Stephen Harper meets with National AFN Chief Shawn Atleo in 2011 (Reuters) So Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of his cabinet have been meeting with BC’s First Nations chiefs…
Rafe Mair recently vowed to cancel his Postmedia subscriptions – here’s why he couldn’t pull the trigger. I have a terrible admission to make. I have to because the bastards…
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: BCGEU) Today’s decision by Adrian Dix to step down as BC NDP leader, pending a leadership election next year, comes as no…
BC Energy Minister Bill Bennett (photo: CP) I told you so! My colleague Damien Gillis told you so! Independent economist Erik Andersen told you so! The Campbell/Clark government has taken…
BC Premier Christy Clark and BC Fed President Jim Sinclair (photos: CP, Glen Baglo/PNG) When I read that BC Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair and Tom Sigurdson, head of…
BC Energy Minister Bill Bennett Folks, the wheels are coming off the BC Government’s 2002 Energy policy, which forbade BC Hydro from creating new power (Site C Dam being exempted).…
One man, Allan Paul Marking, an Alberta Oil dude, gave $150,000 to the Liberals. Alberta oil and gas companies Encana and Cenovus gave them $68,000 and Texas based Spectra Energy…
Premier, I’m a simple man who by nature asks simple questions. You and Alberta premier Redford have evidently agreed that there will be a pipeline from her province through ours…
It’s rather like a pregnancy – you can only keep it a secret for so long. Thus it is with BC Hydro’s bankruptcy. We recently learned that BC Hydro spends…
BC Hydro was created out of the fertile mind of WAC Bennett when, in 1961, his government bought out The BC Electric Railway Company. The purpose of this gigantic move…
Rafe Mair on cancelling his subscriptions to the Vancouver Sun and Province, following last week’s announcement by Publisher Gordon Fisher of upcoming cost increases to readers: “Mr. Fisher – If…
It was ten years ago that I was unceremoniously dumped by CKNW, where I had been for 19 years. What does that have to do with an environmental web page?…
Premier Clark promised us huge LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) revenues in a few years. We would be debt free and have $100 BILLION in the to-be-created “Prosperity Fund”. That was…
Gordon Clark in the Province this week called into question the relevance of the NDP and I’d like to add my two bits worth. The Clark government has bet its…
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar debt and skyrocketing bills for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making deals with…
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar budget woes and ensuing skyrocketing rates for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making…
Premier Clark has already designated the power from proposed Site C Dam for energy intensive Liquefied Natural Gas – and it is here we descend into the world of madness.…
Ok, John Horgan (BC NDP Energy critic), now I’m pissed off. You were quoted in the Vancouver Sun this week as saying you’re unhappy that the NDP lost, etc, weep,…
Here are three things to remember about Premier Clark and the Enbridge pipeline: 1. She did not reject the pipeline – she simply said that Enbridge had not met BC’s…
I think most environmentalists are still in a state of shock over the Liberals’ victory – or more correctly, the NDP loss…A battle has been lost, although considering Adrian Dix’s…
