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Christy Clark’s secret plan?

Rumours are swirling about the BC Liberals’ strategy to kneecap their opposition This week Victoria welcomes a group of people it hasn’t seen in some time: our MLAs. Yes, ...

Marc Eliesen: “Fixing the NEB after approving Trans Mountain’s expansion is disingenuous.”

February 14, 2017 | 

Former BC Hydro CEO and Suncor Director lays it out at NEB modernization hearings The Ministry of Natural Resources’ “NEB Modernization Panel” met a very skeptical audience at the ...

Broken Trust, Renewed Resolve

February 10, 2017 | 

North Vancouver volunteer team leader responds to provincial Kinder Morgan approval By Nadine Sheppard As a longtime Deep Cove local I have been actively watching the Kinder Morgan expansion ...

Texas’ big bad wolf sizes up B.C.

Polite Canadians are easy prey for U.S. oil barons I’ve learned a lot about compromise over the last few decades. Living in the United States for most of grade school ...

B.C. is overdue for a corruption inquiry

Heads rolled in the federal sponsorship scandal, and politics is better for it Dinner parties with foreign billionaires, charter flights, private islands, selfies with Bono and Kevin Spacey  – ...

Trudeau’s climate plan: made for the oil patch

January 31, 2017 | 

“New pipelines to transition to clean energy” is Canada’s own form of climate denial Watching Prime Minister Trudeau celebrate President Trump’s executive order reviving the Keystone XL pipeline got ...

Bid-rigging and political bribes: how Quebec taxpayers lost millions

The same companies donate to the BC Liberals With Premier Clark’s approval of Kinder Morgan this month, British Columbians learned a bit more about the rules of the game ...

Historic coal victory in Washington increases pressure on B.C.

January 18, 2017 | 

As Trump takes the wheel, U.S. thermal coal is looking for a way off the continent The denial of a key permit by the State of Washington has left ...

More Kinder bucks for Christy Clark

Real-time disclosure reveals ongoing oil patch payments to BC Liberals Last week we added up the payout to Christy Clark and the BC Liberals from Kinder Morgan and friends, ...