Posts from ‘Ban Big Money’ - Page 6
The first ever Dogwood podcast!
Our first podcast! Join Dogwood’s Kai Nagata as he checks in with Tankers campaigner Sophie Harrison and director of organizing Laura Benson about Dogwood’s plan to stop Kinder Morgan’s pipeline. ...
B.C. is overdue for a corruption inquiry
Heads rolled in the federal sponsorship scandal, and politics is better for it Dinner parties with foreign billionaires, charter flights, private islands, selfies with Bono and Kevin Spacey – ...
Bid-rigging and political bribes: how Quebec taxpayers lost millions
The same companies donate to the BC Liberals With Premier Clark’s approval of Kinder Morgan this month, British Columbians learned a bit more about the rules of the game ...
More Kinder bucks for Christy Clark
Real-time disclosure reveals ongoing oil patch payments to BC Liberals Last week we added up the payout to Christy Clark and the BC Liberals from Kinder Morgan and friends, ...
718,918 reasons Christy Clark said ‘yes’ to Kinder Morgan
Update: The amount included below was calculated with information available at the time. Here is an updated total, based on the BC Liberals 2016 donor records. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...
Like Trudeau, Premier Clark will approve Kinder Morgan. Here’s why.
Industry backers have donated at least $720,000 to ensure Trans Mountain’s provincial approval. Last week Prime Minister Trudeau announced his approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion because, as ...
Corporate cash addiction corrodes B.C. politics
The tide is turning against corporate money in politics. Yet BC Liberals, NDP keep cashing cheques. Would you pay $20,000 to eat rubbery chicken, drink a couple glasses of ...
Take it from Hillary: money can’t buy everything
The American election turned political campaigning on its head. Canadian politicians better heed the lessons. There is a well known theory in political campaigning: The candidate who raises the ...
Christy Clark’s trumped up ‘feminism’
*Please note: The numbers below were based on the information available at that time. Since then, the BC Liberals have released their 2016 donor list, which include a contribution of $5000 ...