Posts by Will Horter - Page 11

Dreams of Hope

November 26, 2008 | 

I am 45 years old. I was born 5 weeks after MLKs famous “I Havea Dream” speech on the mall in Washington.Although it predates my birth, that speech is ...

The Great Land Grab

November 23, 2008 | 

Famous U.S. abolitionist Wendell Phillps once said, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many for the few.”Phillips’ quip applies to BC where ...

Tsilhqot'in Ruling Rocks BC; Aftershocks To Come

November 23, 2008 | 

If a tremor shakes BC’s forestsand no one talks about it, was there an earthquake? We are going to find out whenthe shock waves of the groundbreaking decision in ...

Following The Money in Privatization Scandal

August 8, 2008 | 

To get to the bottom of the Watergate scandal Deep Throat advised investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to “follow the money”. Anyone trying to understand the scandal ...

Karl Rove Comes to Canada?

March 27, 2008 | 

Canadians have watched the chaos and dirty tricks happening in U.S.presidential elections with a sense of superiority – giving thanks that’it couldn’t happen here in Canada”. Don’t be so ...

Same old sweetheart royalty schemes

December 7, 2007 | 

The last few months saw another Canadian province facing scrutiny for its failure to collect a “fair share” of the monetary value of public assets granted to resource companies. ...

Hope vs. Fear

December 3, 2007 | 

A little over two weeks ago my wife gave birth to our first baby. Asha Hope was born after being in her mothers womb only 25 weeks and weighed ...

East/West Divide

November 13, 2007 | 

The Harper government is aggressively defending the East Coast against several LNG proposals. Why isn’t British Columbia getting the same treatment? “…let me be absolutely clear. We oppose the ...

WFP TFL scheme: Born in Scandal

October 24, 2007 | 

Another betrayal of the public trust?       Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of     power, corrupt power.                 -George Bernard ...