Christy Clark shares the stage in Paris with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian Premiers. | Photo courtesy of the Province of British Columbia

Spinning and fiddling as the world burns

December 7 2015 Columns

Christy Clark shares the stage in Paris with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian Premiers. | Photo courtesy of the …

PowerBC: NDP plan calls for more clean energy, green jobs

November 23 2015 Columns

Despite all the excitement about the defeat of the Harper government, in B.C. the political status quo still seems unmovable. Riddled with scandals, and having weathered many dips in popularity over …

“Triple deleting” – the Clark
government’s M.O. | Photo by Matt McGee

Delete this!: Notes on the B.C. government’s scandalous culture of cover-up

November 2 2015 Columns

Most British Columbia voters breathed a big sigh relief last month, as the corrupt and discredited government of Stephen Harper was finally swept from office.

Now it may be time to set our …

B.C. Premier Christy Clark is focused on LNG. | Photo courtesy of Government of British Columbia

As the world focuses on climate, will Premier Clark remain fixated only on LNG?

October 18 2015 Columns

By the time this column is printed, Canada may well have elected a new prime minister. As I have noted previously in this space, B.C. Premier Christy Clark has remained scrupulously above the fray of…

There are more important issues to consider besides cutting the red tape | Photo courtesy of Province of British Columbia

‘Red Tape Reduction Day’: A bad joke from B.C. government

October 5 2015 Columns

Thank goodness for small mercies: B.C. Premier Christy Clark is steering clear of the federal election.

Unlike Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne, who has thrown herself fully behind the …

Infographic from the Save Our VCC campaign.

Is Vancouver Community College facing death by a thousand cuts?

September 21 2015 Columns

As school resumed this month across British Columbia, many commentators made note of the one-year anniversary of the B.C. government’s dispute with teachers. The situation isn’t as hot as last …

Time for Vancouver and B.C. to say ‘refugees welcome here’

September 7 2015 Left Bank

Alan Kurdi – shattered hopes.

It’s a global story with a very local connection for those of us here in British Columbia.…

Earthquake shakes up debate on fracking in B.C.

August 24 2015 Columns

Last week a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C., just a few kilometres from a fracking site operated by Progress Energy. The company was forced to halt operations …