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Last Friday’s front page of the Province featured photos of NDP leader Adrian Dix and B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, promising shocking revelations inside. What was the big news?
Justice is indivisible, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr.
Last weekend was the 12th annual Media Democracy Day in Vancouver. For me, it was a time to consider the connection between the political challenges we face and the ways that information is disseminated and shared in our society.
It doesn’t pay to be outspoken about the occupation of Palestine. As someone who came into serious political involvement through groups like the Canada Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet), I have experienced this first hand.
The Maple Spring came to Vancouver last week. It was absolutely beautiful. And, no, I’m not talking about the unseasonably warm and sunny weather we’ve been enjoying of late.
The road to political change in Ottawa goes through Victoria. The road map to follow comes from Quebec.
For Christy Clark, it looks like it’s all over except for the voting. The sinking ship metaphor has now saturated coverage of politics in British Columbia, as many key Liberal cabinet ministers have chosen the lifeboats instead of a mutiny against captain Clark.
Big Oil executives are not used to not getting their way. How else can we explain the recent bizarre, whining outburst from Enbridge’s CEO Patrick Daniel?
Last Wednesday, August 1, I attended a vigil outside of the downtown Vancouver headquarters of Goldcorp, at 666 Burrard Street. The event, organized by the Mining Justice Alliance, was held to draw attention to the injustices committed by Canadian mining companies in Latin America and to remember those who had been killed for their opposition to mega mining projects.
On Saturday, July 7, a ceremony and celebration took place on the North Vancouver shores of Burrard Inlet that will help to define politics in British Columbia for years to come.
Last week saw the Harper Conservative government ram its sprawling omnibus Bill C-38 through Parliament. This mega bill, checking in at well over 400 pages in length, was ostensibly the budget implementation bill. In reality, it went way beyond budget matters.
Quebec’s students are teaching, or re-teaching, an important lesson to all of us. In Canada, and here in British Columbia, decades of neo-liberalism have rolled back our public services. Even more damaging, perhaps, has been the way these years have rolled back our public imagination.
