Posts from ‘Commentary’ - Page 19
What Trump’s win can teach progressives
How do we harness the power of emotion to elect decent people? Yesterday I wrote about how local resistance can slow down climate change, even under a Donald Trump ...
In every crisis, there is opportunity
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Perspective is hard, especially in this moment of time when the clouds of darkness ...
How do we save the climate from President Trump?
The power of local resistance in the face of destructive political forces. I was in my last year of high school when U.S. President George W. Bush decided to ...
Christy Clark’s trumped up ‘feminism’
*Please note: The numbers below were based on the information available at that time. Since then, the BC Liberals have released their 2016 donor list, which include a contribution of $5000 ...
How a faltering U.S. coal industry is sneaking their climate-wrecking product through B.C.
Their latest efforts to export through our province and our latest efforts to fight back Like any kid who grew up in Vancouver, I have the aspirational mantra “Greenest ...
Never underestimate British Columbians
The federal government is using political calculus that doesn’t add up The last time a Prime Minister named Trudeau forced an unpopular energy policy on a western province, the backlash ...
Liberals ready to sacrifice three MPs for Kinder Morgan
Gains in Alberta will offset B.C. blowback, sources say Trudeau government officials believe approving the Kinder Morgan pipeline and oil tanker project will jeopardize three Liberal seats in B.C. ...
Piecing together the Kinder Morgan puzzle
Is Big Oil trying to game Alberta’s royalty structure with their risky pipeline proposal? Growing up, I spent a fair amount of time doing puzzles. I liked the simplicity ...
A Royal spotlight on Canada’s relationship with First Nations
Amidst a resurgence of First Nations assertion of rights and title, can Will and Kate’s visit to unceded territory refocus Canadians’ attention on our broken relationships with First Nations? ...