Today’s session with Ian Jessop, CFAX1070
The audio file below is a recording of my time on CFAX 1070 with Ian Jessop March 02, 2016. We talk of BC Hydro and deceitful government.Your browser does not…
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Health information technology
British Columbia Hansard, March 1, 2016Judy Darcy, MLA, New Westminster:Last February, we raised the latest IT failure under this Liberal government — the debacle of the clinical system's transformation project…
Pants on fire
Before the last election, Premier Clark justified BC Hydro rate increases as a "common sense decision" that would enable the private/public utility to pay off the billions in its deferred…
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IPPs paid $672 million above market price in 2015
British Columbia Hydro publishes quarterly reports that provide a long term record of consumption by domestic consumers, which are:ResidentialCommercial and light industryHeavy industryI've been reviewing more than 20 years of…
An "accidental activist" on LNG
Dr. Eoin Finn, who has a residence on Bowyer Island in Howe Sound, is a retired partner of KPMG and holds Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) and MBA (International Business) degrees. BC's…
Delusion and deception are complementary
The eyes of British Columbians should be on BC Hydro's Site C project. It is a hydro facility not needed in a province that has had a decade of flat…
Forces of Know
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki, Mychaylo Prystupa, The Tyee, February 23, 2016:Flooding valuable farmland to build the Site C dam undermines Canada's commitment to meet international climate-change…
Recent Twitter activity
LEAKED: Script idea for the year long TV advertising blitz already begun by the BC Liberal Government. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/zeUMn5ujg2— Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) February 26, 2016Heading should read "Dishonouring the intent…
Reader comment on BC Clean Energy Act
A regular reader provided this comment to the preceding article. Hugh explains that the capture of BC's public utility by selfish profiteers was a carefully considered manoeuvre. In the end,…
BC Hydro’s 3rd quarter FY 2016 report
According to BC Hydro's report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, domestic consumption of electricity is down 2.2% from the same period 10 years prior.That we've had stable…
The inequality puzzle
Excerpts from an article by Dambisa Moyo at Project Syndicate. An economist and author who sits on the board of directors of global corporations, she was named by TIME Magazine…
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...
LNG: another reader contribution
To me, the continuing LNG fantasy initiative qualifies as a Dead Pony Solution. It assumes there are only positive arguments to go forward regardless! This belligerent belief is presented by…
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...
Truth found in numbers, lies found in words
I am reading budget documents and will soon be writing more about the provincial government's financial smoke and mirrors but I have initial comments.Natural GasBC Liberals, particularly Premier Clark, are…
A reader comments on forestry
Reader Ken Barry today submitted a comment to an article written last July - Log exports update. It reminds of a subject that's close to my heart and, I think,…
BC Jobs Plan, less than full disclosure
I'm often critical of corporate media but there is still some sharp work being done, even by people outside the major urban centres of BC. Here's an example:References to the…
Natural gas – unclean energy
Today's BC Liberal Speech from the Throne claimed natural gas is "the world’s cleanest-burning fossil fuel."Of course, that's a bit like saying the Tesla Model S is the world's least…