Pavco's convention centre and stadium deals fascinate me. People residing beyond BC's lower mainland are probably more pissed-off than fascinated. These deals clearly demonstrate the disaster potential when public and…
The most brazen disdain for democracy in modern times, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, January 12, 2010 "There will be a tidal wave of rage. Over the next two weeks the…
From the Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch What is Coca-Cola doing behind closed doors with Koch Industries at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? The Center for Media…
One of the items in my Mirth and Meditation Archive is this: Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. - Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton's expression is wonderfully concise…
Almost six years ago, Vince Ready, in an interim report to the BC Liberal government about relations with teachers, commented: "…the parties have not concluded meaningful negotiations in the decade…
To: Dr. Laura Richards, Director General, Science, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada I am writing to ask for your progress report on the thousands of silver-bright sockeye and now…
Stephen Smart's report from Victoria caught my attention during Tuesday's CBC News Vancouver. The Legislative reporter has apparently written off the NDP opposition; his focus was on the party that…
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good (www.inequality.org). Chuck is also a co-founder of…
New York, NY. Monday, October 3, 2011—Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now! producers…
Lots of fingers pointing in BC Place service debacle, CKWX News, October 2, 2011 The accusations are flying over Friday night's debacle at BC Place... Fans complained of long line-ups,…
Harvey Oberfeld recently called professional sports teams: "... the worst corporate welfare bums … trying to get working class British Columbians, through our taxes to subsidize various aspects of their…
BC Place opened to CFL fans Friday but the facility was troubled with inadequate concessions and services. Early Saturday, CKWX News reported: "The line-ups were too long, the toilets overflowed…
"The FBI has received substantial criticism over the past decade — much of it valid — but nobody can deny its record of excellence in thwarting its own Terrorist plots.…
In there irony in America's rush to deploy drones and remote controlled weaponry around the world? From Joseph Nevins at the Boston Review, Robocop: In September 2010 the House Unmanned…
"Wall Street's fear is understandable. If the public is ever given a voice to express its outrage, their party train will have to stop and some people will pay for…
Terrance Heath produces an excellent piece on the American 'Tea Party' movement brought to life by the Koch brothers and other plutocrats and apparatchiks. Is The Tea Party Over? Maybe.…
Rod's Mickleburgh's B.C. NOTEBOOK in the Globe and Mail, After his one bright insight, Bloy gets left in the dark: "After nine years languishing on the government’s dusty backbenches, the…
News item, September 29, 2011 "Municipal politicians voted overwhelmingly Thursday to tell the provincial government they don't want a Municipal Auditor-General's office... "The local politicians said they’re already prohibited from…
Financial Transaction Tax: Making the financial sector pay its fair share Brussels, 28 September 2011 – Today the Commission has presented a proposal for a financial transaction tax in the…
From BNET, Today’s CEOs think Henry Ford was a chump. Case in point: Larry Young, the CEO of the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. In 2009, DPS made $555 million in…
