Don’t eat that, Elmer. Them’s horse buns! The BC Liberal Government’s speech from the throne on February 12 – which hinged on promises of a $100 Billion windfall from BC’s heretofore nonexistent Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) industry – was an appalling attempt to divert attention away from reality with pie in a distant sky. This government … Continue reading Rafe on Liberals’ Delusional LNG Scheme
Rafe Mair offers his post-election thoughts: Andrew Weaver should stay far away from any deal with Christy Clark; Horgan and the NDP missed a golden opportunity in not hammering the Liberals more on their true economic record – and LNG.
Rafe Mair on Christy Clark’s surreal Throne Speech and “Fudge-it Budget”, promising big dollars from LNG even as the industry vanishes…and the NDP Opposition that refuses to oppose.
“One hardly expects the Clark govt to be paragons of political integrity, but on such an important matter as natural gas, the truth is essential to understand our fiscal future.”
Rafe Mair: “Minister Bennett is trying to act as if he and his government had nothing to do with the mess Hydro is in.”
Here are three things to remember about Premier Clark and the Enbridge pipeline: 1. She did not reject the pipeline – she simply said that Enbridge had not met BC’s conditions. 2. She has, simply said “we want money”, which reminds me of the old chestnut where a man invites a lady to bed offering her $25,000 … Continue reading Rafe: Take Clark’s disingenuous Enbridge ‘No’ with a pound of salt
Christy Clark has pulled off the sort of miracle the Boston Bruins managed when coming back from a 4-1 deficit to the Leafs recently. One would be ungracious not to extend congratulations. The story is more than a matter of manners, for the truth is that Adrian Dix blew the election – big time. I … Continue reading Rafe: Dix Let Liberals Get Away with Murder
Premier Christy Clark wants BC citizens to subsidize the oil and gas industry with a $10 Billion taxpayer-funded dam. Though she won’t put it quite like that, that’s precisely the implication of the policies she’s promoting in the run-up to May’s provincial election. Clark confirmed her vision for powering a new, much-ballyhooed Liquified Natural Gas … Continue reading Site C Dam: A $10 Billion Taxpayer Subsidy for LNG, Fracking
I have some questions for Premier Clark. Premier, I’m a simple man who by nature asks simple questions. You and Alberta premier Redford have evidently agreed that there will be a pipeline from her province through ours to the sea and that BC will make some money out of this deal. Is this the end … Continue reading Clark & Redford: What their cozy relationship means for BC pipelines
Jessica Ernst, a high-profile, Alberta-based environmental consultant, has released a comprehensive summary of science, facts and documents relating to groundwater contamination from the controversial practice of natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The culmination of ten years of research, the 93-page report is sure to cause a stir with the energy sector and its critics. Groundwater contamination has been a … Continue reading Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report