Category: economy
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I’ve noticed something. BC Liberal partisans are simultaneously trying to scare voters that this election isn’t necessary because its dangerous to vote while downplaying the pandemic to argue that the election isn’t necessary. Why would they do that? BC Liberals don’t want an election because they’re afraid to face voters. Voters will see a party…
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Once you get over the relatively early election call, you’ll come to the same conclusion. Its about choices. Revert back to the party and leadership brand that hurt BC’s most vulnerable, destroyed the BC forest industry, bled the life out of BC Hydro and ICBC for political gain, and attacked educators and healthcare workers in…
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It was inevitable that the BC Greens, mid leadership contest, would turn against themselves and what they signed up for by agreeing to the CASA deal that ousted the 16 year BC Liberal government in 2017. Where we’re at is watching the Greens pick apart SiteC, the northern dam being constructed along the Peace River;…
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Don’t lift a finger to stop these far right imbeciles from looking any more stupid than they already do. But, aren’t they stupid? Of course they are, but now they’re drifting into the realm of irrational. The above screenshot is from Canada Proud, a relative newcomer to the social media self-fellatio of the right wing…
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Some environmentalists have taken the movie as a knife in the back, or a slap in the face by Michael Moore. Some have gone so far as to call for its removal. I don’t see it that way, and I don’t think removing it will help; that amounts to green-censorship which will immediately backfire. What…
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At 1:23:45am local time April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine SSR, a series of errors and bad judgment led to an explosion in reactor #4 that spread radioactive material through much of western Europe. Design flaws of the reactor type that were suppressed by the state meant that the safety…
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Look, there has to be a silver lining to the outbreak of a major pandemic in this modern age. I don’t mean to make light or joke around at anyone’s expense; there are real people who have died in this pandemic – made worse by the actions (or lack thereof) of powerful leaders. In watching…
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The trouble with the CGL pipeline is that you can make a compelling progressive argument either side of the proposal. Something that nobody anticipated. To be sure, there are many complex layers in this debate, but the fact that its happening in live-time has brought out unprecedented protests across the country; blockading railways, harbours, marine…
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To listen to the BC Liberals talk, everything was going swimmingly when they handed over the keys to power in 2017. But as it turns out like everything, the truth was a lot different than the rhetoric. The BC Liberals would claim success on the real estate front except the fact that their industry reforms…
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Story: https://globalnews.ca/news/6428076/employer-health-tax-victoria-diner-fee/amp/?__twitter_impression=true So the restaurant operator is adding an additional 1% to guest checks to offset the new employer health tax brought in by the NDP for 2020. In the article, patrons don’t seem upset to pay this fee, the operator says that he’s not profiting from it either. Lesson: folks don’t mind paying taxes…
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