Unity in Diversity
Polycarp of Smyrna Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, or LBP – not to be confused with U.S. President LBJ, dominant Japanese political party the LDP, or women’s wardrobe…
2014
Homeowners opt out of sprawl
Homeowners, it seems, at least in the Greater Toronto Area, are opting out of sprawl, or they would like to. So says the Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest…
Gasland Part II – Fracking Hell
Watched “Gasland Part II” on HBO on demand, and it is something you have to see. The case it makes against fracking is a very strong one, and it shows…
High-Techs Abandon ALEC, Fossil and Tobacco Wolf In Business Suit
As Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Yelp and other high-tech Silicon Valley companies abandon the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a few facts need more emphasis to understand this wolf in business…
Shawnigan’s Sonia Furstenau Has Thrown Her Hat Into The CVRD Ring!
Sonia Furstenau has declared for Shawnigan As we await the Environmental Appeal Board’s verdict on whether to uphold South Island Aggregate’s permit to put five million tonnes of contaminated soil…
Romeo Dallaire’s last Senate speech criticized Harper’s foreign policy
Romeo Dallaire, the retired Canadian general who led a UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda during the African country’s 1993 genocide, used his last Senate speech to criticize Harper’s foreign policy.…
Zero Waste conference talks alternatives to landfills, incinerators
An upcoming conference hosted by the Zero Waste Alliance ans Zero Waste Canada in Nanaimo, BC will explore alternatives to landfills and incinerators. “The Zero Waste Alliance (ZWA) has a…
Nature has inviolate principles, Christy Clark does not
A comment left by Lew on an earlier article deserves to be featured. Here is Christy Clark, the premier of our province, speaking as a radio show host just before…
U.S. Oil Imports From Canada Hit All-Time High Despite Opposition
While the battle against TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline rages on and oil-by-rail faces increased scrutiny, U.S. oil imports from Canada have quietly hit a record high of 2.99 million barrels…
Huffington Post: Canada’s cell phone, Internet rates continue to climb
Does anyone else get a burning sensation in their pocket when paying their wireless bills? You have Big Telecom to thank for that. Article by The Huffington Post A little…
More on the hopefully boring and uninteresting state of me
In My biggest disappointment is that I didn’t gain any superpowers I mentioned the surprise incident. All the puzzles bits aren’t yet in place, but it looks like a seizure…
Puffery, misrepresentation or outright lies?
Puffery is an exaggeration or overstatement expressed in broad, vague, and commendatory language. According to Law for Business (Barnes et al., 1991), “The elements of misrepresentation are ordinarily given as:…
Sept. 25: smoking, insanity, and our world…
Sixty-four years ago, tobacco company stocks were the yellow brick road to wealth. Then, in 1950, Reader’s Digest ran an article titled “Cancer by the Carton”, warning of the dangers…
Congratulations, Edward, well-deserved
If I had heroes, Edward Snowden would be among them. Sacrificing his career, accepting exile from his homeland, and risking long years in prison, Snowden revealed to the world the…
Ontario keeps its secrets as hospital labs may face more privatization
The Ontario government has been less than transparent when it comes to the future of its public medical laboratories. A recent Deloitte Review of Ontario’s public lab system has been…
In Friday’s Sun: on Trudeau, Levant and a reporter
Forget about Justin Trudeau and Ezra Levant. Difficult, we know, but try. Reflect, instead, on David Akin. David Akin is a journalist, a real one. Unlike Ezra (or Yours Truly),…
BC should not be bullied or suckered by Petronas over LNG taxes
Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas addressing BC LNG conference (Damien Gillis) News this morning that Malaysian energy giant Petronas is considering pulling out of the nascent BC LNG industry over the…
Sounds Like a Shakedown to Me
Christy Clark has a lot riding on British Columbia’s natural gas. The premier has been promising enormous riches for the province from the sale of liquefied natural gas to Asia.…