Norman Farrell

Double standard? Of course!

Mount Polley.........no fines,no charges.......its who you know #christyclark #bcpoli https://t.co/y3IclftEqe— Danny Boy (@digitaldannyboy) February 20, 2016Couple fined $100K for causing 2013 landslide into #WestVan creek https://t.co/0w3PplkeOA...

Budget bashing

Borrow money to pay a dividend that allows government to declare a fake surplus and pro-media applauds. #bcpoli https://t.co/W6PX7AMlb3— Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) February 17, 2016Today's debt by Premier's "singular tough-mindedne...

Too much cynicism?

Rafe Mair distributes commentary through Rafe Mair Online, The Common Sense Canadian, The Tyee and other places. One of those is an email distribution list.I appreciate almost anything Rafe creates…

Mythomania

Merv Adey (BCVeritas.com): "The proper role of political media is to unspin the various prevarications and lies governments like to foist on us."B.C. Premier Christy Clark still trying..., CBC News,…

"What? Me worry?"

Partly in response to the article Difficulties mount for BC Liberal partner, a reader sent this material:Excellent story. Agreed. There's a great deal wrong with BC's LNG deal with Malaysia.In…

Mythbusting

Statistics Canada reports that 27,200 fewer people were employed in British Columbia in January, compared to the month earlier. A single period is an unreliable indicator but StatsCan provides decades…

Vanishing revenues

With land developers, the largest funders of the BC Liberal Party are natural resource companies. They've contributed millions of dollars to encourage government sympathetic to their needs. No administration in…

BC Jobs Plan

BC Liberals haven't talked much about the BC Jobs Plan lately, perhaps because they don't want people looking too closely at the statistical reports. They reveal a trend where full-time…

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