Thoughts on BC Politics and More

I know I really should care --- and it is a slippery slope to be on because who knows what /who might be next (if in fact the allegations are actually true) --- however I’m sorry, and I really don’t give a crap! According to a document released by the BC Civil Liberties Association yesterday (July 8 th )... The BCCLA complaint alleged that, contrary to sections 12 and 19 of the CSIS Act, CSIS was monitoring environmentalists who were opposed to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal, and sharing this information with the National Energy Board (NEB) and petroleum industry companies. The BCCLA further alleged that this spying activity was deterring individuals from associating with environmental groups and expressing their opinions and that this chilling effect interfered with the freedoms of expression and association as protected by Section 2 of the Charter. Specifically named in the complaints were Dogwood Initiative, ForestEthics Advocacy (now Stand.earth), Si...

Vivian Krause leads fight against Americans who have landlocked the oil sands David Staples   ~~   Edmonton Journal   ~~   November 14, 2018 It’s not often that powerful American interests are completely open about their success at thwarting a foreign economy , but that’s what happened a year ago when Michael Marx talked up his achievements.   Protesters and activists have two goals -- keep Canadian oil in the ground, and if not, then keep our oil landlocked “From the very beginning, the campaign strategy was to land-lock the tar sands so their crude could not reach the international market where it could fetch a high price per barrel . This meant national and grassroots organizing to block all proposed pipelines.” …   co-ordinated two major American charitable foundations, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The Tides Foundation, in their anti-oilsands fight … campaign has supplied tens of millions in U.S. dollars t...