Get Uppity, BC, or Get Screwed Again
I’ve written about being “uppity” many times before. It’s a controversial word. It’s been used to insult women and people of colour who don’t know their place. Who don’t know…
British Columbia
Postmedia’s symbiotic relationship with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation fails to offer much illumination
PHOTOS: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s misleading “debt clock” trailer back when Alberta’s debt wasn’t $10 billion. Now it isn’t $17 billion. Below: CTF Alberta Director Paige MacPherson, telling Okotoks Online…
Keeping Up with Kristy Klark & Justin Kardashian….
With Site C, LNG Trudeau govt already breaking promises to First Nations, environment Posted March 21, 2016 by Damien Gillis in Energy and Resources While we have some cause celebrate…
No, BC Actually Mentored Saskatchewan’s Poor-Bashing
Despite being Metro News, Emily Jackson’s great piece yesterday about how brutally cruel the Saskatchewan government is should make us mindful of a number of issues. Not the least of…
B.C. politics as seen from Alberta: Christy Clark’s re-election strategy exposed
PHOTOS: B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon reads the notorious Throne Speech attacking Alberta on Tuesday. Below: B.C. Premier Christie Clark, NDP strategist Brian Topp, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and B.C. NDP…
It’s Time for a National Housing Strategy
One of the big bads from the 1980s is starting to emerge again in Alberta. Jingle mail — the act of walking away from an underwater mortgage by mailing your…
It’s Time for a National Housing Strategy
One of the big bads from the 1980s is starting to emerge again in Alberta. Jingle mail — the act of walking away from an underwater mortgage by mailing your…
Christy Clark’s disingenuous comments on the TPP
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is a very big fan of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement—in her words, a "100 per cent" supporter. In a comment on CBC Radio's The…
We Must Completely Obliterate the BC Liberal Party
The provincial government has told the Vancouver School Board it will not fund any more seismic upgrades unless it agrees to close schools. Source: Some parents fuming over BC Ministry…
We Must Completely Obliterate the BC Liberal Party
The provincial government has told the Vancouver School Board it will not fund any more seismic upgrades unless it agrees to close schools. Source: Some parents fuming over BC Ministry…
Climate Change Threatens Coastal British Columbia First Nations Fishing Traditions
A new study says climate change threatens fishing traditions that have sustained First Nations along Canada's Pacific coast for thousands of years. The study found that climate change could reduce…
Brad Wall’s call to block refugees from Syria is just more of the same old conservative wedge politics
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall (CBC Photo). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and B.C. Premier Christy Clark. Bottom: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is either demonized…
So What’s Our Excuse?
Amnesty International is urging Britain’s Cameron government to stop arms shipments to Saudi Arabia. Amnesty claims the weapons are being used to deliberately slaughter civilians in Houthi-rebel controlled parts of…
Christy Clark’s Next Megaproject and Elon Musk
Monday, BC Premier Christy Clark will unveil her new economic action plan for the next BC megaproject sector. It's getting closer: the 2015 International #LNGinBC Conference is happening at @VanConventions…
What is climate leadership in BC, Canada and the world?
Thursday, August 20, 2015 The governments of both British Columbia and Alberta are currently consulting the public as they develop “climate leadership plans.” But what does it really take to…
David Suzuki: B.C. must heed Mount Polley disaster’s lessons
“We need stronger environmental assessments,” says award-winning Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, reflecting on last year’s Mount Polley disaster in British Columbia. The post David Suzuki: B.C. must heed Mount Polley…
Dear Crusty. LNG is Volatile. It Could Even Blow Up in Your Face.
BC premier Christy Clark is in love – with British Columbia’s natural gas reserves. She sees it as a magical solution to pay off all of the province’s debts and…
Where Are Our Leaders?
Vancouver is all but obscured in this satellite image It’s fire time in BC. Real leadership means speaking the words, recognizing facts and realities for people, and saying leader-y kinds…
Quick thoughts on Vancouver’s transit referendum “No”
Here are a few quick, initial thoughts on Vancouver’s transit referendum, where new transit funding paid for by a regional sales tax was rejected roughly 60% to 40%. You might…
Quick thoughts on Vancouver’s transit referendum “No”
Here are a few quick, initial thoughts on Vancouver’s transit referendum, where new transit funding paid for by a regional sales tax was rejected roughly 60% to 40%. You might…