Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Public might blame both sides, but holds government responsible for inaction on strike

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Both sides are losing in the teachers’ dispute. The spin and counter-spin, PR gestures and ad campaigns aren’t moving the parties any close...
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Thursday, September 04, 2014

Clark's press conference bad news for province's court prospects

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The tit-for-tat press conferences by Premier Christy Clark and BCTF head Jim Iker did nothing to advance negotiations, and left most people...
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Monday, September 01, 2014

Teachers' dispute down to public pressure and first to fold

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You can tune out all the rhetoric from both sides in the teachers’ dispute at this point.  It has come down to a simple question - who wi...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

RCMP's political response to budget cuts, or give us the money or we shoot the police dog

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The only real surprise in RCMP budget cuts   in British Columbia was that they didn’t threaten to chop the musical ride.  The provinc...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

The weird tale of the deadbeat cop, and the true crime

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BC's government claws back $17 million in child support payments from mothers and children living in poverty.  Everything about the...
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

Newspapers: Sponsored content, advertorials and the shifting balance of power

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Norm Farrell has a useful post about sponsored content, the new name for advertorials. And The Gazetteer wondered what I thought, as a fo...
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Friday, August 01, 2014

Government's $40-a-day payment to parents bad news for teachers' union

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The government’s promise of $40-a-day payments to parents if schools are closed in September is an astute tactical move. The plan, announ...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Honduras, and the U.S. border crisis no one is talking about

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The Honduran kids are starting to pile up in detention centres along the U.S. border. Since Oct. 1, about 52,000 “unaccompanied minors” hav...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Time for BCTF, government to prepare for fall legislated settlement (and save summer school)

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I’m sure Vince Ready is busy. But I expect he also decided against getting involved in the teachers’ strike/lockout because there is no rea...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Clark's pension costs taxpayers $76k a year, but disability rate increase not 'affordable'

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Premier Christy Clark scores top marks for hypocrisy in explaining why British Columbians on disability benefits, and their children, shoul...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Expect a teachers' strike in September

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The chances of reaching a new teachers’ contract this month range from slim to none.  There can always be breakthroughs when both parties...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Teachers' June strike a tactical error

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I don’t understand the teachers’ union decision to strike with two weeks left in the school year. Parents resent school closures at any t...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Five observations on the Ontario election

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1) A record of corruption and incompetence doesn’t disqualify a party from forming government. The Ontario Liberals cost taxpayers almost $...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Private schools, the strike/lockout and inequality

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Not all parents are worried about school closures in the current teachers’ dispute. Christy Clark and thousands of others have opted out ...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

KILLED AFTER OFFICE GOLF PARTY NIGHTMARE OF CRASHES

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I’ve been doing some research that led me into the Toronto Star online archives of the mid-1950s. It wasn’t any golden age of journalism....
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Clark's answers on RCI role don't add up

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Christy Clark needs to provide better answers about her previously undisclosed role with RCI Capital Group. In 2007, Clark signed a contr...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

How much longer does Postmedia have?

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I’m rooting for Postmedia. But the latest quarterly results released Thursday don’t offer much hope for the future of the corporation. Si...
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