Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Premier Jason Kenney outlined Alberta’s strategy to secure a fair deal in the federation, and announced the membership and mandate of the panel on Alberta’s future. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney Speaking to the Manning Centre “What’s Next?” Conference, Kenney said that Albertans are ... expressing unprecedented levels of frustration with the federal government and the barriers being placed in the way of Alberta’s economy . The Premier outlined initiatives already taken by the government to stand up for Alberta, steps that it will take in the months to come, and a number of deeper reforms that it will consult on through the Fair Deal Panel. “ Alberta has been by far the biggest contributing province to Canada in recent decades, and a huge engine for jobs and growth. But governments that have profited from our resources, hard work, and generosity now seem determined to pin us down and block us in ”, stated Premier Kenney “ Albertans aren’t asking for a ...

A couple weeks back (February 9 th ) a BC government media release stated, “ 2019 carbon tax relief grants open for greenhouse growers”.   I shared it on social media, and a former BC government MLA promptly stated to me: “ It just puts growers in a financial position similar to not having to pay the carbon tax. They’re lucky to get this “break”. He continued, “ The cement industry has been wanting the same thing, without success. As a result, more and more cement is coming in from Asia .”   That had me then wonder indeed w hat impact the carbon tax had on the cement and concrete industry in BC?   According to Lyse Teasdale, Director of Communications for the Cement Association of Canada (CAC), she informed me this afternoon that: “ Although it is sometimes difficult to define direct impact, only about 5% of the cement used in BC was imported before the BC carbon tax was introduced in 2008 .” She continued, “ However, since then, the l...

“Imagine a government that is less worried about tickets being scalped and more worried about reducing GHG’s by 20-30% … all while supporting our safe, sustainable and beneficial energy resources?”.   That’s the question posed by Fort St. John Councillor Trevor Bolin.   Just the other day TREV talked with Marlon Lee of FogDog Energy , a company that has redefined the way garbage and recycling are done and helping turn landfills into parks Lee is blunt in saying change needs to be made, and that, “ We’ve got these Premiers committing to all these GHG reductions … they’re thinking that they’re trying to limit pipelines … and they’re trying to limiting fracking … or natural resource development ”. The big thing about climate change, and having a climate tax, is that landfills in Canada contribute 25 to 30% of all GHG’s in Canada.   The most important things in GHG’s is METHANE – and that’s 20 times more potent than CO2! The Fogdog Soluti...