What’s happening to Vancouver? Iconic HMV gone. Now Sears.
Vancouver then HMV used be the icon at the corner of Burrard and Robson, the crossroads of Vancouver to many folks around the world. It was the image that many…
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Alberta’s Interest Is Not Ontario’s Interest Or The National Interest
Testify Brother Dalton: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has rebuffed Alberta Premier Alison Redford’s plea to publicly defend the oil sands, saying the high “petro” Canadian dollar has “knocked the wind”…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – pogge points out that the Cons’ response to the perception that judges aren’t fully onside with their efforts to impose top-down control…
Christy Clark’s BS Budget
Kevin Falcon, BC’s soon to be unemployed Finance Minister tabled his “Prudent and Responsible” Budget today. Which would be fine, if it were true, but it’s not. The reason his…
Now Rebecca Scott is the only Press Secretary
I’ve made a fair issue of the conflict of interest CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart faces when reporting on Premier Photo-Op and her government while he shares pillows each…
Can this be true?
Premier Photo-Op says, “I am not interested in raising taxes. We are committed to find ways of getting agreements but we are not going to ask taxpayers to pay more…
Clark defines her BC Liberal Government
Christy Clark recently spoke to a gathering of her close supporters, including Gwyn Morgan, David McLean, Patrick Kinsella, Francesco Aquilini, Peter Wall and Tom Nellis. A spy tells me this…
Hello Premier Photo-Op
Ten Habits of Incompetent Managers, Margaret Heffernan, Fast Company Bias against action: There are always plenty of reasons not to take a decision… People who don’t make mistakes generally don’t…
Adrian Dix overtakes Christy Clark as BC’s most popular choice for premier
This is good news for BC and for progressives. With Christy Clark shifting ever rightwards, the rise of Adrian Dix in the minds of BC residents is heartening. VICTORIA —…
Angus Reid Poll of BC: 42-28-19
As this Globe and Mail article points out (with a few inaccuracies, like 28% being the “lowest” poll number for the BC Liberals since Clark took office – that’s actually…
What – and who – is behind last week’s University of Calgary public sector pay fairy tale?
Ken Boessenkool and Ben Eisen consider their latest fairy tale. Alberta public policy commentators may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Tom Flanagan directs the Wildrose Party’s campaign while the…
Liberal Conservative appoints conservative Liberals to battle progressive conservatives, true conservatives
I’m with him… Conservative Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman with his new chief of staff, Jonathan Huckabay. Below: Jeff Melland, from his Facebook page. Earlier today, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj…
Christy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.
If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left…
Christy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.
If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left…
Enbridge Gateway JRP Hearings Broadcast (Kitimat/Kitamaat) – January 10, 2011
Hi! My name is Tia! I’m a radical, eco-terrorist, and enemy of the state now! Whee! (This is almost as random as the people Harper appointed to the senate the…
The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
Is This Actually BC? Eh?
I know the news is now somewhat old, but there was a funky Forum Research poll out on December 15th that showed the situation in British Columbia is a whole…
Help for the CBC on conflicts of interest
Regular readers will be aware that I filed a complaint with CBC Ombudsman Kirk Lapointe over the conflict involving Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart, husband of Rebecca Scott who holds…
Survey: BC Liberals under Christy Clark slipping. NDP holding strong. Cons gaining on Libs.
‘Cannibal’ John Cummins takes the news cycle (Postmedia version) The big news in BC is the current dominance of the NDP in a new poll, which puts the party at…
Victoria’s practitioners of distraction
“The impact of the government’s changes to the drunk-driving laws have been felt in a very real way across the province. They were highly controversial. They were argued about. They…