Cowichan Conversations: B.C. Oil and Gas Commission Lacks ‘transparency’ on...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger You know we really do live in Lotus land, or is it Bananaland? We have a Premier so out of control she can’t even manage her caucus, leaks everywhere in the pointy...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: BC Liberal’s Election Budget Won’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Richard Hughes PoliticalBlogger The BC Liberals Election Budget is exactly that, an election budget. The release was met with wide eyed disbelief from many observers and straight out rejection by...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: The Desperation of the BC Liberal’s Campaign Knows No...
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Which back dated paperwork is the real obstacle in the upcoming election to form the next BC government? Written by Kevin Logan The desperation of the BC...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Premier Christy Clark Must Step Down-Martyn Brown Says.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Martyn Brown, Former Chief of Staff for Premier Gordon Campbell, has told Jon McComb, on ‘The World Today’ CKNW 980, that Premier Clark must step down. Premier Clark...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: B.C. Liberals dropping the ‘Christy Clark’ logo in...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Check out the latest developments in The BC Liberal camp where they have shoved Premier Christy Clark to the back of the room. It is an attempt to stop the bleeding...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Has Christy Clark Outmanouevered the BCNDP and PM...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well it appears that Christy Clark may have pulled off a magnificent move leaving the BC NDP, PM Harper and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in the dust over the...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: It’s a “Celebration” not for a “No” to Enbridge, but...
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger This latest development is the result of some very skillful, strategists, schemers and spinners from Christy Clark’s stable. Others may see it as bumbling...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Canada’s Political Party Leader’s Have To Much Power!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The politics of the day are ringing in some major truths. One of the most serious is the centralised top down control grasped so firmly by the party leaders of...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Our Sensitive, Caring and Responsive Premier Reverses...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Has Christy Clark’s goal to be the MLA for Kelowna resulted in her embracing the once famous WAC Bennett’s ‘Second look’? Responding to the public outcry over huge...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: ‘Nobody Understands’ Spills at Alberta’s Cold Lake...
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The pollution in Northern Alberta attributable to ‘Fracking’ and Tar Sands’ Operations is out of control. The latest seemingly unstoppable spill of significance is...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: BC Liberals Give Green Light To Dump Contaminants in...
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The BC Liberal Government announced today that the South Island Aggregates (SIA) have been granted a permit to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated and toxic...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Timberwest Still Abusing Youbou Residents As Dustup...
Trish Waddington, a dust drenched Youbou resident, sent out an an email this morning about the dust storms that continue unabated and unaddressed. She is understandably getting testy over Timberwest’s...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: BC’s LNG Tax Structure Delayed Again-All Pain-No Gain
Kevin Logan- Cowichan Conversations Contributor British Columbians have been patiently waiting since before the Liberals were re-elected for an explanation of the financial terms that will deliver the...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: BC Ombudsperson slams province on environmental...
Premier Clark’s chickens coming home to roost! The chickens are coming home to roost as Premier Christy Clark winds down the first year of her 4 year mandate to govern, protect and enhance life in BC....
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: It is not ‘Miller Time’ Dan, Green Up or Brown Out!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Here is disappointing post from former NDP Premier Dan Miller. It reads like the flashback that it is. Time will tell whether Miller’s missive will be embraced, rejected or...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: LNG -Through a Gas Darkly
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger Here is an excellent assessment of the BC LNG reality that, like it or not, is the dominant theme, damn near the only theme of today’s BC Government. Peter Ewart...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: CCPA Looks at BC Liberals Claims That Teachers Would...
Here is Iglika Ivanova’s look at the BC Liberals economic rationale. The disconnect between economic growth and teachers’ wages We are being governed by an anti public education Premier Christy Clark,...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Rafe: With fracking, tankers “world-class safety” is...
It is great to read more from Rafe Mair once again. He is still on the mend but has come a long way and is reading and writing once again. I had believed every word from our Premier but Rafe has set me...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Damien Gillis-BC Should Not Be Bullied or Suckered by...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The stakes in the fossil fuel game are high as are the risks taken by those who blindly speak of the riches coming our way from the irresponsible development of BC...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Premier Christy Clark’s miserable record is finally...
Richard Hughes–Cowichan Conversations I have always been amazed as to how the BC Liberals along with their far right conservative friends in Ottawa manage to snow the citizen taxpayers with the...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Steelhead LNG-Malahat Nation Plans Proceed While The...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We may be in the throes of a Federal Election and trying to enjoy the last few weeks of summer but the Steelhead LNG-Malahat Nation proposal to establish a floating LNG...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Premier Christy and Her Pretend Opposition To The...
Our Premier Christy Clark has certainly muddied the waters regarding the Kinder Morgan expansion effort, currently before the National Energy Board (NEB). However advancing her 5 so called conditions...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: This BC Liberal Government has been mired in near...
This BC Liberal government has been mired in near criminal controversy since its inception, the latest example being just last Thursday when Clark exempted herself, cabinet and companies from court...
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: John Horgan says NDP will target foreign owners in...
It could be billed as Greed versus Need. NDP’s John Horgan has flung down the gauntlet in what could become the hot election issue in the Greater Vancouver area as we head towards a May Read more... ....
View ArticleCowichan Conversations: Supreme Court Slams Christy Clark For Illegally...
British Columbian’s children have been shortchanged for 14 years through punishing illegal cutbacks administered by then BC Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell’s Education minister Christy Clark. This...
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