THIS is what Independence Looks Like
Today the sponsor of a government bill in the Senate called for amendments right away, notwithstanding the Minister's position on the bill. Now that's new ... radical even. For years,…
2016
THIS is what Independence Looks Like
Today the sponsor of a government bill in the Senate called for amendments right away, notwithstanding the Minister's position on the bill. Now that's new ... radical even. For years,…
May 2: How to write an editorial without saying anything
Today, I received my copy of The Brief (NBmediacoop.org). It has a story that our irving newspaper missed. Irving should be paying a property tax of 8 million dollars a…
Federal Conservatives freaking out over today’s Liberal-NDP-Green cooperation on electoral reform
After mostly botching the launch of their democratic reform committee earlier this month when they originally stacked it with a majority of Liberals, the federal government has fixed it considerably…
Federal Conservatives freaking out over today’s Liberal-NDP-Green cooperation on electoral reform
After mostly botching the launch of their democratic reform committee earlier this month when they originally stacked it with a majority of Liberals, the federal government has fixed it considerably…
Federal Conservatives freaking out over today’s Liberal-NDP-Green cooperation on electoral reform
After mostly botching the launch of their democratic reform committee earlier this month when they originally stacked it with a majority of Liberals, the federal government has fixed it considerably…
Ontario To Axe CCAC In $50 Billion Health Care Overhaul
(Nothing to see here: Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins Announces The Closure of Community Care Access Centres) The horror stories continue for the people of Ontario. Ontario Health Minister Eric…
What the Fort Mac Fire Tells Canadians About Ourselves
A poli-sci prof from Brock University, Blayne Haggert, has an interesting look at how Canadians responded to the Fort Mac wildfires and the climate change issue and reads in it…
Liberals Back Down on Electoral Reform
The Liberal government has done the right thing and has decided to give up its majority on the electoral reform committee. It's a pretty big concession that responds to the…
Liberal Voices Stand Up for the Charter Right to Die Humanely
Dr. Hedy Fry, a veteran Liberal MP, has penned a thoughtful and reasoned op-ed in The Georgia Strait explaining why she refused to support the Trudeau government's compromised assisted dying…
Video: This is Geothermal
Canada is the only country on the Pacific Ring of Fire that doesn't use geothermal energy on a commercial scale. More than 30 years ago, B.C. was instructed to investigate…
Video: This is Geothermal
Canada is the only country on the Pacific Ring of Fire that doesn't use geothermal energy on a commercial scale. More than 30 years ago, B.C. was instructed to investigate…
Charter Right to Die Humanely Upheld by BC Supreme Court Chief Justice
The Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court, Christopher Hinkson, understands the plain meaning of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Carter case.Another B.C. resident has been…
Goodbye Canada AM
I loved going on Canada AM, back when JC was PM. I’d face off against David Miller (for the NDP), or Line Maheu (for the Alliance/Reform/whatever they were called that…
Throwing Fuel on the Fire
It would be an understatement to say that tensions have been running high between the governments of Turkey and Germany lately. There have been negotiations that some might say border…
Dear Amazon…
Dear Amazon: Hello, it’s me, Ian. Yes, that’s right, the crazy guy who orders all those books. Yeah, the history books, the science books, the philosophy books, the ones on…
Electoral Reform Committee Now More Democratic
“Liberal MPs will throw their support behind NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s counter-proposal to divvy up the seats around the committee table based on the share of the vote parties received…
Electoral Reform Committee Now More Democratic
“Liberal MPs will throw their support behind NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s counter-proposal to divvy up the seats around the committee table based on the share of the vote parties received…
Electoral Reform Committee Now More Democratic
“Liberal MPs will throw their support behind NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s counter-proposal to divvy up the seats around the committee table based on the share of the vote parties received…
B.C. Government Quietly Undercuts Province’s Ability to Feed Itself
If California’s farmers ever run out of the water needed to irrigate their crops, we’ll be in for a rude awakening. With 70 per cent of British Columbia’s imported fruits…