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…
Norman Farrell
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…
Watch this before it disappears
One of the most effective reports on business news and, near the end, another revelation of Jim Cramer’s narcissistic idiocy:
Resources giveaway
After Telus, Teck Resources Limited ranks as the largest BC company, by sales. In three years 2010 to 2012, Teck booked revenues of $31 billion, almost half from the sale…
FYI
The tobacco industry is being sued by Canadian provinces that aim to recover more than $100 billion in healthcare costs associated with tobacco related illness. British Columbia is one of…
Things we know, or should know
Many readers will be familiar with content of the following piece that I uncovered while doing computer file maintenance. It’s worth remembering. Robert Fulghum grew up in Texas, worked as…
"Revenue neutral" carbon taxes – hollow claim
In its June budget update, the BC Government said, “When the carbon tax was introduced, one of the key principles was that the tax would be revenue neutral – that…
Recalling BC pioneers
This item is recycled from the summer of 2010. I was reminded of it after a Twitter exchange about natural resource revenues and the lack of transparency surrounding them. This…
When regulators don’t believe in regulation
Fracking in Wyoming With Put the brakes on LNG until impact of fracking investigated, Laila Yuile draws attention to deficient science surrounding hydraulic fracturing in British Columbia. “The rush to…