OPINION How to Fight Site C Six ways citizens can sway the government to reverse a disastrous decision. By Andrew Nikiforuk in TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor to The Tyee. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: ‘The fight over Site C has just…
Too many to print here on my small blog, so be sure to click on the link below to see the reportage of THE TYEE.CA https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2017/04/03/BC-Liberal-Campbell-Falsehoods-Scandals/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=030417…
Despite the Ombudsman’s Misfire report, consistent inconsistencies & questions remain on health firings travesty. ON APRIL 7, 2017 5:04 PM BY LAILA YUILEIN BC ELECTION 2017, BC LIBERALS, BC NDP, BC POLITICS, CORRUPTION, CRIME, LAILA YUILE The long awaited report in the health firings was released by the Ombudsman office yesterday, and having read through it, like many, I was left sickened. For those needing to…
December 2016 study finds: ‘Shadow System’ of Tax Breaks For The Rich Costs Canada Billions $$$ Canada’s income tax deductions are helping make the rich richer, a new study has concluded. The research paper released in December 2016 by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says breaks on personal income taxes in Canada…
Peter Julian, NDP leader candidate 2017 The economic costs of climate change increase every day. Canadians need bold leadership on a clean energy transition and job creation strategy for workers. Peter Julian proposed his “Just Transition Fund” that will create tens of thousands of long-term, sustainable jobs through multi-billion dollar investments in research and…
Christy Clark’s BC Liberals received over $1.2 million from corporations outside BC since 2015 Christy Clark’s BC Liberals received over $1.2 million from corporations outside BC since 2015 How badly broken are British Columbia’s political financing rules? Well, the New York Times compares the situation in BC to the “Wild West,” while the Globe…
According to Mike Smith: The B.C. government spent $923,000 on social-media pictures over five years, including $5,400 to photograph Premier Christy Clark in Paris. Keeping a tight lid on spending is “the foundation” of Premier Christy Clark’s approach to governing, or at least that’s what her new election commercial says. But the TV…
Christy Clark is trying to buy the election with millions of dollars from shady corporate donors. With barely a month until the BC election, Christy Clark’s BC Liberals have raised millions from huge corporate donors, and they’re hoping they can spend their way to victory. (Resource 1: Globe editorial: B.C.’s wild west financing laws…
Originally written by: Heather Libby, BC NDP Digital Team | March 28, 2017 Six times, the BC NDP has tried to get big money out of politics. On May 9, you can finally make it happen. When BC NDP MLA Carole James proposed a committee to fix BC’s broken electoral finance rules, she knew that…
Accounting ploys kept rates down, government revenue up — but at big future costs. Storm clouds over the W.A.C. Bennett dam — and BC Hydro. Photo by Tad McIlwraith, from Your BC: The Tyee’s Photo Pool. The Liberal government in Ontario is facing a major political crisis due to opposition to the rapid increase…
