In March 2008, Gordon Campbell intimate Ken Dobell plead guilty to violating British Columbia’s lobbying legislation. Dobell had retired as deputy minister to the premier in 2005 and then busied himself as a lobbyist and beneficiary of lucrative patro…

Without ethical foundations, leadership in government is merely random wandering among near infinite possibilities. A whim of yesterday had value then but none today. No one knows what will be expedient tomorrow.

I wrote earlier a belief that Gordon…

Without ethical foundations, leadership in government is merely random wandering among infinite possibilities. A whim of yesterday had value then but none today. No one knows what will be expedient tomorrow. I wrote earlier a belief that Gordon Camp…..

Frankly, Rick says it way better than most of us.    The crap that leads 300 students in this country to commit suicide every year because they can’t stand the bullying over their being LGBT has got to stop.(Transcript here, thanks Rick …

If the linked article had been written by almost any other journalist in the province, one might wonder if it involved exaggerated criticism of a disrespected government. But, since the author is Paul Willcocks, one BC’s most astute and ethical newsp…

If the linked article had been written by almost any other journalist in the province, one might wonder if it involved exaggerated criticism of a disrespected government. But, since the author is Paul Willcocks, one BC’s most astute and ethical newsp….

The ongoing between Quebecor Media and the CBC has gotten really intense this week, if the Toronto Star is to be believed.   I agree that the CBC has some issues with transparency and that it would be wise to answer at least some, if not nece…

Actor Johnny Depp who stars in an autobiographical film about Hunter S. Thompson, “The Rum Diary” which opens this weekend, says the journalist/author committed suicide in 2005 because of his growing disillusionment over the collapse of the Americ…

Dear Readers: As “Occupy” swept the world during the last few weeks I am amazed at the lack of information and knowledge these protestors display about what they are bitchin’ about! Sure it’s the banks…………… but not necessarily just Wall Street! And what about all those other multinationals? Can anyone really name them? —————————————————– AS [...]

ETHICS:
A matter of daily practical concern described glowingly in universal terms by those who intend to ignore them.
- John Ralston Saul
From West Coast Environmental Law, 11 October, 2011
In a recent post we explained that Taseko’s “New Prosperi…

Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons’ anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons’ single set of poorly-reasoned talking points was beginning to get stale. And Kevin L…

Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons’ anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons’ single set of poorly-reasoned talking points was beginning to get stale. And Kevin L…

With all the protests and riots lately, your ever helpful, and ever hopeful scribe, has come up with the perfect way to have a protest movement here in the twenty first century! Rather than have all these different marches and sit-ins and demonstrations and movements and causes and rallies and gatherings that take place all [...]

Posted by Erica van Wyngaarden in International Affairs Recently, EthicalOil.org released a series of ads decrying the extraction of oil in politically oppressive and unstable nations, suggesting instead the support of Ethical Oil in the Canadian Oil Sands. These ads, as well as Ezra Levant’s concept of Ethical Oil, propose a choice: choose human rights [...]

Dear Readers; Even though this article is not about Canadian politics, it definitely bears a good look and consideration by Canadians! ————– By Robert Evans | Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – When Switzerland goes to the polls to elect a new parliament later this month, voters in Zurich will for the first time in the country’s [...]

Dear Readers; Time to knock David Suzuki off his pedestal again. I wish we had a time machine so that we could shoot him back about 200 years just to see what living without oil and electricity would be like! Being ecologically conscious is one thing, but joining the Mennonites is a horse of a [...]

Forensic DNA databases are a potentially powerful law enforcement tool — but critics say they may biotechnologically magnify the criminal justice system’s flaws.

Dear Readers; Greenpeace and the tree huggers are out in force again and this time it’s about that pipeline they are building from the Oil Sands down to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Most of their beef is pure left wing bullshit, but there is one point where they make good sense. Where the pipeline runs. [...]

RT @OpBART: RT @anonMichigan: It is our duty as humans to revolt against oppression and injustice. #OpBART #OpFullertonby “Commander X”As originally posted on: Commander X (OpOrlando2011) on TwitterAugust 28, 2011