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First Nations challenge resource proposals across the west
Courthouses across the west will be busy this fall with First Nations’ challenges to energy mega-projects and Crown forest policies. The outcome of these decsions could force significant changes ...
Liquified Natural Gas proposed for BC
The latest scheme to maintain North America’s unquenchable demand for fossil fuels may be coming to BC. The Galveston Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project, proposed to be sited ...
Encana vs. reasonableness and public access
We recently wrote about new law in BC that restricts public access to the names of corporate shareholders. We decided to start testing the law on access to shareholders’ ...
Softwood rises again
With the newish federal government preparing for the fall session, it appears the softwood lumber dispute is going to become headline news once again. (See today’s story from the ...
Jumbo decision Sept 17: Act now!
The BC government will make a decision by September 17 on a controversial ski development in the Jumbo Valley near Invermere, BC. You can express your concern and opposition ...
Freedom from Information: Ken Dobell foils the government record
It is almost the first anniversary of the conference on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, at which the head of BC’s civil service thumbed his nose at the ...
This Television Will Be Revolutionised: the media and civil society
It’s a commonplace that as the ownership of North American news media has become more concentrated, the public is receiving less diverse news and views, and that a topic ...
Action alert for US voters in Canada
If you are a US citizen living outside of the United States, you have the right to vote in the November 2 US election, but you must register and ...
Corporate unaccountability: the new BC Business Corporations Act
Once again the Campbell government is amending legislation to benefit corporations and hinder the public’s right to know important information. Their latest reform in favour of corporations, buried in ...