Core Public Service Numbers #nlpoli
Somebody requested the number of public servants through Access to Information and the folks in the department answered only half the question.But that's okay because the figures for the core…
June 2016
Squamish Nation files Federal Court challenge against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The Squamish Nation has launched a court challenge against the National Energy Board's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The British Columbia-based First Nation filed the challenge in…
The BC NDP’s so called ‘Gender Equity Mandate’ is an ‘Orwellian Distortion.’
Originally published in the Duncan Free Press. We are soon approaching the ‘Silly Season’ in political circles throughout British Columbia. We will go to the polls in May 2017 but…
Canada’s Physicians Want to See the End of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Doctors, nurses and health care professionals from across Canada are urging the federal government to phase out coal-fired power plants within the next decade because of coal’s harmful effects on…
Canada’s Physicians Want to See the End of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Doctors, nurses and health care professionals from across Canada are urging the federal government to phase out coal-fired power plants within the next decade because of coal’s harmful effects on…
June 16: A mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Britain is approaching a referendum to leave the European Union, a vote often referred to as Brexit. I can't even pretend to know all the ins and outs of this…
The accomplishments of council
“You really are negative about our council,” the woman said to me as I stood in the grocery store, trying to decide whether to converse or pick mushrooms from the…
The Radical Leap
Image by possan Political organizers are aware of “wedge issues” that divide us and “web issues” that bring us together. What could be more unifying than saving the planet? The…
The Doomsday Clock
Illustration by Carl Wiens The following is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? In January 2015, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its famous Doomsday…
Take Your Mind Off Things
Sometimes The Beaverton really understands me. This morning on CBC Morning Edition, Sheila Coles had Mark Jacobson as a guest. He’s a Stanford professor who I mentioned in my letter…
Has Clean Energy’s Time Finally Come in Canada?
Federal and provincial climate policies unveiled over the last year are paving the way for Canada to massively increase the amount of energy the country gets from renewable sources, according…
Has Clean Energy’s Time Finally Come in Canada?
Federal and provincial climate policies unveiled over the last year are paving the way for Canada to massively increase the amount of energy the country gets from renewable sources, according…
Orlando Remembered-Local Eye Online
Nice to see Duncan City Council’s response to the massive deadly attack that took place at “Pulses’ a Gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The here, there and everywhere blogger…
Let’s call this a Thursday rant…
(… well, technically I am writing this on Wednesday night but it won’t pop up till tomorrow..) Rant # 1 – People on social media who make a fulltime job…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Rafael Gomez and Juan Gomez offer a look at the state of Canadian workplace democracy, as well as some useful proposals to improve…
From next week’s column, in which I refer to men with small penises and big guns
Quote: “Here, unlike down there, we do not make it easy for Islamic extremists, or haters, or the mentally ill, to get guns. Here in Canada, unlike in the United…
Alger Hiss, Richard Nixon and Collingwood
Remember the case of Alger Hiss? I didn’t think so. It was before your time. Mine too. But let me jog your memory, just in case you’re older than I…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 16, 2016. Today we are talking abut Family Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 16,…
Eat Whole Grains for a Whole Lifetime
A simple change to your diet can make a whole lot of difference on your heart. Instead of reaching for the white bread go for the bread with the whole…