Saturday, April 18, 2009

A look at the NDP platform

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A useful Victoria Times Colonist editorial today on the NDP platform.
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Friday, April 17, 2009

A look at the Liberal platform

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A useful Victoria Times Colonist editorial today on the Liberal platform.

On election day, will you be a happy sheep?

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Barely back from a 2,800-mile road trip, and I was greeted by the first election signs. And my heart sank. That’s bad. We should look forwar...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Camped in a casino RV lot...

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And one day from home after a great road trip to Yosemite and Death Valley and many great points along the way. Struck, as always, by the co...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Thanks, I'm fine

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Better than fine, as this is a fun break. But thanks for fretting a little. It's much appreciated.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Taking a break

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Posts to resume, really.
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Campbell's 'province of losers' warning comes true

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Should a responsible government really be trying to entice people into casinos to chase their lottery losses on slot machines? Especially wh...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

B.C. Rail Kinsella memo to be revealed Thursday in court, NDP predicts

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MEDIA ADVISORY March 25, 2009 KEY DEVELOPMENT IN B.C. RAIL CORRUPTION TRIAL EXPECTED TOMORROW VANCOUVER - The contents of a 2004 e-mail exch...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Running a wire on the police

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The Times Colonist has been following an interesting case. Victoria police stopped a driver, in case, they said, his car was stolen. He was ...
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Nurses find way around coming wage freeze

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It looks like the B.C. Nurses Union has retired Solidarity Forever in favour of Take the Money and Run as a rallying song. The nurses' c...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Uranium a glowing problem for government

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The province's handling of uranium mining brings to mind Homer Simpson's approach to operating a nuclear power plant. And the stumbl...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Questions unanswered about BC Rail payments to Liberal insider

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Sure, a lot was happening in the Liberals' first term. But it's hard to see why a Crown corporation had to pay $297,000 to a Liberal...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Finance ministry records included faked B.C. Rail sale e-mails

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A few days ago, I posted e-mails from finance ministry files that indicated former New Democrat MLAs Paul Ramsey, Gordon Wilson, Helmut Ge...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Binder 5: E-mails fake says, ex-Liberal MLA

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Paul Nettleton also says the finance ministry e-mail files allegedly showing a campaign against the BC Rail are fakes. "Your recent blo...
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BC Rail paid firms of Liberal campaign co-chair for services

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The New Democrats asked about questions yersterday about $297,000 in payments from B.C. Rail to the consulting firms of Patrick Kinsella, th...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Binder 5: Paul Ramsey says he's never seen the e-mails referred to in the post below

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Former NDP cabinet minister Paul Ramsey says he's never seen, and certainly didn't write, any of the e-mails in Finance Ministry fil...
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Binder 5: New Democrats plot against the B.C. Rail sale, and the government gets the e-mails

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Note: See post above. Paul Ramsey says he's never seen and didn't write any of these e-mails. Which raises a whole lot of questions ...
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Sunday, March 08, 2009

Who is paying lawyers for Basi and Virk?

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The New Democrats have posted most of the 8,000-odd pages of material released to the defence in the B.C. Rail sale corruption case here . ...
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Friday, March 06, 2009

Time to become a reporter

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The New Democrats have posted most of the 8,000-odd pages of material released to the defence in the B.C. Rail sale corruption case here . ...
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Can the RCMP survive with its credibility gone?

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I covered court in Alberta for a little while. RCMP officers often testified. Sometimes, they were a little evasive or obviously coached. ...
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