Political journalism
Yet more evidence that important parts of corporate media do not practice good journalism…
Log Exports
BC Log export numbers raise questions
BC Stats, an agency of the provincial government, reports regularly on raw log exports. The most recent detail shows the quantity of logs shipped out of British Columbia has grown…
Log exports update
Once again, we review log export reports from BC Stats. However, instead of repeating 163,452 data points from January 1988 to May 2015, I aim to demonstrate trends that allow…
At least we’re not last in sparkle ponies
The final item is intended to remind us that, for corporate welfare bums, creating good quality jobs is not high on the list of priorities.
"Mix ideological agenda and dubious accounting"
Many British Columbians of my generation were involved directly with the forest industry. As a kid, I lived beside a log dump and, to mother’s futile distress, played regularly on…
Log exports still rising
The latest release from BC Stats demonstrate that log exports continue to rise. The volume (in cubic metres) shipped in January 2015, is 40% above the monthly average during Liberal…
Easy road to nowhere
February 4, The Tyee published an article by Torrance Coste: Raw Log Exports: A Made-in-BC Problem that’s Only Getting Worse. Work here that relied on reports from BC Stats helped…
Recipe for disaster: malpractice followed by neglect
Scotty on Denman left a comment at the previous article, Deplan, de plan and, for me, it resonates. Anyone who reads Recalling BC Pioneers will understand why. Captain Vancouver reported…
De plan, de plan!
BC Stats published the monthly numbers for log exports to November 2014. The number reinforce arguments made in a recent Times Colonist Op Ed. An excerpt: B.C. government has gradually…
Why have our trees have lost half their value?
BC Stats released an updated report ‘British Columbia Origin Log Exports’ and I extracted data to produce these graphs. The statistics show the volume of raw logs leaving the province…