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Site C – The Dam of Self Sufficiency?
Rumours about a revamped Site C proposal seem like a deja-vu. BC Hydro is once again trying to pave the pathway for the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam up ...
BC Hero – Hupacasath Chief Judith Sayers
Interview with Judith Sayers Judith is the elected Chief of Hupacasath First Nations. As elected Chief, she oversees allbusiness, governance, administration and financial issues along with theelected council. The ...
The Hupacasath decision, privatization and Brascan’s big mistake
The story of the dispute about lands near Port Alberni goes like this… Onceupon a time, in a place very near, the kings representative gives some land to arailroad ...
Slow progress towards electoral reform?
Another attempt at bringingproportional representation into Canadian antiquated electoral system hasfailed. Or has it? Last week PEIopened their polling stations in hopes of passing a plebiscite on a ...
The Hupacasath win, but Weyerhaeuser and Brascan get rich
After months of delay, Justice Lynn Smith ofthe BC Supreme Court releasedher decision in the Hupacasath First Nation lawsuit seeking to quash the decision of the Minister of Forests that approves ...
The Tar Sands – the Elephant In Canada’s Energy Future
It will be interesting as the federal election campaign unravels how the major parties deal with the elephant in Canada’s energy future-the tar sands. Politicians and oil industry executives ...
Walking the Talk on Campaign Finance Reform
It’s time to walk the talk. If the federaland provincial politicians really support campaign financial reform, theyshould be setting the example by voluntarily refusing donations from non-voterssuch as corporations ...
Transparency in Tahltan Country?
Attempts by the TahltanCentral Council (TCC) to force through a participation agreement with Nova Goldare facing stiff opposition. In the past few weeks, the TCC, aprovincially registered society that ...
Spinning Softwood News
The rhetoric about the ongoing softwood dispute is taking on a life of its ownin the buildup to a federal election. Mr. Martin is talking tough to buttress his ...
