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Canada’s Donald Trump?
Part 1 in a two-part series about the next leader of Canada’s Conservative party. Part 2 is about Michael Chong and the rise of the Green Tories. The Donald ...
China is a country, not a race
Xi Jinping, the President of China, makes Donald Trump sound like a liberal poseur. Cracking down on Muslims? Check. Torturing political enemies? Check. Mass surveillance, violation of reproductive rights, ...
Minimum Effective Dose
I’ve spent too much time in doctor’s waiting rooms lately. Luckily it wasn’t all wasted time. Some of the medical concepts I observed there provided insights that could make ...
Canada’s first Chinese FIPA case in the making?
You never know where the next huge story is going to come from. I remember the first time I saw Enbridge’s proposal for a West Coast oil tanker port ...
Is the TPP "Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroo"?
When my daughter was a toddler I used to read her Dr. Seuss books at bedtime. I don’t know which of us enjoyed this ritual more, her or me, ...
A New Hope On Oil, LNG Reviews. What About For Coal?
Climate test, revised process should apply to thermal coal export proposals, too Many in our community are celebrating this week after Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Environment and ...
Revised Kinder Morgan review must meet a high bar to restore public trust
Burnaby – First Nations and environmental groups today welcomed the federal government’s announcement of a new “transition process” for projects under environmental review, including Kinder Morgan’s pipeline and oil ...
What’s A Public Hearing Without The Public?
Editor’s Note: Dogwood Initiative’s Kai Nagata applied as an intervenor in the Kinder Morgan pipeline review but was among the hundreds rejected. For this view inside the hearing room ...
Want Free Trade? Build A West Coast Pipeline, Says China
With final arguments in the Kinder Morgan pipeline review underway in Burnaby, a top Chinese official is using the moment to offer Canadians a deal. In his visit to ...