Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis discuss The Common Sense Canadian and their coverage of key environmental and public policy issues in BC and Canada on Shaw’s EVOTV, with host Irma Arkus. The three cover a wide range of issues in the half hour program – from private river power and the state of BC Hydro to oil pipelines and supertankers on our coast, natural gas fracking, coal mines, salmon farms and the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River sockeye. (Aug 8, 2011)
hello Irma: nice interview with Rafe/Damain. On the Glacier/Howser IPP (Axor Montreal). We used “common sense” we being 4 (Flatbow or Kootenay lake) hippies, peacefully assembled on the narrow logging road used by Axor to access and told them NO IPP simple common sense. show no fear and “take the bridges” or narrow spot on the road.
Stopping this environmental melt down is not complicated but it does take the kind of courage soldier have to fight in real battles. We (I) had death threats from individual that own and or work for Axor. These are seriously rich powerful cowards.
I made a short film in Oaxaca Mexico in 2007 when the state governor sanctioned the murder of 25 striking school teacher. Canada’s socialist/capitalist government cheer own the murder of indigenous folk. We need to bone up in Canada before we get much further down this slippery slope. later