Politics

AAA Credit to continue says major credit rating agency

by Contributor on 28 Aug 2011
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AAA Credit to continue says major credit rating agency

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has confirmed the Province’s AAA credit rating will continue after British Columbians voted to bring back the PST plus GST tax system, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced Sunday.

Standard & Poor’s noted the Province has the solid revenue and expenditure flexibility necessary to meet its deficit targets and a moderate tax-supported debt burden.

HST scrapped by 55 percent of voters

by Mona Mattei on 26 Aug 2011
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HST scrapped by 55 percent of voters
The Province of B.C. heard from 1.6 million voters that the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) must go. Nearly 55 percent chose to scrap the HST, and the provincial government is returning B.C.

COMMENT: Art is greater than filth

by Robin Yassin-Kassab on 26 Aug 2011
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COMMENT: Art is greater than filth

Ali Farzat, the Arab world’s greatest cartoonist – in fact one of the very best and bravest creative voices in the Arab world – was bundled into a van by Syrian regime filth last night. Some hours later he was found bleeding at the side of the airport road. First reports suggest that his hands have been broken.

VIDEO: Mair and Gillis on Aquaculture, private power, and green politics

by Rafe Mair on 25 Aug 2011
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Watch part 2 of Rafe and Damien's discussion on Shaw's EVOTV, with host Irma Arkus. In this episode, the pair talk wild salmon and aquaculture, private power and environmental politics in BC. Damien Gillis: "This isn't free enterprise - it's piracy.

Layton pens last letter to Canada

by Contributor on 22 Aug 2011
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Layton pens last letter to Canada

August 20, 2011

Toronto, Ontario

 Dear Friends,
 
Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank eachand every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination.Unfortunately my treatment has not worked out as I hoped.

Hydro chief's leaked comments trash IPPs. What will Clark do now?

by Rafe Mair on 22 Aug 2011
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Hydro chief's leaked comments trash IPPs. What will Clark do now?

I have called it the Campbell/Clark government because that’s what it is. Premier Clark was in on the beginning of most policies including the disastrous energy plan that sees private power companies (IPPs) destroying our rivers to produce power for BC Hydro which it doesn’t need and must take anyway, bringing Hydro to the brink of bankruptcy. (In the private sector BC Hydro would be bankrupt, except as a Crown monopoly it can always pass its grief over to us the ratepayers.)

Victory in Tripoli

by Robin Yassin-Kassab on 22 Aug 2011
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Victory in Tripoli

After six months of struggle, the Libyan revolution has arrived (again) in Tripoli. There may still be a trick or two up the megalomaniac’s sleeve, but the news coming in at the moment suggests a precipitous collapse. Saif-ul-Islam al-Qaddafi has been arrested. The tyrant’s daughter Aisha’s house is under the revolutionaries’ control, as is the military base of the formerly feared Khamis Brigade.

Cranbrook to host stop on Community Gaming Grant Review tour

by Contributor on 18 Aug 2011
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Skip Triplett

People in the West Kootenay have one more kick at the Gaming review can, courtesy of the East Kootenay.

BC’s Community Gaming Grant Review will visit Cranbrook for a community forum on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort.

Skip Triplett, appointed last month by Premier Christy Clark to lead the independent review, is examining the role of government in allocating gaming revenue with input from charities, non-profits, community members, local government and others who would like to participate.

Water meter protests all wet

by Kyra Hoggan on 18 Aug 2011
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Water meter protests all wet

 City contractors trying to install water meters are meeting some resistance from residents – and city officials are warning people that’s a decision they may later regret.

Rumours of pipeline's demise grow as speculation surrounds Enbridge

by Damien Gillis on 17 Aug 2011
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Enbridge Chairman Pat Daniel

It's impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge's embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity, Enbridge as a straw man to help push through another pipeline to the US...Much of it coming via rumours, hypotheses, and veiled political innuendo.

But one thing it does indicate is a sudden shift in the once-predictable narrative connected to Enbridge's project.

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