Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ian Welsh calls out the latest example of deceptive use of COVID-19 data to minimize the risk people continue to face, as…
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BC HYDRO Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
Norm Farrell calls a spade a spade, always has. The handling of the Site C Dam project has been an exercise in deceit and conflict from the outset. Both the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Vaughn Palmer discusses how British Columbia’s Site C megaproject had gone awry long before the coronavirus pandemic hit. And CBC News reports…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress examines the damage Doug Ford wants to inflict on children in Ontario’s education system. Fareed Khan calls out the right-wing politicians acting…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The New York Times’ editorial board highlights how many of the people looking to defend a habitable planet from environmental destruction are being…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Yves Engler writes that the Libs’ SNC-Lavalin scandal represents a fully expected consequence of a foreign policy based on acquiescing in corruption: …Trudeau…
Former B.C. NDP premier’s pro-pipeline sentiments boost Rachel Notley’s ‘social license’ strategy
PHOTOS: One of the few photos your blogger could find of Dan Miller (found on the Internet, original source unknown). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Toby Sanger offers some important background to the federal government’s expected plan for privatized infrastructure by noting that the anticipated result would…
Careless or captured? (A 2009 repeat)
When you read or listen to resource industry advocates, especially ones masquerading as objective political pundits, compare their concerns in 2009 about burning natural gas to generate peak-demand electricity to…
Careless or captured? (A 2009 repeat)
When you read or listen to resource industry advocates, especially ones masquerading as objective political pundits, compare their concerns in 2009 about burning natural gas to generate peak-demand electricity to…
Twitter bits
The final item may present a clue to the current state of British Columbia’s energy market. It’s hard to believe we came to this only through the sheer stupidity of…
Twitter bits
The final item may present a clue to the current state of British Columbia's energy market. It's hard to believe we came to this only through the sheer stupidity of…
Twitter bits
The final item may present a clue to the current state of British Columbia's energy market. It's hard to believe we came to this only through the sheer stupidity of…
News from the echo chamber
Columnist Vaughn Palmer reports concerns expressed by Moody’s Investors Service about growing BC Hydro debt. The agency stated the obvious, which is that numerous capital projects are adding billions to…
News from the echo chamber
Columnist Vaughn Palmer reports concerns expressed by Moody’s Investors Service about growing BC Hydro debt. The agency stated the obvious, which is that numerous capital projects are adding billions to…
News from the echo chamber
Columnist Vaughn Palmer reports concerns expressed by Moody’s Investors Service about growing BC Hydro debt. The agency stated the obvious, which is that numerous capital projects are adding billions to…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer's Voice of BC, May 2012Topic: Extra Funding for FerriesVaughn Palmer:This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria question. You managed…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer’s Voice of BC, May 2012 Topic: Extra Funding for Ferries Vaughn Palmer: This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer's Voice of BC, May 2012Topic: Extra Funding for Ferries, Vaughn Palmer:This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria question. You…
Caution BC Liberals, the temperature’s rising
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