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Mar 262019
Mar 252019
In all the press coverage of the “the SNC-Lavalin affair,” not enough attention has been paid to the company’s involvement in Site C – the contentious $11 billion dam being constructed in B.C.’s Peace River valley. The Liberals say that any pressure they put on Jody Wilson-Raybould to rubber-stamp a “deferred prosecution agreement” for SNC-Lavalin […]
Mar 232019
With thanks to Linda. Gary Mason National affairs columnist VANCOUVER Published July 10, 2015 Updated May 15, 2018 As events in the Western United States have proven in the past few years, fresh water is an increasingly precious natural resource. That reality has been driven home here in British Columbia this summer, with strict watering […]
Mar 232019
Return to INDEX “there is nothing untoward about the City, who is a seller, setting a purchase price for its commodity.” – – BC Supreme Court Judge Barbara Young Ouch! Maybe the Judge is timely – – at a time when we’re gearing up over Agri-Food Canada – International Trade’s program to fund and support […]
Mar 222019
West Coast Environmental Law by Erica Stahl, Staff Lawyer February 15, 2018 On January 30th, 2018, the BC government decided to drop the private prosecution launched by Bev Sellars into the Mount Polley disaster. Through her private prosecution, Bev, a grandmother and former chief of the Xat’sull First Nation, gave the provincial government a second […]
Feb 252019
LETTER TO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Dear Members of Council and Staff, I am trying to understand what’s going on. This might be a bit blunt for you. I am addressing a collective, not individuals in the collective. Two things. REGARDING: The Regulations that apply to the ( – – – ) are not hard […]
Feb 252019
Return to INDEX TOPICS: First In Time, First In Right (FITFIR), Water licenses, Cash-for-water-rights, CrossIron Mills, Nestle, Okotoks, Sheep River, Bob Sandford, UN Water for Life Decade, Cdn Myth of limitless abundant water, Water market, Irrigation Districts, some History, over-allocation – – – – – – – EXCERPT: “Our current system entrusts a public wealth […]
Feb 192019
Return to INDEX David writes: Below is an email I just sent to Lois Eaton on a recently published poll in the US. I thought the poll results relate directly to her presentations (on climate change) at our local councils. I think the implications for blocking water export are clear. People–even those on the right side […]
Feb 132019
Rich Coleman Fighting Order to Testify in TimberWest Trial Legislature ‘technically’ in session, so ex-minister can ignore subpoena, lawyer argues. By Andrew MacLeod Excerpts: TimberWest’s donations to the BC Liberals included $44,685 in 2007, $14,738 in 2008 and $60,988 in 2009. . . . TimberWest was eventually sold to two funds that manage pension money for […]
Feb 082019
Return to INDEX apluc response Larry Barr Feb. 1, 2019 Acting Regional Executive Director West Coast Natural Resource Region Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Mr. Barr; Re: French Creek Watershed Protection. Thank you for your letter of Dec. 27, 2018 in response to our letter Dec. 6th, […]