Guest post from Conservative house leader
Peter Van Loan published this item when he was an opposition member during the time Paul Martin was Prime Minister of Canada’s Liberal government. Van Loan’s subsequent behaviour, and that…
Norman Farrell
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–of cabbages–and kings
A paper produced for the Business Council of British Columbia in 2010 stated: “Since 2001, British Columbia’s natural gas sector has experienced nothing short of phenomenal growth…” Mineral production in…
Peace region changes
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A society doomed by greed
Is the future healthy when one company’s CEO draws a larger salary between breakfast and lunch, on one day, than a loyal 20 year employee earns in a year? Well,…
Nothing can go wrong, nerthkt can go rong…
One of Murphy’s Laws: “If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly…
Ottawa’s habitual condescension
A study conducted by UBC Fisheries Centre, funded by World Wildlife Fund Canada, notes in the summary abstract, “If are accounted for, all of the projected economic gains from the…
Fracking fraud
In Fissures appear in scientists’ assurances about safety of fracking, Globe and Mail writer Mark Hume describes how industry used the work of Charles Groat, of the Energy Institute at…
Fraying of social safety nets necessitates charity
I listened to parts of Friday’s CKNW Orphans’ Fund Pledge Day, wondering if they would be more forthright about an issue that’s added more than $1 million dollars to corporate…
Gov’t ads: Public information or disinformation?
The Plan: The Tyee, Andrew MacLeod, November 16, 2011 “The British Columbia government is preparing to spend “lots” of money to advertise Premier Christy Clark’s jobs strategy, Jobs, Tourism and…
Those in the way may end up in jail
When the Cohen Commission was holding hearings in Vancouver, I attended. It was not a happy or satisfying experience. The most unsettling single observation was of government scientist — a…
Under threat of perjury…
Legal Saga, Mark Hume, Globe and Mail, December 3, 2012 "A legal battle by the Auditor-General to get billing records in a political-corruption case has taken a surprise turn with…
CFIA – Inept custodian of food safety
Food Safety Agency Should Protect Public, Not Cover up Virus for Salmon Farming Industry, Damien Gillis, The Common Sense Canadian, Dec. 1, 2012 "...Charged with ensuring your food is safe…
A government of universal deceit
Theoretically, politicians are stewards of the nation's resources and regulators of industries that exploit public assets. Yet those chamberlains receive contributions worth millions of dollars every year from the people…
Only when they’re lips move
Trust me friends, my lips aren't moving Days ago, I posted the article If BC Liberals lied before, can we believe them now? The main point was that our provincial…
Angry reader says:
From a reader of the Northern Insights article Perception supersedes reality "If only these soulless assholes could realise what they have done just to make themselves rich."That comment, about BC…
Perception supersedes reality
A reader drew my attention to this article from 2.5 years ago. The principles are unchanged so I believe it is worth revisiting. First published April 23, 20101 Sean Holman…
Pirate alert
This a shameless plug, although unpaid. Two powerful elements of Vancouver's culture come together in the next short while and you ought to think about joining the experience. To the…
Business genius talks
Warren Buffett, the world's third richest man, appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart along with Carol Loomis, senior editor-at-large for Fortune and author of Tap Dancing to Work.…
Gentrification disrupts residents (of the garage)
Contractors are doing demolition of our our one story garage and family room, preparing to extend the existing second floor, to add sleeping and play space for three grandchildren now…
Not meaning what was said nor saying what was meant
Box of secrets revealed to Mike de Jong In the opening cluster of advertisements on today's Global TV noon news, a message from the BC Liberal Government: "BC is stable…