Vancouver: the day the media died
Will legacy media survive obvious false equivalency? by Bruce Mason Blip. Blip. Mainly comatose for ages, that’s the sound of mainstream media in the Lower Mainland. A weak, worrisome flat-line…
John Horgan’s $6 billion LNG giveaway
A bad deal for BC by Eoin Finn B.Sc., Ph.D., MBA The announcement – on World Water Day – that the NDP Government is to enact regulations and legislation to…
Money, power, control and democracy
How money controls democracy and blocks electoral reform by Jeff and Diana Jewell In Canada, we’re told we have democracy. But do we? Lincoln defined democracy as “government of the…
First-past-the-post system vulnerable
Cambridge Analytica targets voters to influence election outcomes Revelations late last month about Cambridge Analytica’s use of psychographic targeting to influence elections should be of special concern to Canadians because…
BC Hydro – until debt do us part
by Reimar Kroecher and Eoin Finn For most of its existence, BC Hydro, a publicly owned utility company, operated on a non-profit basis. Enough revenue was collected to cover costs…
Dave Barrett: when true socialism shaped BC and made it more beautiful
by Bruce mason Dave Barrett’s recent death has inevitably brought to mind the first-ever NDP Premier’s legacy of brilliant public policies, which helped make BC a better place for everyone,…
From revolving door to revolution in the patch: an interview with Kevin Taft
by Jeremy Appel Why are ostensibly environmentally friendly governments, like the federal Liberals and Alberta NDP, still so attached to oil sands extraction, with its disproportionate impact on carbon emissions?…
Science betrayed: the crime of denial
by Elizabeth Woodworth and Dr. Peter Carter Climate change denial has been led by industry disinformation, which, according to Merriam-Webster, is “false information deliberately and often covertly spread in order…
John Horgan on the record: is he walking his talk?
by Bruce Mason Last March, when BC was awash in costly ads attacking John Horgan, describing him as “Say Anything,” “Flip Flop,” “Angry” and “Spineless,” Common Ground asked the then-opposition-leader…
Free your vote 2.0
by Paul George “Your input will help shape the future of our democracy,” declares a November 17 BC government press release. The release announces the BC government has introduced legislation…