B.C. Liberals and NDP not Honest about Fracking Problems-BC Green Party
This Article ran in the Georgia Straight prior to the following piece by MLA’s Rob Fleming and John Horgan By Daniel Tseghay and Andrew Weaver “The introduction of shale gas…
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Rafe Mair says Environment will be the Top Issue in the 2013 BC Election
With environmental threats mounting at a disturbing rate the politicians may be, or at least should be on the hot seat regarding Enbridge, the Kinder Morgan Bitumen Pipeline, increased tanker…
Green Party Is Brown, Petulant And Hypocritical
Well the Greens were looking pretty good with Elizabeth May Saanich MP being chosen as the top parliamentarian and and all but then the Federal Greens actually campaigned against the…
On the Left Side
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger A while back I added ‘On the Left Side’ a series of headlines about stories that I thought might be of interest to readers of this…
Alternative Approval Process (AAP) Is A Disgraceful Assault Against Taxpayers
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Community Charter provides an Alternative Approval Process for local government to essentially do an end run around taxpayers for projects that appeal to the…
Liberal Joyce Murray, Green MP Elizabeth May and NDP MP Nathan Cullen Have All Called For Co-operation On The Centre-Left!
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The Chinese curse is upon us. ‘We live in interesting times!’ Although the origins of this pearl have been disputed and dissected by academics the general…
Steve Harper Selling Canada Out. It Is Called Corporatism!
Although this is funny, it is not. It is not funny!
Chairman Harper’s Economic Desperation Deal With China
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Selling bitumen fast, while it’s still hot, is the prime minister’s myopic motivation, says Andrew Nikoforuk in his report featured in the Tyee. We have been…
Corporations Rule The World Through Free Trade Deals.
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The corporate forces have controlled our Conservative and Liberal political parties for many years. They funded their elections and been there at the ready with their…
Will Harper’s Own Conservatives Turn Against Him Over The China Deal?
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We have been hearing about Premier Steve Harper’s deal making with the Chinese and Malaysian’s investing in the Tar Sands for some time. Now that Harper…
The NHL PLayers Should Give Gary Bettman And The Team Owners The Boot!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and his band of ‘Owners’ have essentially taken their boots to the NHL Player’s Association with their games of ’Come here, come…
The Day The Cons Went Wild!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger A few months back I affiliated with ‘Progressive Bloggers’ an independent group of the centre-left persuasion. One of the bloggers ‘Montreal Simon’ is a prolific poster…
New Christmas Toys With Rick Mercer
Good Morning I see that Blogger/Journalist Laila Yuile is back with a new post coming today. As a warm up she has offered up a Rick Mercer piece. We all…
Provincial-Federal Politicians Neutered In Our Present System Of Party Discipline
John Van Dongen-Independent MLA Our Canadian Democracy has been hijacked by the political party system for far too long. Slowly but possibly surely politicians are speaking out, most often it…
The Brilliance of Regional Politics
Don Maroc Journalists and bloggers spend a lot of time tearing the hide off politicians for doing what seem to be (and often are) stupid things with taxpayers money. Being…
The NHL Players Could Walk Away And Form Their Own League!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger There are many options floating around as a result of the current NHL lockout. They run from various new leagues bringing in new rich owners…
Don’t Listen To Sharon Jackson-Here’s Seinfeld and Cramer!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Web Mistress Sharon Jackson is always telling me what to do on the blog. Sometimes she is right other times not so much. This next piece…
North Cowichan Council as Christmas Grinches
When you recall the cavalier attitude displayed by the North Cowichan Mayor and Council when it came to the North Cowichan Municipal Hall upgrades and the associated costs it is…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Is The Cream of the Commons Crop!
Elizabeth May Green Party MP-Saanich, BC The determined and focused Elizabeth May has set a number of firsts, politically speaking. Her election as MP for Saanich on Vancouver Island marked…