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China Remains Gateway Wildcard
Is China in or is China out? That has long been a hot question for those watching the progress, or lack thereof, on Enbridge’s ‘Northern Gateway’ pipeline and tanker ...
Dogwood Cute? Never
Dogwood Cute? Never We have been getting some interesting feedback to our recent appeal to protect our BC’s endangered Orca’s. If you haven’t seen it yet the campaign focuses ...
Lost in Transmission
The Prime Minister’s announcement today of funding for the Northwest Transmission Line (“NTL”) in British Columbia was disingenuous. Contrary to the PM’s statements, the NTL will primarily serve the ...
Citizens Guide: Northwest Transmission Line
A major decision is now pending which could dramatically change the environmental, economic and social future of North-western British Columbia. The BC Government is proposing to extend BC Hydro’s ...
Race to the Bottom
The false economy of BC’s natural gas royalty reductions The BC budget may try to hide the figures, but there is no getting around the facts, the BC Government ...
In Whose Interest?
Across North America popular interest and progressive land use planning is being side stepped by developers who’s systematized power to manipulate political and legal procedures buys them the freedom ...
Enbridge's Bad Week
Things got a whole lot worse for Enbridge on October 2nd when a freighter struck a rock along the Douglas Channel. For First Nations and many others it’s proves ...
Government Fudges the Numbers
If you are looking for reliable numbers on the provinces fiscal health and commitment to the environment don’t look to the BC Budget. That is the message from BC ...
Teddy's courage and me
Teddy Kennedy died this week. I never met the man personally, but he had a profound impact on my life. It was not just his work on health care, ...