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Enviro Assessment Review for Proposed $1.7-Billion LNG Plant Resumes
Enviro Assessment Review for Proposed $1.7-Billion LNG Plant Resumes Woodfibre LNG approved to continue process after 40-day delay. The B.C. government-led environmental assessment review for a proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Howe Sound has resumed. The 180-day process was paused June 30, after the Squamish Nation issued a 25-point ultimatum to address concerns about […]
How Leadnow Will Push Strategic Voting to Defeat Tories
How Leadnow Will Push Strategic Voting to Defeat Tories To avoid splits, organization asks supporters: ‘Vote with your head, not just your heart.’ On the opening afternoon of the Vancouver Folk Festival, a young woman wearing a purple Leadnow T-shirt approached folkies at the event’s main gate and asked them to sign The Pledge. As […]
The Earth’s Battery Is Running Low
The Earth’s Battery Is Running Low We’ve drained our planet’s stored energy, scientists say, with no rechargeable plug in sight. In the quiet of summer, a couple of U.S. scientists argued in the pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that modern civilization has drained the Earth — an ancient battery of […]
Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: More Evidence
Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: More Evidence Canada’s most ethically corrupt government? You be the judge. Second of two. The previously published first half of this omnibus of Stephen Harper’s sins listed 31 instances of laws broken and ethics pummeled. Some happened during elections. Others were in relentless service of policing and polishing the Harper “brand.” […]
Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence
Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence An omnibus of sins, topping 50. Tell us ones we’ve missed, we’ll add to the PM’s rap sheet. Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have racked up dozens of serious abuses of power since forming government in 2006. From scams to smears, monkey-wrenching opponents to intimidating public servants […]
Petronas’s Silence on BC LNG Act Sends Disquieting Signal
Petronas’s Silence on BC LNG Act Sends Disquieting Signal Busy passing project terms, BC forgot to check on events abroad. As the British Columbia legislature passed its “historic” Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act on July 21 after a lively eight-day debate, the most important player for which the special summer session of Parliament was […]
‘Perfect Storm’ Engulfing Canada’s Economy Perfectly Predictable
‘Perfect Storm’ Engulfing Canada’s Economy Perfectly Predictable Years ago Andrew Nikiforuk, citing experts, warned where Stephen Harper’s priorities would lead us. Economists, an irrational tribe of short-sighted mathematicians, are now calling Canada’s declining economic fortunes “a perfect storm.” It seems to be the only weather that complex market economies generate these days, or maybe such […]
As Site C Breaks Ground, Linked Union Declares Opposition
As Site C Breaks Ground, Linked Union Declares Opposition BCGEU cites First Nation infringement and loss of habitat in motion against controversial dam. The union representing many British Columbia government workers has taken a position against building the Site C dam, a project some of its members are working on and that other unions support. […]
Unifor Report Slams Harper’s Economic Performance
Unifor Report Slams Harper’s Economic Performance 2008 downturn no excuse for harmful policy, says union economist. A new report from Canada’s largest private sector union says Stephen Harper and his Conservatives are running the most poorly performing economy the country has seen since the end of the Second World War. Unifor economists Jim Stanford and […]
Five Questions for Media Rights Defender Taking C-51 to Court
Five Questions for Media Rights Defender Taking C-51 to Court Tom Henheffer and allies raised $25,000 to support their Charter challenge. So, what’s next? On June 18, Bill C-51 received royal assent, making the widely criticized and controversial Anti-Terrorism Act a law. Last week, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression […]
Schools for Disaster: Rethinking Endless Growth in Education
Schools for Disaster: Rethinking Endless Growth in Education We have good reason to be proud of our North American education system. Especially in the 70 years since the end of the Second World War, it’s helped to create and sustain more prosperity for more people than ever before in history. Higher education, once the privilege […]
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study Lessons for BC, Alberta in new Stanford report. The fracking of oil and gas less than a mile from aquifers or the Earth’s surface now takes place across North America with few restrictions, posing increased risk for drinking water supplies, says a new Stanford study. The study examined […]
Harper Is Right: This Election Is about Security Versus Risk
Harper Is Right: This Election Is about Security Versus Risk It’s our nation’s ruthless economic insecurity that Canadians must weigh. Stephen Harper chose the Calgary Stampede (now Rachel Notley country) to launch the theme of the now full-blown election campaign. Harper proclaimed he was confident that “this October Canadians will choose security over risk.” Let’s hope so. […]
BC’s Gas Export Hopes Face ‘Scandal that Ate Malaysia’
BC’s Gas Export Hopes Face ‘Scandal that Ate Malaysia’ Asian nation’s PM, key to $36 billion LNG bid by Petronas, in corruption probe. The prime minister of Malaysia, who is central to British Columbia’s liquefied natural gas development ambitions, is the subject of a major financial corruption scandal rocking his country. Earlier this month The […]
Agriculture Issues Just the Tip of the TPP Iceberg
Agriculture Issues Just the Tip of the TPP Iceberg Trade deal could slam Canadians with rising consumer, health care and education costs The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade agreement that encompasses nearly 40 per cent of world GDP, heads to Hawaii later this month for ministerial-level negotiations. According to media reports, this may […]
