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JOHNSON – Permanently axing GST might be better that axing carbon tax

December 30, 2024 // 4 Comments

PM JUSTIN TRUDEAU gave us GST relief during the holidays, in effect from Dec. 14 until Feb. 15, and expected to cost $1.7 billion. He also announced a $250 cheque in the [Continue]

FORSETH – Ski-hill trash talk aimed at Trudeau was totally inappropriate

December 30, 2024 // 12 Comments

WOW … a few seconds – eight words — of uncouth and vulgar speech has brought about a firestorm of opposing opinions across social media. Those 8 words? “Get the [Continue]

JOHNSON – Reacting to Trump’s 51st-state talk plays right into his hands

December 28, 2024 // 7 Comments

IT’S BEEN FUN to sit back and watch the back and forth between President-elect trump and PM Trudeau around Canada being the 51st American state and associated jabbing. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Populism in the New Year

December 26, 2024 // 1 Comment

THE TRIUMPHAL RETURN of Donald Trump as president in the U.S. marks the beginning of new politics. It’s a new and bizarre brand of politics with echoes of totalitarianism [Continue]

FORSETH – Nothing surprising in Stingray’s response to CHNL concerns

December 24, 2024 // 5 Comments

AFTER MANY WEEKS of back and forth emails with the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC), and their request for the owners of Radio 610 CHNL in Kamloops to respond [Continue]

FORSETH – NDP continues misleading claims about housing starts in B.C.

December 21, 2024 // 3 Comments

TODAY’S LATEST email from the BC NDP to members and supporters’, states: “Times are still tough for people looking for affordable places to rent. We are in [Continue]