#BCElxn2017 is good news for the environment
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 There will be a lot of discussion for weeks, maybe months, about who won the 2017 BC election (and who lost). But regardless of which party…
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Climate in the 2017 BC Election
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 In an earlier post we compared the BC Liberal and BC NDP Climate plans in advance of the upcoming election. Now that the BC Green Party…
Rafe Mair Offers the BCNDP A Basic Primer On Campaigning and Politics
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is hard to imagine how things could be much worse for British Columbian’s now that the BC NDP tanked in the May 14th election. Yes, the…
Strength in Numbers, or Just Numb?
Unifor: CAW, CEP Merger Creates Largest Private-Sector Union In Canada Posted: 05/30/2013 11:59 am EDT | Updated: 05/30/2013 5:12 pm EDT Considering that CUPE, the largest public sector union, seems…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
ND-phobia?
Well, the blog has been quiet for awhile; work tends to do that now and again. We have an endless myriad of topics to talk about, and while the Mike…
The Uneducated Masses Strike a Blow for…?
Middle Schools Closed In Cowichan Valley, School Bus Fees Implemented CP | By The Canadian PressPosted: 05/16/2013 10:48 am EDT | Updated: 05/16/2013 11:14 am EDT (found in Huffington Post)…
That Vision Thing
Tom Walkom’s analysis of the BC election is interesting. In the end, he writes, British Columbians were asked to choose between two negatives: On Tuesday, B.C. voters were left with…
The most plausible reason for the NDP loss in BC
Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in BC I think Gordon Gibson’s take in the Globe & Mail on the vote-shifting caused by the position-shifting of Dix in the last week of…
B.C. Votes Against Its Future
I don’t live in Canada’s most westerly province, but I know that British Columbians pride themselves in their slogan, “Beautiful British Columbia”. It is a province of vast wilderness, ancient…
Rafe Mair Takes It To The Liberals Over Their Economic Incompetence!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I steal more from the ‘Common Sense Canadian’ than most other sites and am happy to continue my larcenous behaviour in that regard. Rafe was a Social…
On climate change, a clear distinction between the major BC parties
By: Pembina Institute | Press Release: VANCOUVER — An assessment of climate change issues in political platforms reveals clear distinctions between British Columbia’s four major parties. Prepared by the Pembina…
Environmental Issues Separate the BC NDP from the BC Liberals
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Environmental issues rank at or near the top for the first time in BC’s history. This could well be the difference when the Provincial Election…
That’s Crude, Dude, not Chocolate….
B.C. NDP leader slammed for opposition to pipeline Liberals call Dix’s new position the “Kinder Morgan Surprise” CBC News Posted: Apr 23, 2013 7:28 PM PT Last Updated: Apr 23,…
Let’s Vote For Better Schools! BCTF TV Advertising Is Pathetic!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have watched the BCTF campaign ads over the years. They squander hundreds of thousands of dollars on some really well produced ads and then choke and…
John Horgan Itching For An Election!
Call an Election now Christy! Christy Clark said this last night on the evening news.”You know I think British Columbians elected me leader because I am different.” British Columbians didn’t…