Trumplandia vs. Clarklandia: How BC stands to lose on LNG, lumber and trade
Part one in a series by Kevin Logan February 17th 2017 As the faux populist facade fades and the new reality show “Trumplandia” begins to emerge from the ruins of…
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Steelhead LNG’s Howe Street Executive Demands Surreal Surrender By CVRD Elected Officials
The newly implanted CVRD CAO Brian Carruthers probably thought he finally arrived when his shop received correspondence from the infamous Howe Street, the Vancouver equivalent to Toronto’s Bay Street and…
Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address
Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address This “Black Friday/Giving Tuesday” Christy Clark’s BC Liberals lead the world with massive giveaways to the largest oil companies on…
“World-Class” BC LNG brings Third World deals with the likes of Petronas
Kevin Logan’s latest post from the Commonsense Canadian is reproduced here with permission. Kevin Logan-Contributor It’s possible that the majority of British Columbians would agree with developing our natural gas…
“World-Class” BC LNG brings Third World deals with likes of Petronas
Most of Petronas CEO Abbas and BC Premier Clark’s discussions have been behind closed doors It’s possible that the majority of British Columbians would agree with developing our natural gas…
Can environmentalism be liberated from partisan politics?
Ex-BC Green Leader Jane Sterk (left) and Premier Christy Clark on the 2013 campaign trail (Facebook) In BC, conflating environmentalism and politics is a mainstay. Is it possible to restore…
Can BC restore sovereignty and regain control of its destiny through democratic reforms
Mid Summer Musings Can BC restore sovereignty and regain control of its destiny through democratic reforms that make our public institutions accountable to the people they purport to represent? Kevin…
The Best Thing That Could Happen in the Ontario Election is Nothing
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor So they have finally done it. The Backroom Brain Trust (or is that Brian Trust?) which have concocted endless, hair-brained strategies and tactics under the banner…
BC LNG: Promised Land of Prosperity or Gas Fueled Race to the Bottom?
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor On this the first day of BC’s much ballyhooed International LNG conference, it is worth noting, comparing and contrasting BC’s LNG “model” and that of competing…
It Is Time To Risk Democracy
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor “Politics is the pursuit of power; a politician who says he won’t consider seizing it in the circumstances available is either lying (to you or himself)…
Exploding BC LNG Myths – Part 2
BC Minister of Natural Gas Development, Rich Coleman (BC Govt photo) “The opposition wouldn’t know LNG if it came up and bit them, they’re totally uninformed.” – Rich Coleman, BC…
Kevin Logan: Exploding BC LNG Myths- Part 2
Rich Coleman: “The opposition wouldn’t know LNG if it came up and bit them, they’re totally uninformed.” For over three years Rich Coleman has led the BC LNG charge however…
Exploding BC LNG Myths – Part 1
The BC Government recently published an online quiz to “test the knowledge” of British Columbians on the coming LNG revolution. It amounted to a propaganda exercise with the sole purpose…
BC LNG: All pain no gain as Liberals fail to deliver on tax regime…again
The Clark Govt has once again delayed the announcing its LNG royalty regime (Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons) British Columbians have been patiently waiting since before the Liberals were re-elected…
BC LNG bigger than Tar Sands? Export licences face Cabinet review
BC LNG applications dwarf oil pipeline proposals and Tar Sands production, but receive only a fraction of the attention. On Monday, the same day the news broke that Kinder Morgan…
With LNG, Asian takeovers of Canadian energy assets still booming
Asian investment explodes in BC’s LNG market, rivalling the scale of resource development in the tarsands, as new trade deals threaten to entrench foreign state ownership of Canada’s key energy…