This month (October 2011) The Auditor General of British Columbia presented his report to Government titled “BC Hydro: The Effects of Rate-Regulated Accounting”. For most folks this is not be…
There are two stories about pipelines this week – the first was a Vancouver Sun article October 25. Here it is, in part:Sixteen business and labour leaders have signed an…
We’ve known it all along, but at last we hear it out loud. Robin Silvester, the President and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver, has stated that:“Agriculture is emotionally important, but…
Ever get the feeling that our environmental problems are just too big to solve? Ever cringe when hearing of another "unprecedented weather event", when reading of another species on the…
How about a bit of totally nonsensical speculation of the order of “Hitler is alive and well living in Argentina”. Something utterly absurd. I bring to this speculation a very…
See those two dots – one says corporate decency (underneath it says “good corporate citizen”). The other dot says democracy, the rule of law and responsive government. These two dots…
In the wake of the discovery of catastrophic Infectious Salmon Anemia in wild Pacific sockeye this week, The Common Sense Canadian revisits Damien Gillis' 2009 photo essay documenting how the…
Two items came across my desk yesterday that, taken together, illustrate just how embarrassingly backward our BC Liberal government is when it comes to matters of the environment. One was…
On the eve of municipal elections, Delta Council has unanimously voted to begin amending its Official Community Plan, paving the way for a highly controversial housing development by Century Group…
Here is the story from salmon biologist Alexandra Morton: Infectious Salmon Anemia virus has been found in two young sockeye salmon. Sheer reckless, negligent behaviour has loosed a highly infectious…
This article was originally published in the Alaska Highway News.Dave Cobb is president and CEO of BC Hydro. In August, he confirmed what Hydro watchers have been saying for some…
The industrialized world is a funk these days. If it is the worrisome realization that this economic system is beginning to show some serious flaws, then maybe the time has…
“Although Communism may be dead in fact if not name, the conditions that spawned and nurtured it are very much with us today. Large corporations have replaced the noblemen, the…
This past week - as the debate was raging over whether Metro mayors should vote for a 2 cent hike to the gas tax and a tiny (avg. $23/yr), temporary…
Muzzling science and scientists is ultimately an exercise in futility, an effort that inevitably causes more trouble than the initial discomfort of confronting the reality of evidence. History has shown…
Will wonders never cease? Was that a mild reproof of Premier Photo-op in Mike Smyth’s column the other day? Was that a mild criticism of the Liberals in Vaughn Palmer’s…
Forward by Rafe MairWe now know that the BC Campbell/Clark government has deceived the public hugely in their financial statements. Below is a blog from our expert independent economist, Erik…
In the ongoing campaign to put a positive spin on Alberta’s Tar Sands, proponents have deployed a new rhetorical attack: women’s rights. If you support women’s rights, say conservative pundits…
Two items for you today. I have written a bit lately about civil disobedience and have got some feedback. Civil disobedience must not under any circumstances be violent and it…
If spreading sea lice, diseases and pollution weren't justification enough for removing open net-pen salmon farms from BC's wild West Coast waters, the latest outrage is the slaughter of California…
