ve heard that…
Collecting on a bet and meeting some folks (hopefully)
Well, it’s a quiet weekend, so I’ll just mention in brief that Jim Calder and I have settled on a date for me to come collect on my winning the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matt Taibbi discusses how public pension funds are being looted for the benefit of a few well-connected banksters: Hedge funds have good…
Elon Musk Lifts Canada Into Space
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully placed Canada’s Cassiope research satellite into orbit. Cassiope rode into space atop a modified Falcon rocket. Sunday’s launch was also the first time the rocket…
Jason and Bonnie Devine Home Vandalized and Tires Slashed
We will post what was written by Jason concerning the incident: Just after 5am our house was attacked, again. It looks like a brick, or a part of a brick,…
With LNG emissions, BC will fail to meet climate targets
VICTORIA – A report presented to the United Nations indicates British Columbia is meeting its legislated targets to cut greenhouse gas pollution, but environmental leaders say that won’t last much…