Is Stephen Harper Going to Fire the Chair of the CRTC?

One has to wonder why Stephen Harper is putting so much pressure on the chair of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein to allow, actually to force, cable companies to carry Quebecor’s new creation, Fox News North. You also have to wonder if Harper will do like he has done so many times before and fire/transfer [...]

New Consequences for Excessive Speed Introduced

I was listening to the radio the other day and I heard the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles talking about the new consequences for driving a motor vehicle at excessive speed. One of the consequences he mentioned was that if you are pulled over for driving at more than forty kilometres an hour over the legal [...]

Translink Musing About New Pattullo Bridge by 2015

Just a quicky this morning; Translink is publicly musing about having a replacement for the 74 year old Pattullo Bridge completed by 2015 or 16. The estimated cost of the replacement structure is around a billion dollars. You have to wonder where Translink is going to find a billion dollars to build another bridge when [...]

Bureaucrat’s Discussions of HST May Lead to Colin Hansen’s Resignation

Imagine it is 1996. Premier (and Finance Minister) Glen Clark, announces days after his re-election that in spite of saying during the election campaign that it was not on his government’s radar, his government is now going to harmonize the provincial sales tax with the federal GST. A couple of months after the howls of [...]

NDP to Form Next Canadian Government

I received a very funny phone call yesterday afternoon. The call came from an earnest young man doing fundraising for the federal NDP. I will be honest and up-front about things; I have been a life-long supporter of the NDP, provincially and federally. On occasion I will donate money and time to the NDP if [...]

Fight-HST Battle to Rage on for Many, Many Months

Ben Franklin oh-so accurately said, “‘In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And that seems to be the case for British Columbians and the much despised HST. The provincial NDP have made no indication that in the event of them being the victors in an election would they [...]

Four Questions with Michael Ignatieff

Yesterday I had an opportunity to ask a couple of questions of the leader of the official opposition, Michael Ignatieff. The first question I asked was, would you be willing to form a coalition government in order to get good legislation passed. Mr Ignatieff was relatively cryptic in his answer, which was to the effect [...]

Take a Walk in the Tamil Refugees Shoes Before Judging

More of  a question than a commentary this morning. What would you do if the Americans cast their eyes northwards and saw Canada’s water resources, oil and natural gas and decided it was time for a hostile takeover? What if they decided it was time for a military intervention? Probably like most Canadians you would [...]

Fight-HST Petition Allowed to Proceed

The Fight-HST citizens petition will move forward; the courts have ruled that the Fight-HST petition is completely legal and must be acted upon immediately. Interesting to see what Premier Campbell will do next in his fight against the Fight-HST petition. His pattern of behaviour in the past has been to dismantle organizations that stand in [...]

Canadian Compassion; If “They” Keep off Canadian Soil

From our frequent contributor, Mr William Perry; Give us an earthquake in Haiti, a tsunami in Thailand or a terror attack in Kenya, and we can show the world what we are capable of. A ship carrying Tamil refugees seeking asylum and immigration, we see the ugly side of this country with it’s harsh words [...]

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