Years ago, Premier W.A.C. Bennett said the NDP "couldn't run a peanut stand." The BC Auditor General's report on the province's 2023-24 financial statements may reinforce that opinion. The Auditor…
More than 100 years ago, American labor activist Eugene Debs said, "Every robber or oppressor in history has wrapped himself in a cloak of patriotism or religion, or both." Today,…
Not everything is doom and gloom at IN-SIGHTS. A story from The New Yorker's Brave New World Department is about Pavels Hedström, a Swedish architect based in Denmark. In architecture…
In theory, governments use carbon taxes to shift the costs of climate degradation from the public to those responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. However, contaminators can avoid paying carbon tax.…
Sophisticated weaponry used in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and several other regions is causing acute suffering, death, and destruction. Some of the killing technologies are directly controlled by humans,…
According to the latest UN’s Emissions Gap Report, global greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 reached a level unprecedented in modern times, rising 1.3 percent above the preceding year. The increase…
Possessions we once thought valuable and worth preserving sometimes end up in boxes that are ignored for years. I tell my wife that our kids will probably use a giant…
New analysis from Popular Democracy and the Institute for Policy Studies reveals how billionaire investors have become a major driver of the nationwide housing crisis – and several common-sense measures…
The NDP holds one more seat in the Legislature than the BC Conservatives. David Eby will continue as Premier by depending on support from Rob Botterall and Jeremy Valeriote, two…
By exploiting coal, oil and gas, fossil fuel companies are inflaming extreme weather, making climate disasters more frequent and more severe–from hotter heatwaves to more destructive wildfires and unsafe air…
Marc Lee and Alex Hemingway of the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives issued a report on affordable housing. It is an analysis that is worth our attention. Some of the…
South Surrey Conservative candidate Brent Chapman was revealed to have called Palestinin children "inbred, walking, talking, breathing time bombs." Additionally, he agreed with a podcast host from the fringe that…
Surrey-Cloverdale BC Green candidate Pat McCutcheon pointed to the BC Government boasting that a new addition to École K.B. Woodward would allow some of the school’s portables to be “used…
Right-wing coalitions friendly to big business ruled this province for 52 of the last 72 years. Led by a man removed in 2022 from the Official Opposition caucus for denying…
Plants, People, Planet is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly scientific journal established by The New Phytologist Foundation, a non-profit that promotes plant science. In 2022, the journal warned about the dire consequences…
John Rustad and Kevin Falcon talk about red tape reduction, but the real goal is deregulation, something demanded by their business sponsors. But regulations are vital tools for improving our…
Economist Erik Andersen offers something to remember when voting next month and beyond…
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
On October 19, British Columbia voters can choose between three approaches to climate change. Actually, there may be only two choices. NDP and Conservative websites make no mention of climate…
If Trump is reelected, millions of Americans think democracy is at risk. If his totalitarian followers seize control of the American government in the next few months, this Canadian thinks…
