politics

The finances of the Attawapiskat reserve have been placed under third-party control, in part to figure out where $90 million of federal government money went in the last five years. But how much is $90 million anyways? And how much money does the government spend on you?

Posted on 3 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, Indigenous, main, politics

Prince George has a new mayor, and a mix of old and new on city council. As has become customary for election campaigns over the past few years, there were a number of candidates running on the idea of re-connecting with voters, being more accessible and transparent, and having a two-way conversation with citizens. I’m […]

Posted on 21 November 2011 and filed under articles, comments, main, politics, Prince George, social media

Below are a series of interviews on both Daybreak North and Daybreak South surrounding a recent announcement from the Pacific Carbon Trust. I was involved in setting up all of the Daybreak North interviews and helped with the Daybreak South ones. The stories came out of an announcement on May 5 that the Carbon Trust […]

Posted on 14 May 2011 and filed under British Columbia, politics

Last week, I wrote this on Facebook: “On the radio they’re talking to young people who aren’t planning on voting. They’re blaming the political system, parties, etc for not engaging them. Know who else wasn’t courted by the political system throughout history? Poor people, women, Chinese-Canadians, Indo-Canadian, Japanese-Canadians, First Nations, African-Americans. More recent examples? Egyptians. […]

Posted on 21 April 2011 and filed under articles, Canada, politics

Immediate disclaimer: This isn’t meant to be an attack on Jason, nor a full-on defence against his criticism. Just my thoughts after reading an intriguing point of view from a regular political commentator. Also, as always, these are MY VIEWPOINTS AND OPINIONS, informed by nothing but my own misunderstandings of the world. Over on his […]

Posted on 22 February 2011 and filed under comments, journalism, media, politics

Rob For on CBC As It Happens, October 26, 2010map :: {skin:’orange’, animate:true, width:’200′, volume:0.4, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false} Rob Ford on CBC’s As It Happens, October 26, 2010 I’m sort of fascinated by this whole Rob Ford thing, even though I’ve never even been to Toronto. In the Globe a […]

Posted on 28 October 2010 and filed under articles, Canada, politics

I just left these comments on David Eaves‘ post about the Public Policy and Governance Review in response to his interview with the publication, but I thought I’d share them here, as well: “1. I think you’re dead-on when you talk about “young people” (or more accurately, maybe just people geared towards new ways of […]

Posted on 7 December 2009 and filed under articles, ideas, politics