Thursday, September 9, 2010

Premier Campbell’s Climate Change Inaction

December 16, 2009 by theleftcoast.ca · 2 Comments 

While speaking at a governors’ and premiers’ panel at the Climate Conference in Copenhagen yesterday, Gordon Campbell failed to explain the BC Liberals’ controversial environmental record. The controversial part? Consider the following aspects of the Campbell “green agenda”: Campbell’s government has promoted the Gateway-Port Mann twinning project; a project that encourages more suburban sprawl and [...]

Pitt River Bridge

October 26, 2009 by theleftcoast.ca · Leave a Comment 

This artist’s rendition of the new Pitt River Bridge shows the glorious structure erected in honour of our society’s sacred being, the single occupant vehicle. You have to wonder at what point the over-exploitation of our eco-system and the fouling of our atmosphere with carbon dioxide will result in a catastrophic failure similar to the [...]

Wonderful examples of irony

September 6, 2009 by theleftcoast.ca · Leave a Comment 

As the province of BC prepares to host the world’s largest and possibly most extravagant sporting event in the world, the Olympics, our provincial Liberal government has seen fit to cancel the $130,000 funding that BC School Sports usually receives. BCSS is the umbrella organization that organizes sporting events for some 100,000 BC students. BCSS [...]