February 2020

Feb. 13: Not a good day.

BP (British Petroleum) will lead the way in dealing with climate change? Duh, not likely. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/feb/12/bp-statement-on-reaching-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050-what-it-says-and-what-it-means_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/12/venezuela-crisis-babies-die-malnutrition-depression-deprivation-infant-mortality As this story shows, much of the blame for this horror rests on…

Deficient

Failures and reversals of John Horgan’s government mount. The NDP promise to apply UNDRIP is proving as hollow as acknowledgments NDP members make when meeting upon unceded indigenous territory in British…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent and Andrew Jackson highlight how among its other advantages, a national pharmacare program would prevent workers from being tied to…

Going, Going ……

I posted recently about the Teck tarsands development that is seeking the Trudeau regime’s approval. If the government gives its go-ahead to the project, it will destroy whatever remnants remain…

Increasing Chaos

The chaos surrounding the natural gas pipeline in British Columbia is spreading across the country. And Linda McQuaig is struck by the difference between how the Trudeau government treats Jason…

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