Premier Campbell’s Climate Change Inaction

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 [...]

Easter Island heads

These edifices were carved and erected by a society in honour of their sacred leaders. Historically the island has experienced a collapse of its ecosystem, with extinction of many of its prehistoric species; these events were associated with over-exploitation of the island’s resources.

Pitt River Bridge

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 [...]

New Pitt River Bridge

We sent a representative out for a test drive over the new Pitt River Bridge. The word used to describe it is “impressive”. Perhaps it is as impressive as the massive edifices that were built on Easter Island…built before that civilization came to a grinding halt due to the destruction of their entire eco-system. A question though is, why [...]

Pattullo Bridge alternative to Portmann toll bridge

It is interesting to note that the Gateway Project is moving ahead with the replacement of the existing Portmann Bridge; the replacement bridge will include some ten lanes including the reintroduction of rapid-bus lanes, cycling access and HOV lanes. Due to the age of the existing Portmann Bridge, it will be dismantled and removed once the [...]

Wonderful examples of irony

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 [...]