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KNOX – The great pipeline debate: why isn’t more oil refined in B.C.?

May 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

HERE’S WHERE the economic and environmental arguments clash. Those who want to ship Alberta oil from B.C. say being shut out of Asian markets costs Canada billions of [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Why does government let some bands hide their books?

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Question Period, House of Commons, Friday, May 4, 2018: Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, after lengthy court battles, Charmaine Stick [Continue]

PETERS – Nancy Greene Raine is no ordinary senator

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

NANCY GREENE RAINE has never been one to sit still, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that she is behind one of the more consequential actions to come out of the Canadian [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Facebook should be treated like other Canadian utilities

May 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

SO MANY CANADIANS use Facebook that it should be regulated like any other Canadian utility. No broadcaster or telephone company would operate in Canada without government [Continue]

BEPPLE – We need to do much more to protect pedestrians day-to-day

May 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

THE BRUTAL pedestrian deaths by vehicle in Toronto last week are sobering. So many dead in one act is unprecedented and hard to fathom. Hopefully, the event won’t be [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We should be able to agree: fossil fuels are running out

May 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

I CRINGE with almost every conversation and social media post about the Kinder Morgan pipeline as inevitably someone, thinking they are quite witty and original, will say [Continue]