CHARBONNEAU – I wanted Kamloops on the map but not like this
WHEN I MOVED HERE, Kamloops was dimly noticed by national media. When noticed at all, we were a “blue collar town,” “400 km west of Vancouver.” It seemed to me that [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Listen to the science, not necessarily the scientists
SCIENTISTS ARE SOMETIMES quoted to support erroneous claims. Like everyone, scientists can have flawed opinions. But unlike everyone, their opinions are elevated because they [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Indigenization industry
IN AN ATTEMPT to be politically correct, corporate Canada is hiring Indigenous people. Once hired, they become showpieces of their reconciliation efforts. Investigative [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The dirty secret of my Alaska cruise
I HAD SOME reservations before joining our Alaska cruise last year. Some of my concerns were ethical, some technical. How could I justify boarding a luxury ship when so many [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Anti-greenwashing laws should apply to forestry industry
IF AN OLD-GROWTH TREE falls in the forest and is turned into sawdust, does anyone one care? Not if the tree is in the B.C interior. If the old-tree was on the coast, there [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Latest poll on bilingualism is cause for worry
I HOPE IT’S JUST because Canadians are in a bad mood that fewer support bilingualism than in the past. In a recent poll by Leger, only half of Canadians (52%) think it [Continue]
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