Stuff Happens, week 34: One little boy changes everything.
The Syrian refugee crisis has convulsed Europe for weeks now, while making only the tiniest dent in the North American conscience. But that all changed this weeks thanks to one…
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Stuff Happens, week 34: One little boy changes everything.
The Syrian refugee crisis has convulsed Europe for weeks now, while making only the tiniest dent in the North American conscience. But that all changed this weeks thanks to one…
The Green’s Slogan In This Election — “We Are Not Splitting the Vote, We Are Growing The Vote” Challenged.
One of the unitended benefits of this prolonged election is that it gives increased opportunities to scrutinize the leaders, their parties and the candidates. Today the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP…
Tsartlip First Nation responds to Malahat LNG proposal
Media Release Tsartlip First Nation responds to Malahat LNG proposal Tsartlip Chief Don Tom In response to the August 20, 2015 announcement made by Steelhead LNG and Malahat First Nation…
The Malahat Nation People Have Been Hijacked And Are Without Representation.
Richard Hughes The Malahat Nation people have been hijacked, and are without representation. They are being taken for a ride by some very slick, bold and aggressive Steelhead LNG hustlers.…
Transparency?
I don’t think that word means what you think it means. We just passed the deadline by which First Nations bands are required by the Federal Government to disclosed audited…
Steelhead LNG Roll Out Plans For A Pipeline Between Bamberton and Washington State
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger When Malahat Nation Chief Michael Harry announced that they had purchased the 526 acre Bamberton property there were hopes of some beneficial developments for the beleaguered Malahat…
Opinion: Why does Canada jail migrants? Changes in immigration policy have had devastating effect on families
Richard Hughes Immigrants and refugees have been abused and mistreated, but there circumstances are mostly unseen. This site, ‘Never Home’, is a call for us to take action over the…
Maroc-It would be reasonable if the Malahat Nation put the LNG proposal on hold until they sorted out their internal problems
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Thanks to Adam Olsen, of the Tsarslip Nation and the BC Green Party for his preceptive chronicling of the proposed partnership between the Malahat Nation…
‘Event logisticians’? Give us a break! They’re bouncers! What’s that tell you about the Tories?
PHOTOS: Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets a group of foreign event logistics consultants while travelling abroad (Government of Canada photo). Below: Pierre Trudeau does suppressed fury the right way; Mr.…
Malahat LNG: When “Getting Things Right” Goes Wrong.
Steelhead LNG officials said all the right things during the press conference announcing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Bamberton in the Saanich Inlet. Their intention is to build…
Harper’s Crew Suspend Scientist For Folk Song About Prime Minister
I ran this on the blog when it first appeared back in June. Now scientist Tony Turner has been suspended. It is OK Tony, we are going to fire Steve,…
NDP deftly picks royalty review panel while media freaks out about low-key welcome for ‘lightweight’ U.S. politicians
PHOTOS: U.S. President Lindsey Graham, left, is welcomed by a Wildrose Government colour party of Alberta Legislature security officers sometime in the imagined future. Actual circumstances may not unfold exactly…
Activists Warn That The RCMP Are Planning Mass Arrest of Indigenous Activists Under Bill C-51
Conservative Leader Steve Harper! The website ‘Thinkpol’ has posted a warning that the RCMP are preparing to move against the the Unist’ot’en clan blockade. It certainly would raise the temperature…
The Pain Campaign, week 4: Nothing happens, so I make some stuff up
The interminable Canadian election campaign is now one-month old. In the pre-Harper days, the election would have been over by now, and we would all be celebrating the end of…