Cross-Border Deals with Alberta Undermine Clark’s Tougher Stance on Enbridge
Premier Christy Clark has been talking a tough game on Enbridge of late, and reaping some political benefits as a result. But how much of this is mere posturing? Here,…
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Keystone Kops
A “Keystone Kops” fiasco is the expression used by Debbie Hersman, Chairperson of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), to describe “Enbridge’s poor handling” of their huge oil spill…
BC Liberal Government Surrenders to Enbridge, Ottawa
The BC Liberals have just offered the sword of surrender to Enbridge and Ottawa as the organ-grinder’s monkey, Environment Minister Terry Lake, made clear in a statement today. Separating the…
Rafe: Clark has BC Behaving Like a Prostitute on Enrbidge, Only Dickering Over Price
Premier Clark reminds me of the story where a man asks a lady if she will go to bed with him for $100,000 and she hems and haws, speaks of…
Video: Paddle for the Peace Builds Momentum Against Site C Dam
It was a record turnout and perfect conditions for the seventh annual Paddle for the Peace on July 14, 2012. Hundreds of boats and close to a thousand people in…
Rafe Responds to Liberals’ Shifting Position on Enbridge: Clark Still Missing the Mark
I would be delighted to report that Premier Clark’s recent musings about the proposed Enbridge pipeline were a positive step but unfortunately must report that she misses the point –…
J’Accuse!…Fish Farmers and Our Governments
In 1894 a French army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, was convicted of treason and sent to Devil’s Island prison. In 1896 a Paris journalist, Emile Zola, printed an article called “J’Accuse!”,…
Video: NHL Hall of Famer Mike Richter Speaks Out Against Enbridge
Check out this new 3 min video from Pacific Wild and Damien Gillis, featuring NHL Hall of Fame goaltender Mike Richter sharing his once-in-a-lifetime experience in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest…
Heavy Metals, Acid Mine Drainage a Threat to Pacific Salmon Watersheds
Heavy metals and sulfuric acid, otherwise known as battery acid, or acid mine drainage, are toxic for wild salmon. That should be obvious, but after Bill C-38 – the federal…
‘Some Risks Are Not Worth Taking’ – New Video Campaign Launched to Take on Kinder Morgan
The first in a series of new public service announcement videos from Tanker Free BC – a Vancouver-based organization taking on US energy giant Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin the…
Dix Can Reclaim Control Over Fish, Pipelines and Tankers from Harper
We have a jurisdictional clash here, for under The Constitution Act, federal power over fisheries is paramount but the Provinces have control over “Property and Civil Rights”. There’s no question…
Pieces: A Newspaper’s Portrait of a Planet
Collect enough pieces of information and they eventually fit together into a meaningful pattern. But rarely do enough of them appear in one newspaper on one day to create an…
Another Open Letter to MP John Weston on Tankers, Salmon – from his Constituent, Rafe Mair
I’m going to get right down to cases, John. You have disappointed me in that I thought that you might just buck the system and stand up for your province…
Endangered Whales and Dolphins Affected by Tankers
The increased tanker traffic from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, Kinder Morgan’s planned expansion of the Trans Mountain line to Burnaby, and a proposal to ship jet…
No Time for Relief as Regulators, Media Dismiss Enbridge’s Pipedreams
I believe that Enbridge is in trouble on this one and, amongst other things, have risked and lost several millions on their truly laughable ad campaign. But the unhappy news…
Enbridge ‘Jobs’ Argument Rings Hollow as US Vets Recruited to Work in Canadian Oil Industry
The argument we hear most frequently from the Harper Government as it attempts to bulldoze through the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines is the major job benefits the project would…
From Market Economy to Market Society
If we can accept the scientific opinion that the primary ecosystems of our planet are seriously degraded — a United Nations’ report recently warned they are on the verge of…
From Moran Dam to Enbridge: The Danger of Focusing on Economics Over Environment
Robyn Allan is the former President and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of BC and is an economist by trade. I have enormous respect for Ms. Allan and concur with…
Counting the Nuclear Fallout from Fukushima
Miranda Holmes on the health impacts of Fukushima you haven’t been hearing about from your government or the mainstream media: “Even though it wasn’t reported in the Proceedings of the…
Law Takes Precedence Over Justice in Germany – An Update From Captain Paul Watson
Captain Paul Watson describes the political and legal limbo in which he finds himself in Germany, as Costa Rica continues to push for his extradition to face charges stemming from…