Provincial audit of CVRD brass’ wages could be coming
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland has been fuming over the wages and increases at the CVRD for some time. Well now finally a Director has stood…
Lake Athabasca "Oil Slick" Caused By Algae Bloom
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. – Lab tests say a mysterious oily sheen that has covered a long stretch of the Athabasca River in northeastern Alberta is most likely from algae. Consultants…
Gorgeous Day, Just LIke Our Ancient Ancestors Found It
The weather today is just about perfect here: high 26 C with low humidity and a little breeze. Makes you want to just enjoy things. As it happens, I’ve been…
Canada lacks coherent response to end violence against women: study
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA, July 11, 2013 – Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent…
Wire: Map Reference
Lala and I saw ‘em last night at Lee’s. Verdict? They were phoning it in. None of the great old tunes, few of the newer ones with energy. Lunchbag letdown.…
Old and new political satire
These two short political satires (above) are from different eras (1986 and 2013, respectively) and tackling totally different issues (colonization/racism and sexuality/homophobia, respectively), but watching the newer of the two,…
Stephen Harper out of touch
By: Bob Hepburn Politics, Published on Thu Jul 11 2013 Tor StarFor all of his alleged political smarts, Stephen Harper is surprisingly out of touch with most Canadians when it…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2013-07-11 16:49:00
By: Bob Hepburn Politics, Published on Thu Jul 11 2013 Tor Star For all of his alleged political smarts, Stephen Harper is surprisingly out of touch with most Canadians when…
Corporate Responsibility
Do corporations kill? Unfortunately, yes, they can. A corporation is a person in our crazy legal system. How do we best punish a corporate person, for killing people? Burkhardt had…
Charter values and exclusion of evidence
R. v. Akpalialuk, 2013 NUCJ 12 has a powerful statement of Charter values: All citizens have a profound interest to ensure that the legal rights fundamental to a free and…
A very smart 9 year old
He discusses the meaning of life and the universe.
CVRD’s Morrison Calling for Municipal Auditor
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is a long overdue move by Director Morrison, but still it could be of value. The CVRD politicians are so out of touch that any rattling…
Mike Duffy
He is having time of his life. He has some dance moves to show that he is having great fun.
Fixing the BC NDP, 2013 Version
Can the BC NDP actually Think Forward? About 4 years ago, there was a movement within the BC NDP to make it more relevant. It was called Think Forward BC…
Video: Kinder Morgan, Coal Ports could turn Vancouver into ‘Carbon Corridor’
Check out this new video from the Wilderness Committee and Vancouver filmmaker Dan Pierce, titled “Save the Salish Sea”. The 5 min film details the vision to transform Vancouver into…
Arms Race Update – China’s New Missile Subs
They’re called “Boomers,” submarines capable of launching nuclear armed ballistic missiles. The Americans and the Russians have had them for decades, the French, Brits and Chinese too. Western navies used…
‘Through the looking glass’ …. Liberal Senator Pana Merchant elected to sit on financial transparency board
OTTAWA — A Liberal senator whose name has been attached to an offshore tax haven has been elected to sit on an international board that advocates for greater transparency among…
Cavoukian: she got it wrong. And now she needs to do the honourable thing.
Here are quotes from statements that Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s “Information and Privacy Commissioner,” made on June 5: “It is difficult to accept that the routine deletion of emails was not…
How Much Of a Third World Country is Okay for Canada?
We’ve been given a price tag for adapting Canada’s essential infrastructure to climate change – one trillion dollars, give or take a few billion. I’m pretty sure that’s an American…