Richard Hughes
Harper Offers A Slippery Snow Job-Calls It Christmas In July
The following was published as a letter to the editor on the Langley Times. Don’t spend that child care benefit, mom and dad Editor: The barrage of blatant vote buying…
Chief Harry and the Malahat Nation– Reconsider Your Position!
The following is guest post by Georgia Collins Georgia Collins “Sitting in a hot gym in the middle of summer, listening to Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and…
Norm Farrell–Patronage, Corruption and Cronyism
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Norm Farrell’s contributions to untangling BC Government numbers are well established. A retired economist he takes the time and has the skill to share pieces like this…
It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neigbourhood
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger So many of us check our email while still half asleep and the coffee is being made, I am no different in that regard. It can be…
What Would Harper Do? Anything he wants, mostly.
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Another insightful analysis by Michael Harris that points out that Emperor Steve is as naked as a jaybird and it ain’t pretty. In spite of the ever…
RAFE: Blatant Media Bias -Vancouver Province Partners With Woodfibre LNG
Rafe Mair As you know, the Vancouver Province is an official partner of Resort Works, who are essentially the public relations arm of Woodfibre LNG. That means, of course, that…
Opinion: Will future of food be an election plank?
This piece comes from the Edmonton Journal and applies to all of Western Canada, very much including our Cowichan Valley. We can look back and see significant increases in our…
Martyn Brown: Christy Clark’s boon to Big Oil
Richard Hughes Martyn Brown’s excellent assessment of the BC Liberals manifest incompetence and devil may care attitude shows how they were duped into what can only be described as a…
Goodbye To The Historic Voice Of Our Community: The Closing of the News Leader Pictorial
Staff of the Cowichan Leader, 1954 CVMA By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland If anyone had told me a year ago my beloved Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would be closed,…
Metro Vancouver politicians urge review of Site C dam plan
Richard Hughes This is good news. Common-sense and the public interest trumps the greed and stupidity driving the agenda to accommodate the LNG industry with water for fracking. We do…
The Case For Letting Canada’s Forest Fires Burn
Let It Burn Here is a compelling story featured from Desmog that is a reality hit that might be hard to swallow. It runs counter to our instincts it may…
Roger’s Bid To Improve Reception and Access For Cobble Hill Will Be Decided At CVRD’s Wednesday Meeting
Richard Hughes I am puzzled, as I am sure many readers will be, to learn that the CVRD Electoral Area Directors have by a 5-4 vote followed a staff recommendation…
Greek referendum: Alexis Tsipras hails victory for No campaign – live updates
The Eurozone is at best a mechanism for corporate control and convenience. The powerhouse nations like Germany, Britain and France have disproportionate wealth as compared to other countries such as…
Water, Water Everywhere. Well that is what they told us. Now what ?
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger Isn’t it odd that the stranger something is the less explanation we get from our governments. Take the recent deals where the BC Liberal government got…
Heave Steve Cowichan Style
The Council of Canadians (Cowichan) determined to see a return to our Canada sans Steve Harper gathered in 34 degree heat to send a clear message. Heave Steve! The reception…
Harperman- It’s Time For You To Go!
Council of Canadians Ready to Heave Steve BY SHARON JACKSON, ON JUNE 30TH, 2015 They have a HEAVE STEVE banner and are planning to meet under the City of Duncan…