Which BC Corporations Would YOU Like to Euthanize?
Oh, what a list it would be! Enbridge? Kinder Morgan ? Imperial Metals ? Other companies that treat workers badly like IKEA or Rocky Mountain Railtours? Capitalism is all about…
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No, It’s the Environment, Stupid.
David Suzuki once observed that we cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy environment. It shouldn’t require a PhD to grasp that yet it’s astonishing how so many well-educated…
What’s this "fat" and "gravy" they speak of anyway?
Are schools and hospitals fat? Are veterans’ pensions gravy? So what have we cut already? 32% of Veterans Affairs staff supporting disability, death and financial benefits for veterans. One-fifth of…
Wrong path, wrong time
Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Liberal friends are like 1980 promoters excited to spend someone else’s money to open a giant disco club, despite unmistakable signs the dance craze was…
Oilmart: Low, low prices!
By Lorne Craig Cartoonist Lorne Craig’s take on plunging oil prices and what they mean for Canada’s one-track economy. The post Oilmart: Low, low prices! appeared first on The Common…
Ontario squanders extra $8 Billion on public private partnership infrastructure: A-G
A bridge built under the P3 model is likely to cost taxpayers more than a publicly funded one, says a new report Read this Dec. 9 story from The Globe…
SaskPower Says Bigger Is Better, Even Losses? #PowerToGrow
As a followup to the Star Phoenix’s article on the hugely expensive, and (public) money losing CCS plant at Estevan, comes word of further cost overruns. The overruns, in the…
Harper Has No Plan B
The Hill times regarding the recent plunge in oil, and unspent money on renewable energy: Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.) said the report is evidence the government of Prime…
Harper’s “crazy” Comments
So, @PMHarper, if oil/gas regulations don’t work at $65 a barrel, at what price are they “uncrazy”? $80? $100? — David Akin (@davidakin) December 9, 2014 Here’s an impressive takedown…
SaskPower, How’s That 14 Year Test Going?
Dear SaskPower, I’m interested in seeing the statistics regarding the electricity generated by the test panels installed on the Saskatchewan Science Centre, in the attached picture, and as mentioned in…
Who Needs Water Anyway?
A delusional remark in a CBC article: “Canada, which has long been criticized for being heavily dependent on shipping natural resources to the rest of the world.” Our Prime Minister,…
Even Clark’s Black Friday LNG tax giveaway couldn’t satisfy Petronas
Video by Kevin Logan Common Sense Canadian LNG commentator Kevin Logan threw together this little spoof of BC Premier Christy Clark’s Black Friday address, which brought to a close legislative…
“People are going to die”
First Nations Financial Transparency Act: Watch Pam Palmater put the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in its place. “We don’t even have enough money to have websites, how the heck are we…
Are Gore, Suzuki, and Neil Young Hypocrites for Using Oil?
No. They are victims of circumstance, and despite their wealth and fame, they alone cannot change ‘the system’. A voice from the Facebook-sphere intones: “I appreciate your commitment and respect…
What Kind of Politicians Ignore THEIR OWN SCIENTISTS?
In BC and Canada, politicians actively ignore the people and their own scientists. Why? OK, you tell me. What do you call politicians who ignore their own scientists? It’s not…
Inequality for All
I watched Robert Reich’s film last summer on a camping trip. I woke up in the middle of a pitch-dark night and couldn’t fall back asleep. I tried a movie…
Citizenship For Sale
Are there things that money shouldn’t be able to buy? In an age when the ‘wisdom of the market’ is an orthodoxy embraced by many, it is a question that…
#BlackFriday Is So Very Offensive
A few years ago when the media started buying into the spindoctors’ PR BS about “Black Friday”, in the USA, I was severely disappointed. I’ve let that grow into a…
Build The Change #skpoli #YXE
This is awesome. The 3 competing projects are all so great, it’s honestly hard to choose. I was just talking about being able to invest in solar power though, so…
IPPs an even worse rip-off than Site C Dam, SFU economist warns
Construction of a private power project on the Ashlu River (Photo: Range Life) The following article by renknowned energy expert and SFU economist Dr. Marvin Shaffer is republished from the…