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The final item may present a clue to the current state of British Columbia's energy market. It's hard to believe we came to this only through the sheer stupidity of…
April 2016
Gitanyow Aboriginal Title and Sustainability
Friday, April 15, 2016 On April 4, 2016 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs filed an amended Notice of ...
Rafe: Gutless Horgan caves to union, apologies for opposing LNG project
Rafe Mair calls out BC NDP Leader John Horgan for caving to a powerful union and apologizing for opposing Petronas' Lelu Island LNG project.The post Rafe: Gutless Horgan caves to…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- George Monbiot discusses how neoliberal ideology has managed to take over as the default assumption in global governance - despite its disastrous and readily…
A Roadmap to Neoliberalism and How We’ve Been Unwittingly Herded Down this Path for Decades
There has been a lot written in recent years about neoliberalism. Ralston Saul, Mirowski, Galbraith and many others have weighed in and the more you read the clearer the picture…
A place for discussion
Following up on yesterday's column, I'll expand somewhat on some of the decisions the NDP may want to consider as (or before) it elects new leaders. And since the recent…
And Now For a Little Perspective
If 100 people lived on Earth:
Angela, What Are You Thinking? Oh Yeah, I Forgot.
Germany ought to have a law about shaking down its head of state, in this case Angela Merkel.The shakedown comes in the form of Merkel's "go ahead" on the possible…
Harper’s Gone but They’re Still Kicking Him to the Curb
In two decisions that seem more like janitorial service the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down two of Shifty Steve Harper's "tough on crime" laws.One was a mandatory-minimum sentence…
Some Times You Leave the Lambo in the Garage and Go For the Old Chevy Half-Ton.
It's easy to get distracted by tales of invisible this and all-seeing that, but if you look at real-life air combat today it's the old reliable warplanes that are getting…
Whither the NDP?
There is, I think, a prevailing mistake in the way that many are looking at the downfall of Thomas Mulcair. People see him as a failed candidate, a guy who…
Whither the NDP?
There is, I think, a prevailing mistake in the way that many are looking at the downfall of Thomas Mulcair. People see him as a failed candidate, a guy who…
Out at night
That Tom! I know he’s out here!Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, scrapper
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday April 15, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 15, 2016 at…
A Shameful Exploitation
At the risk of overgeneralizing, it is easy to see why a reactionary institution like the police live in a Manichean, bifurcated world, where the law of the jungle demands,…
A Different Crowd
Some commentators view what happened in Edmonton last weekend as an exercise in self destruction. Not so, writes Murray Dobbin. The membership of the NDP has sent a clear message.…
It looks good on the NDP.
It is the way an Aussie friend says, “It looks good on them.” It is not said in a mean way but it implies that they deserve their quandary. And…
Rona Ambrose Makes a Fool of Herself. Again.
If she wasn't such a heartless Con one might almost feel sorry for Rona Ambrose, because it's all going so horribly wrong.She doesn't know what she's doing, the Harper PMO…
The Rasputisa and the 2016 Budget #nlpoli
The speech finance minister Cathy Bennett read in the House of Assembly on Thursday was as horrible as the reaction most of the province have been having to it.That's not…
Burning Fossil Fuels is Responsible for Most Sea-Level Rise Since 1970
By Aimée Slangen, Utrecht University and John Church, CSIRO Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005. This is a much faster rate than…