"Veritable sewer of skullduggery"
Reading through Diane Francis’ 1988 book Contrapreneurs, from which the title of this piece is taken, I noted repeated mentions of a person who was, for more than a decade,…
Norman Farrell
Blogs, bloggers and blogging
My December 9 session with Ian Jessop on CFAX 1070 covers the why and how of Northern Insight with a short end comment about BC Ferries. Gadget Google – Lecteur…
Lies, damn lies and statistics
In late 2012, BC Ferries published a 14-page self-promotion titled Fuel Strategies. It discussed alleged savings in fuel consumption achieved by BC Ferries’ brilliant managers. A centrepiece was this chart:…
RCMP mess needs sweeping – REPLAY
This is the first article I posted at Northern Insight, written in April 2009. By the time the fifth anniversary rolls around, the article count will be about 2,000. I…
CKNW Orphans’ Fund Financial Recap
Based on T3010 reports filed by the charity with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) CKNW Orphans’ Fund 7 YRS
The BC Ferry crisis is a political one
I’ll be posting more about the changes proposed by government to BC Ferries but there are a few bits of information worth throwing out before I complete a more thorough…
Gangster love dealing in cash – REPLAY
With BC Ferries planning to create a moving fleet of gaming houses, it’s worth re-reading this Northern Insight article from the summer of 2011.————————————————————– News item: Catherine Pope, reporting for…
Salute to a man we can all admire
It’s great to know the BC NDP this weekend honoured Ian Reid with a life membership and warm recognition for his long service to politics and public service in British…
Jessop & Farrell on CFAX 1070, Nov 15
Listen at the CFAX website, November 1 at 2:30 pm or download an .mp3 file here.
Ferry innovation? Wazzat?
With 20 directors on two boards and two well compensated ferry commissioners overseeing by far the highest priced ferry managers in the world, BC Ferries should be world leaders in…
Subsidies for some, higher fees for others
Despite claims that natural gas will last almost forever and drop massive wealth into BC’s treasury, I’ve demonstrated here, with numbers taken from finance ministry documents, that natural gas production…
The ever succinct Adrian Raeside
Check out Raeside’s gallery of editorial cartoons.
Unplanned encouragement of opponents
A TransCanada Corp. executive is encouraging people who oppose pipeline projects such as Northern Gateway, Energy East and Keystone XL. He’s quoted by CBC News: “I used to believe if…
Big Liberal supporter: "sellout in progress"
Newspaper publisher Glacier Media and associated corporations have been major financial supporters of the BC Liberals: at least $283,000 since 2005. Nevertheless, a Glacier newspaper today published an editorial titled…
On BC Ferries with Ian Jessop, CFAX1070 Nov. 1
If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Here is a list of directors that served British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. in the…
Battles of unequals
More admissions and allegations came to light this week in John Furlong’s campaign against people who claim to be his victims, writer Laura Robinson and the Georgia Straight, publisher of…
Mistruth and consequences
Crooks & Liars
Conflict of Interest Code for Senators
Questions to be answered: Was the payment of $90,000 to Senator Mike Duffy reasonably considered to relate to the Senator’s position? When the Conservative Party of Canada paid $13,500 for…
Bridge for sale, cheap
Province columnist Michael Smyth is technically correct about the status of the corporation, when he writes, “B.C. Ferries is a private company that acts independently of government, even though the…