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Stop Oil Tankers Off the B.C. Coast
April 25, 2011
One year ago the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It will probably be decades before the Gulf and its environs recover from that accident. Here on the Raincoast, we are well aware that huge amounts of crude oil can enter the environment in other ways than deep-water drilling accidents. The Exxon Valdez […]
Minimum Wage in Canada by Province & Territory
April 25, 2011
British Columbia minimum wage remains lowest in Canada.
The Talented Mr. Carson, Conman, Jailbird, Oil Lobbyist & Stephen Harper’s Mr. Fixit.
April 22, 2011
1978 – Bruce Carson writes a rubber cheque. The court orders him to pay a company $1900 in restitution. 1979 – Bruce Carson defaults on mortgage payments and loses his house. 1980 – Bruce Carson defaults on a lease of a Lincoln Continental. Court orders him to come up with $3000. 1981 – Bruce Carson […]
Simple Sam and the Honest Avoidance of Taxes
April 22, 2011
No, no, Sam, you’ve got it all wrong about the carbon tax. There’s really no need to be all scaredy cat about it. A carbon tax wouldn’t be there to raise money. Don’t laugh. Yes, I know, I know governments will expect a cut as they always do. How else are they going to pay […]
Immigration lawyers warn, Don’t vote Conservative!
April 21, 2011
Stephen Harper is not friendly to immigrants, say a group of immigration lawyers and legal academics who have taken the unprecedented step of warning Canadian newcomers about Conservative government practices and policies. Here’s the link to the main story. Don’t vote Conservative, immigration lawyers warn newcomers – The Star So far 46 lawyers and professors have […]
Are Conservatives Adopting Republican Dirty Tricks to Get Elected?
April 20, 2011
The underlying situation is the same. If the voters stay home in the USA, that benefits the Republicans. If the voters stay home in Canada, that benefits the Conservatives. Thus, any sort of tactic that keeps Canadian voters home, up to and including dirty tricks, will disproportionately favour Stephen Harper and his party in the […]
Families, immigration policy and spousal-abuse, Stephen Harper style
April 17, 2011
For an immigrant wife, the price of Canadian citizenship might be two years of abuse.
Hard Sell, Patriotism & Deception in the Gas-Fracking Industry
April 14, 2011
If you own land, and the environmentally dubious process of “fracking” is legal in your jurisdiction, then someday somebody might come knocking on your door, asking you to sign a three to five year lease for oil and gas exploration on your property. Three to five years, you say to yourself, that’s not long. Of […]
Where’d you really put that $50 million, Mr. Harper?
April 11, 2011
First the Conservatives lie to Parliament about what the Auditor-General said. (And get a letter in strong rebuke from the Auditor General because of it.) Then we find out that Harper’s Conservative government was using G-8 funding money as a sort of political slush fund for cabinet minister Tony Clement. A leaked A-G report mentions some […]
Grandpa Theo
With Malaika
Klick This Pic
An Informal Chronology of the Aboriginal Land Question in BC
Father Theo's Blog 
April 27, 2011
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