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A Dam Troublesome Exception: Progress Energy’s dams should not be exempted from environmental review
I sent the following letter to BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) in response to Progress Energy’s extraordinary request to retroactively exempt the Lily and Town…
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Firehose of corporate cash or financing our democracy together? A no-brainer
A long-overdue and badly-needed overhaul of BC’s election finance rules was introduced by the provincial government last week. Media headlines mostly focused on the decision…
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BC’s last Climate “Leadership” Plan was written in big oil’s boardroom (literally)
Newly uncovered documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests reveal the cozy relationship between the fossil fuel industry and the last BC government went even…
Why BC’s new government should make Freedom of Information reform a top priority
When a political party returns to power after an absence of 16 years, it is going to have a lot of priorities and will encounter…
The enormous cost of public-private partnerships
Three recent BC public private partnership (P3) hospitals developed in co-operation with the province’s Partnerships BC (PBC) will cost the public $260 million more than…
To protect her legacy, Premier Clark should put a moratorium on the destruction of documents
British Columbia is in interesting times politically and that makes transparency around government decisions more important than ever. It is both a medium-term issue and…
Getting big money out of BC politics: 5 ways to do this right
With the provincial election behind us, there’s at least one thing that the overwhelming majority of British Columbians seem to clearly agree on: we need…
A Dam Big Problem: Regulatory breakdown as fracking companies in BC’s northeast build dozens of unauthorized dams
A subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned petro giant courted by the BC government, has built at least 16 unauthorized dams in northern BC to…
Manitoba opens door to public sector secrecy as Ottawa calls for increase in P3 projects
Wednesday’s federal Budget reaffirms the Canadian Government’s commitment to its promised “Canada Infrastructure Bank.” This opens the door to having corporations deliver public infrastructure through…
From disenfranchised to revitalized: Ten proposals to set our forests and BC’s rural communities on a new course
Fort Nelson and Merritt lie at two geographical extremes, the former perched in the northeast corner near some of British Columbia’s biggest natural gas plays,…
5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear
The problem of corporate influence in politics and government is heating up in BC as we head towards the May election. 2017 kicked off with…
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826 reasons Kinder Morgan got a green light for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Despite sustained opposition to Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet gave it their blessing yesterday.…