Posts from ‘Commentary’ - Page 29
My fearless predictions for 2015
When I was a little boy, every year at about this time my mother would sit me down for a talk about my priorities for the coming 12 months. ...
Dogwood reflects
Kai Nagata on Let BC Vote On a personal note, it was a huge privilege to join Dogwood last March. The past ten months have been extraordinary. I want ...
You can’t make this stuff up
On the weekend, B.C.’s Ministry of Energy and Mines posted a pretty audacious media release urging British Columbians to “Stuff your stockings with B.C. coal”. The release paints an ...
Not the kind of port reform we were hoping for
Just when you thought public input into major resource export proposals couldn’t be undermined any more than it already has, you get something like Bill C-43. This omnibus bill, ...
Does the MLA for Burnaby North know something we don’t about Kinder Morgan?
In case you hadn’t heard, the B.C. government has five conditions for any company proposing to transport heavy oil to the coast. The first condition is “Successful completion of ...
I’ll never forget where I was when the coal decision came down
I don’t think I’ll ever forget where I was when I found out Port Metro Vancouver approved the Fraser Surrey Docks coal export expansion facility this past August. I ...
Many hands make for an award win
Being recognized for an achievement with an award is a rare opportunity – one to be celebrated. It can be encouraging, humbling and flattering all wrapped into one tidy ...
We won big on election day
It’s election night, and I’m sitting in Dogwood’s Vancouver office waiting for the polls to close. There’s a newspaper in my bag with headlines that read Kirk LaPointe, pro-pipeline ...
Where was Premier Clark while Della was being arrested?
I’m used to singing the national anthem at hockey games, not while watching an RCMP officer put a grandmother in handcuffs. Yesterday, a couple dozen of us walked slowly ...