Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 17
Information is power
The world can change because information becomes public. Watergate and the current sponsorship scandal highlight how previously secretinformation can bring down governments. Reporters and activists rely on information. ...
The grinch on softwood, NAFTA and energy
Doest my ears deceive me? Are thoseRudolf’s paws prancing on my roof top already? Ahh no, my mistake, that was thesound of a federal party leaders’ jets touching down. ...
Are the federal Liberals secretly undermining the offshore moratorium?
NDP leader Jack Layton is now the second federal politicianto publicly support maintaining the moratorium on offshore oil and gas.Retiring Liberal MP David Anderson was the first. Federal NDP ...
Softwood—Myths, lies and empty threats in election 2006
As the federal election heats up,Paul Martin, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton have all been talking tough aboutsoftwood lumber. The rhetoric is thick, but more reminiscent of a fairy ...
BC Hero – Hupacasath Chief Judith Sayers
Interview with Judith Sayers Judith is the elected Chief of Hupacasath First Nations. As elected Chief, she oversees allbusiness, governance, administration and financial issues along with theelected council. The ...
The Hupacasath decision, privatization and Brascan’s big mistake
The story of the dispute about lands near Port Alberni goes like this… Onceupon a time, in a place very near, the kings representative gives some land to arailroad ...
Slow progress towards electoral reform?
Another attempt at bringingproportional representation into Canadian antiquated electoral system hasfailed. Or has it? Last week PEIopened their polling stations in hopes of passing a plebiscite on a ...
The Hupacasath win, but Weyerhaeuser and Brascan get rich
After months of delay, Justice Lynn Smith ofthe BC Supreme Court releasedher decision in the Hupacasath First Nation lawsuit seeking to quash the decision of the Minister of Forests that approves ...
Walking the Talk on Campaign Finance Reform
It’s time to walk the talk. If the federaland provincial politicians really support campaign financial reform, theyshould be setting the example by voluntarily refusing donations from non-voterssuch as corporations ...