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How does the Let BC Vote campaign fit into federal election organizing and beyond?
Like many people, I joined Dogwood Initiative because of its unique citizens’ initiative strategy. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Let BC Vote campaign launch, I find ...
Esquimalt says yes to a B.C. review of Kinder Morgan
Guest writer Terry Dance-Bennink has been volunteering in various capacities and organizing with Dogwood since 2013. She’s also a regular editorial contributor. You can read her profound story about ...
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 ...
Tories, pipeline firms growing apart
Written by Kai Nagata – Originally published in the Vancouver Sun, December 23, 2014 A friend of mine works at TransCanada, the company whose proposed Energy East pipeline would ...
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 ...