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  • Fast Facts: Red River College Decision Part of a Pattern of Bad Decision-Making

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 12, 2019 The recent decision to end the tenure of Paul Vogt as President and CEO of Red River College (RRC) has been met with widespread condemnation from some surprising sources. The consultant hired by the provincial government to review the governance,…

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    Corporate Mapping Project

    Un nouveau rapport met en lumière l’état de l’industrie des combustibles fossiles dans l’Est du Canada – une région négligée dans les débats sur les politiques énergétiques

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT [HALIFAX/ Kjipuktuk, 6 juin 2023]:  Bien que l’Est du Canada soit fortement investi dans la production pétrolière et gazière, cette région est souvent omise des discussions sur la politique énergétique, qui s’axe surtout sur les provinces de l’Ouest. Un nouveau rapport fait l’état des lieux…

  • More privatization is not the answer

    More privatization is not the answer for BC health care

    Leading up to the 2024 election, the BC Conservatives are promising major health care reforms, in particular a greater role for private health care. More choice and competition, they claim, will “unleash the power of private-sector innovation” and reduce wait times. There’s good reason to be skeptical of such claims. .…

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    Fracking, earthquakes and hydro dams? Don’t worry. We have an understanding.

    This is the second of two posts. Read the first here. Efforts by BC Hydro to ban potentially destructive natural gas company fracking operations in the vicinity of its biggest dams fall well short of what an Alberta hydro provider has achieved, raising questions about why British Columbia isn’t doing…

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    Oil Politics in the Patch

    Climate Change Resistance and Cultures of Silence CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Regina — In the wake of “The Price of Oil” investigation into oil industry impacts in Saskatchewan by the Toronto Star, National Observer and Global News, the realities of living with the health and environmental effects…

  • Out of the Closet on Site C

    For years, successive BC governments have forbidden any new large-scale hydro dams. When I was on the BC Hydro Board of Directors in the mid-1990s, the Board passed a motion that all government land-holdings associated with Site C should be sold. The BC Hydro Board was against building Site C,…

  • Site C

    I recall talking to a senior BC Hydro planner a number of years ago who mapped out a very sensible way to develop the BC Hydro system. Retain the Burrard gas-fired thermal power plant as a back-up for extreme drought, when electricity supply at the hydro facilities on the Peace…

  • The Patriarchal Illusion of Control

    Ruinous drive for power and control primarily masculine The poster publicizing David Suzuki’s 1985 television series A Planet for the Taking stated: “We have long thought of ourselves as masters of the natural world, but now that drive to dominate and control is having dangerous consequences. Can we change the…

  • Revisiting the Economic Case for Site C

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  • CCPA Review: Critics of Hydro/Government plans for Bipole III lack credibility

    Last month the Winnipeg Free Press published a full page of criticism regarding the decision to run the Bipole III transmission line down the West Side of Lake Winnipeg. The critique consists of two parts, namely, an open letter by 18 retired engineers titled, “Engineers united on east side,” and…

  • Fast Facts: Manitoba Health Coalition Responds to Shared Health Report: “COVID-19 Health System Recovery Plan”

    On March 15 – the day that the Government of Manitoba lifted all remaining public health measures including mask mandates, vaccine passports and isolation requirements – the “COVID-19 Health System Recovery Plan” was released. The Manitoba Health Coalition was encouraged to see a document put forward which could act as…

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    A Prairie Patchwork

    Reliance on oil industry philanthropy in Saskatchewan boom towns Download 849.68 KB24 pages When we think of a “boom town,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities in oil-producing regions in Saskatchewan,…