Tagged BC NDP
Kinder Morgan: The Real National Interest
This unholy alliance of Liberals, NDP, and Tories striving to meet oil companies' demands says a lot about the current composition of Parliament.
A Battle Won In The Climate Wars
The path to an economy based on public ownership, renewable energy, and green jobs will be long and difficult. But the journey has begun.
LNG Tax Breaks Must Be Rejected
Our economic future should not be based on handing out taxpayers’ dollars in the scramble for a bigger share of shrinking global demand for fossil fuels.
Environmentalists Warn LNG Tax Breaks Ignore Carbon Footprint
Fugitive methane emissions from B.C.’s oil and gas industry are vastly underreported.
BC Budget 2018: Weighing Up The Numbers
The NDP backed away from any serious challenge to corporate power.
Ajax Defeated, Site C Goes Ahead
It’s puzzling that Site C was approved but Ajax not, despite equal indigenous opposition. Of course there were notable differences, especially where each drew its support and opposition.
Site C Approval Puts Corporate Profits Over People’s Interests
The Communist Party of BC urges ongoing resistance to Site C.
BC’s Electoral Finance Law Falls Short
As long as the major parties can spend tens of millions of dollars to get elected, campaigns will remain primarily an exercise in advertising, rather than in democratic debate and discussions.
Shut Down Site C Now, Communists Urge
Site C is a wildly speculative economic gamble, a violation of First Nations treaty rights, and an attack on the people and environment of northern BC.
Celebration and Caution
Anti-poverty activists and poor people welcomed the NDP’s move to raise social assistance and disability rates but these increases still tail the skyrocketing costs of rent, food and other necessities.