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Time for Clark to prove she calls the shots, not Enbridge
It’s neither fair nor accurate to accuse Premier Clark of being a former Enbridge lobbyist. Rather she became a “partner” at Burrard Communications several weeks after the lobbying firm ...
Let’s give Enbridge a judo lesson
Advance polls open in Kitimat next Wednesday, and Enbridge is doing everything it can to buy the vote. Our friends on the ground in the B.C. town of 9,000 ...
Enbridge loses two key allies in two days
With Alison Redford gone and Joe Oliver shuffled off the pipeline file, the case is weakening for federal approval of the Northern Gateway proposal. Redford was the Premier of ...
On the road again
“I’m glad we’re getting started small and then growing big. We’re going to grow fast here.” That’s what one first-time organizer from Prince George said to us after we ...
Organizing beyond the classroom
Grace and Fiana, two Grade 11 students who attend New Westminster Secondary, are founders of the Youth Initiative – a small but dedicated group of students organizing around key ...
Will Harper kill Northern Gateway?
Napoleon Bonaparte learned the hard way: don’t fight on more than one front at once. Stephen Harper is a keen student of history – you can bet he’s absorbed ...
Meet Dogwood’s new Energy & Democracy Director
My name is Kai Nagata and I’m proud to be joining Dogwood Initiative at their new headquarters in Victoria. I’m here because I share Dogwood’s core goal: for British ...
Kai Nagata
Kai Nagata – Energy and Democracy Director – ext. 32 A fourth-generation British Columbian, Kai’s roots are in the Shuswap, Gulf Islands, and Lower Mainland. His last name translates ...
Pipeline politics – party style
Sometimes I’m surprised by how strongly people look to elected representatives for leadership. To get things done, in my experience, its best to assume politicians are followers, not leaders: ...
