Democracy Now-Big Oil-Bad Air
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The tide is turning in the US and Canada regarding the pitfalls and dangers of fracking and the entire LNG play. Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New…
BC Provincial Politics
New York State Just Banned Fracking!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In BC residents face a BC Liberal-BC NDP united front in favour of fracking and all things LNG. Prices are dropping, mounting evidence of a give away…
Breaking Story-Another Derelict Vessel Curses Cowichan Bay
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Another abandoned oil leaking derelict vessel has moved into Cowichan Bay. Local concerned residents have tried to contact authorities to have it moved. CVRD Director Lori Iannidinardo…
Without Libby Davies, What Course will the NDP Chart?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The announcement that long serving NDP MP Libby Davies has decided to step back from Federal politics after serving as the Vancouver East MP since 1997 will…
Warmer Pacific Ocean Could Release Millions of Tons of Seafloor Methane
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger It is getting harder each day to ignore the escalating reports of environmental destruction, global warming, extreme weather and utter disregard by most of our politicians.…
OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there is a free fall in the price of oil with Morgan Stanley
BC and the LNG Myth Patrick Smyth By: Patrick Smyth Back in March 2014 I wrote about BC putting all of its eggs into one basket by pursuing a one…
Rafe-It’s incomprehensible that the John Horgan Opposition Would Support the Liberals on their LNG Endeavours
Rafe has always been hesitant to be a ‘Horgan Booster’and God knows I tried over the years. OK, I give up, our challenges today are way beyond narrow partisan ask…
Is Harper’s National Energy Board-A Rubber Stamp at Best?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Have Canadians had enough of the attack on our environment and the NEB’s that has repeatedly denied the right to fair and open processes when reviewing proposals…
Provinces Have No Right to Pipeline ‘Conditions’-Claims Law Professor
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that Christy Clark and her BC Liberal Party of Pipeline pushers have been blowing smoke according to Dwight Newman. Dwight Newman is a senior fellow…
Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address
Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address This “Black Friday/Giving Tuesday” Christy Clark’s BC Liberals lead the world with massive giveaways to the largest oil companies on…
Green energy sector jobs surpass total oil sands employment
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Richard Blackwell-Globe & Mail reporter filed this story but I have yet to see either the BC Liberals or the BC NDP embracing this growing industry in…
Doug Routley’s Facebook Post Along With My Response
I started off the morning reading Doug Routley’s post on Facebook that had been forwarded to me. Now, while I am responding to Doug, he is not alone. These are…
A Dear John & Carole Letter-You Have Lost Me Now.
Dorothy Field Dear John and Carole, I have to say you’ve lost me now. There is already much study done on fracking and it shows it’s a bad idea –…
Vaughn Palmer: NDP’s Support of Gas Tax Looks Good for the Greens
Some voters might disagree with Horgan’s shout out to resource development By Vaughn Palmer-Vancouver Sun NDP leader John Horgan defended his decision to support the LNG tax legilation, saying, “I…
BC NDP Jump into Bed with the BC Liberals–There is no way back, the deal is done, the sellout is complete!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger What a sad turn of events for British Columbians it is to see John Horgan, leader of the BC NDP, stand up and sing off the same…
BC Liberals LNG Tax Bill equals Unprecedented Wealth Transfer and Will Pass Unopposed
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor The LNG Tax Bill currently winding its way through the BC legislature will impact the very fundamentals of this Province and paves the way for a…
Ian Mulgrew: Judge robbed Burnaby Mountain Protesters of Right to Civil Disobedience
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There is a great deal at stake when the court acts as accommodators for the corporate interests while denying the civil rights of citizens to protest. Ian…
Socialist Stephen Lewis Roars Once More in Takedown of the Stephen Harper Government
By: Tim Harper National Affairs, Published on Sun Nov 23 2014 At the age of 77, Stephen Lewis describes himself as being “happily in his dotage,” a man free to…