Derrick O’Keefe
Articles by Derrick O’Keefe
Bikes lanes are just a start: Climate emergency requires transportation transformation
August 5 2013 ColumnsJuly was a record-breaking …
Daring to imagine more than politics and patronage as usual in B.C.
July 8 2013 ColumnsAs summer sets in, it’s business and …
Even before winning her by-election seat, Christy Clark’s hubris is showing
June 17 2013 ColumnsIt’s full steam ahead for Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberal government, following a most unexpected election win last month.
Clark has named her cabinet, and in a most unusual occurrence, the …
Is this the end of Enbridge’s B.C. pipe dreams?
June 3 2013 Left BankThere is cause for celebration in …
BC Election
May 20 2013 Left Bank“I am hurt, but I am not slain. I shall lay me down and bleed a while, then rise and fight again.”
These are words legendary NDP leader Tommy Douglas borrowed from Andrew Barton and used to …
Enough is enough: 10 reasons why Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals are unfit for office
May 6 2013 Left BankIn May 1989, the student newspaper at Simon Fraser University ran a story about embattled student union president-elect Christy Clark under the headline ‘Unfit for office?’ Clark was late paying …
B.C. NDP campaign promises to disappoint anti-poverty activists
April 22 2013 ColumnsThe B.C. election campaign is now in…
Earth Day, the carbon tax debate and the B.C. election
April 8 2013 ColumnsThis year Earth Day lands in the middle of the provincial election campaign. This is good timing, given the global climate emergency and B.C.’s alarming and increasing reliance on fossil fuel …
No sign of a “Chávez of the North” in B.C. just yet
March 18 2013 ColumnsFor all the ink spilled in the past couple of weeks about …
Christy Clark’s house of cards comes toppling down
March 4 2013 ColumnsI recently watched the much-hyped new Netflix TV series House of Cards A big budget remake of an …