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Standing Rock veterans set sights on Kinder Morgan
Kamloops meetings open a new chapter in B.C. pipeline and oil tanker resistance Texas pipeline company Kinder Morgan’s push to expand crude oil exports through B.C. could spark “a ...
Justin Trudeau dangerously underestimates British Columbians
Backlash building as voters feel lied to, taken for granted Surprises are becoming the norm in recent elections. Last year Rachel Notley swept the NDP to an unprecedented majority ...
Kinder Morgan could inflict political damage on Trudeau Liberals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2016 Oil tanker expansion a ballot-box issue for many 2015 Liberal voters, poll finds VANCOUVER — A new poll by Insights West shows ...
Never underestimate British Columbians
The federal government is using political calculus that doesn’t add up The last time a Prime Minister named Trudeau forced an unpopular energy policy on a western province, the backlash ...
Letter shows Trudeau ready to break promise on Kinder Morgan
Oil tanker approval would betray written commitment by Liberals. Sitting in a Burnaby hotel ballroom this week across from three sheepish federal pipeline panelists, I couldn’t help but remember ...
Turning the pages of the Panama Papers
You don’t have to dig very deep to find a link to B.C. politics The announcement of a new and massive ‘offshore entities’ data leak came a couple of ...
A Game of Votes
As the undead march on Fortress B.C., Dogwood prepares the defences How do you kill something that just won’t die? That’s the question preoccupying Game of Thrones fans, and ...
You can’t out-message the organized
Here comes the air war Investors who stand to profit from projects like Enbridge Northern Gateway, Kinder Morgan’s oil tanker project or Woodfibre LNG are not going to give ...
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, ...