the insider - bc lobbyist
Blog URL http://mgcltd.blogspot.com/
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags politics, Canada, British Columbia, media, liberty, America, lobbyist, freedom, analysis
Various columns, transcripts, thoughts, links, discussions and diversions, enjoy!
Latest Blog Posts
- Demographics driving BC tax hikes on Sep 28, 2009 in health care life BC politics
Thanks to the surprisingly poor PR job done by the Campbell government, there is a common misconception that the global recession alone was behind the provincial government’s recent budget cuts and tax hikes.In fact there is another subtle contribu...
- Of Pride and Prejudice on Jul 14, 2009 in Canadiana racism
There are some advantages to living in this brave new digital world. For instance, it is no longer such a safe world for thugs. David Samuel White, Adam David Huber and Robert William Rodgers learned this lesson the hard way when on July 3rd they w...
- Iran, twitter and the retweet seen round the world on Jun 23, 2009 in life media liberty
In the past few weeks there have been two revolutions going on, both with profound implications for the future of our global society. The first has been the large and sustained democratic protests in Iran in response to the sham election results tha...
- If you don't want your politicians to act like sheep stop condemning them for being human on Jun 12, 2009 in Canadian Politics media
I am old school enough to still subscribe to my local daily newspaper. Sure much of the news in it I have already picked up on twitter or by reading various blogs, but it still provides me with a good overview of the day’s (or yesterday’s) event...
- An ambitious politician? The horror! on Jun 12, 2009 in Canadian Politics media
An ambitious politician? The horror!Shared via AddThisBy John Robson, The Ottawa Citizen June 12, 2009 Oh, here's a sexy story. A cabinet minister was caught privately calling a difficult problem "sexy" and an opportunity for career advancement. We...
- Close results prove that in BC politics every vote counts! on May 26, 2009 in BC politics
At a time of steadily declining voter participation where now even the most innocuous comments by politicians and their staff gets vilified by reporters, (public eye online) is it any wonder that the majority of British Columbians are now completely...
- Seinfeld election hands threepeat to Campbell on May 15, 2009 in BC politics
It was in the end a Seinfeld election, an election about nothing. The campaign started off with some high profile environmentalists slagging the NDP for its promise to end the carbon tax and ended with a plea from Campbell to re-elect his government...
