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Marc Eliesen: “Fixing the NEB after approving Trans Mountain’s expansion is disingenuous.”
Former BC Hydro CEO and Suncor Director lays it out at NEB modernization hearings The Ministry of Natural Resources’ “NEB Modernization Panel” met a very skeptical audience at the ...
Broken Trust, Renewed Resolve
North Vancouver volunteer team leader responds to provincial Kinder Morgan approval By Nadine Sheppard As a longtime Deep Cove local I have been actively watching the Kinder Morgan expansion ...
Texas’ big bad wolf sizes up B.C.
Polite Canadians are easy prey for U.S. oil barons I’ve learned a lot about compromise over the last few decades. Living in the United States for most of grade school ...
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 – ...
Trudeau’s climate plan: made for the oil patch
“New pipelines to transition to clean energy” is Canada’s own form of climate denial Watching Prime Minister Trudeau celebrate President Trump’s executive order reviving the Keystone XL pipeline got ...
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 ...
Historic coal victory in Washington increases pressure on B.C.
As Trump takes the wheel, U.S. thermal coal is looking for a way off the continent The denial of a key permit by the State of Washington has left ...
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, ...
CORRECTED VERSION: Liberal MPs respond on Kinder Morgan
Originally published in the Vancouver Sun, December 18 2016. Corrections by Dogwood staff. By: Pam Goldsmith-Jones, Terry Beech, Jonathan Wilkinson Last week, the prime minister announced the government’s decision ...