Posts by Will Horter - Page 5
Why Clark’s five conditions are nothing but a smoke screen
The vast majority of British Columbians oppose the expansion of oil tankers off our coast. Our jobs, our salmon and killer whales, our sense of ourselves and our future ...
In-Depth: the NDP position on oil tankers on B.C.'s coast
I’ve always been slightly put off by Earth Day. It’s nice to get together and march and listen to speeches with like-minded people, but it seemed to me to ...
Port Metro Vancouver approves North Van coal expansion despite health concerns
On Jan. 23, Port Metro Vancouver approved a proposal to expand a North Vancouver coal export facility’s capacity to enable 18 million metric tonnes of coal to be exported ...
Reflections on victory in the Sacred Headwaters
When I heard the government of British Columbia’s announcement that no oil or gas drilling would be allowed in the Sacred Headwaters, my eyes welled up with tears. I’m ...
China treaty uproar signals growing rift between Ottawa, grassroots conservatives
Prime Minister Stephen Harper deserves credit for doing something extraordinarily difficult: keeping groups of people who share some values – but fundamentally disagree on others – focused on areas ...
Harper, staged conflicts and the path to victory
Under Stephen Harper, Canadian politics has fundamentally changed in the last few years and civil society and opposition parties haven’t kept up with the changes. A couple of months ...
Politics can be deeply complex or as simple as 1 + 1 = 2
Here at Dogwood, we try to keep politics simple. We use new and old strategies to connect with people and bring them together into a formidable force on issues ...
Batman and Spider-Man vs. oil tankers
Seven years ago when we launched the No Tankers campaign, we knew the fight would happen in the courts, in voting booths, in opinion columns and in boardrooms, but ...
What the Harper budget means for B.C.’s coast
Most Canadians believe justice needs to be dispensed objectively, without fear or favour, regardless of identity, money, power or weakness. The events of the first half of 2012 show ...