In October, B.C. Premier John Horgan made a visit to the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter on the banks of the Douglas Channel in Kitimat. He praised the facility for being…
In 2012, I wrote a blog piece called “Provincial Merger, I agree…”. In it, I made a simple argument: the only way that Progressive Voices could be heard in Alberta…
A full public inquiry, with powers to call witnesses and gather research, is needed to investigate natural gas fracking operations in B.C., says a coalition of 17 community, First Nations…
Only it’s not a standard western. It’s Africa. Extended drought is pitting ranchers against farmers as both vie for control of the remaining arable land. In mid-October, people in the…
Sooner or later we’re going to have to realize it’s a “them and us” world. That wasn’t our doing. It was theirs. And the ramifications of this world they’ve created…
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”-Leona Helmsley “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person…
If there’s one thing Donald Trump knows, it’s ratings. Whenever his TV faux-reality show comes up he comes out with some line about his incomparable ratings. Well he’s got a…
Some media have been running his picture atop some of the “Paradise Papers” stories, and it’s pissed me off. Here’s why: Statement by Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the…
All the leaked documents tell you is the name of the players, the rich folks who gather up their spare cash and stash it in offshore tax shelters. Names are…
“1.2 – VisionThe Official Plan functions as much more than a land use planning document – it also encompasses our objectives related to social, economic and environmental matters. The vision…
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of November 6, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 6, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort faces 12-count indictment David Peterson receives apology after…
Edition #5 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Nov. 5, 2017. A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
Please come! I will be there after the discussion with a limited number of copies of Recipe For Hate! The panel starts at 7 p.m. in the Eaton Theatre. Link…
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Over the course of the last decade interrogation techniques involved violence, yelling, and trying to “outsmart” the person being interviewed. Sadly that’s how interrogations were shown in entertainment and in…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy studies the large-scale use of offshore tax avoidance in the corporate sector, just in time for…
Oh no. What have we done to deserve this? Not another tax scandal, not more Pierre Poilievre. As you know when we last left the man they call Pee Wee…
Last week, Julie Payette told a science conference in Ottawa, “We are still debating and still questioning whether life was a divine intervention or whether it was coming out of…
