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Corporate welfare + greenwashing = unhappy taxpayers

Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) is broken beyond repair
Tough sales tax choices remain

Tough sales tax choices remain

Switching sales taxes isn't as simple as Bill Vander Zalm believes. There are already thousands of businesses that have never had to collect it, and thousands more who didn't anticipate having to go back to the PST.

Taking an unbiased look at municipal books is a good idea

It’s not enough for cities to assure us the city chequebook is being balanced at the end of the month; voters deserve to know what those cheques are being written for, and whether those expenses represent good value

Jack Layton sets example to live by

As we grieve over the loss of a true statesman, Jack Layton, let us not be distracted from his example

Global events need better updated media coverage

Once again I had to rely upon alternate media - in this case progressive radio

HST vote results call for gov't accountability

My humble thanks to all those who supported this fight and to all of British Columbians who came forward to show we do have some say

Ending the wealthy gravy train

Warren Buffett recently created a furor by writing an opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Stop coddling the super-rich.”

Nasty bug freezes computer

I want to apologize to my friends and neighbors for the nasty bug that took over my computer Monday, Aug. 22, at 8:45 a.m.
‘People’s victory’ means pain ahead

‘People’s victory’ means pain ahead

NDP leader Adrian Dix couldn’t contain his glee at the result of the harmonized sales tax referendum. Bill Vander Zalm is thrilled too, still apparently unaware that he has taken money away from the poor and given it back to his fellow wealthy B.C. residents.

What’s happening behind the scenes at BC Hydro

The stage is being set for something that may make the BC Rail fraud look small