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…
Norman Farrell
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…
Ian Jessop show, CFAX1070, Feb 8, 2:30 pm
The audio file below is a recording of my time on CFAX 1070 with Ian Jessop February 08. We talk of debt, jobs and deceitful government.Your browser does not support…
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…
Difficulties mount for BC Liberal partner
French list Malaysian PM Najib Razak in bribery case file, The Australian, February 6, 2016Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a new front in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal bedevilling…
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…
Expect to resume writing Monday
A short illness compounded by my computer keyboard going dead has left me quiet for a while. I expect to have new working equipment shortly and to resume writing by…
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…
Questions for BC Liberal by-election candidates
One day after Kelowna Liberal MLA Ben Stewart resigned in 2013, unelected Christy Clark called a by-election so that she could seek election and continue as Premier. Weeks later, Stewart…
Medical services poverty program
Readers of an age to receive a monthly Old Age Security cheque will be thrilled to notice a 57¢ increase in January. As I mentioned on Twitter, cautious saving of…
Why the rush to spend billions?
BC Hydro's own sales records demonstrate Site C is not needed. Domestic consumption of electricity has been flat for more than a decade and technological efficiencies indicate we will need…
A reader comments
I've been reporting information taken from annual and quarterly reports of BC Hydro. There are important economic issues and billions of dollars at stake and the people who benefit from…