The decision is in: Supreme Court of Canada rules “secret witness” in Basi-Virk trial, will remain a secret.

A victory that may see the trial beginning as soon as January 201o!
Bill Tieleman has the ruling on his site now, and will be following with his analysis as the day continues, so be sure to check back shortly. Here is an excerpt of his breaking news story from moments after the decision was handed [...]

Supreme Court rules on secret witness issue Thursday am – will the Basi-Virk trial proceed?

From my friend Bill Tieleman’s site :
The most anticipated decision in the BC Rail corruption case of David Basi, Bob Virk and Aneal Basi will come at 6:45 a.m. BC time from the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Court has announced today that it will release its ruling on Special Prosecutor Bill Berardino’s appeal of two BC lower [...]

Apparently THEY do investigate public officials…” RCMP alleges breach of trust by B.C. official”

Found this little gem on MSN, sourced from CBC.ca: http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22137840  ( I see now that the Province online is running it as front page as well)
A former B.C. assistant deputy minister of health is under investigation for alleged breach of trust, CBC News has learned.
The RCMP commercial crime squad has been investigating Ron Danderfer, once [...]

NO BC HST facebook group hits monumental milestone – with over 125,000 members and counting!

Let me share this fantastic post  from my friend Bill Tielemans blog:
“ Monday, September 28, 2009

NO BC HST Facebook protest group now over 125,000 members! Thanks to all who have joined!
An amazing milestone was passed today – the NO BC HST Facebook protest group I created now has more than 125,000 members!
 
NO BC HST only went online [...]

The heart and soul of British Columbia unite to fight the HST : The Vancouver Rally

I have two words for Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen: Be afraid.
That’s right. You read that right.
 Be very afraid men, because in my opinion, the prospect of the HST is the proverbial straw that broke the camels back, and as everyone knows… camels have loooong memories – as do the people of British Columbia.You have both earned the [...]

Make it real. Make it happen. Fight for yourself, and your province, at a Fight the HST rally near you.

Generally, I’m more inclined to use the power of my words to protest and fight the many injustices forced upon us by the current out of control Liberal government, rather than run around carrying signs and protesting.
 The prospect of the HST , however, has spurred me to greater action.
That’s why I’ll be heading down to [...]

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.(H.F. Amiel 1821-1881)

I know I said I wouldn’t be blogging again until I was in my new home this weekend, but Norman Farrell -author of the popular new blog Northern Insights - has done it again.
This is something every British Columbian must read, so send this link along to everyone in your contact book.  With everything Norman has [...]

Deconstruction

It’s official.
Having signed off on the rest of our lives at the lawyers, we are now the proud owners of a new home. Possession and move will take place this weekend, so of course, I’ve been packing and cleaning like mad over the last couple of weeks, and now that we are in the home [...]

Campbell’s Harmonized Sales Tax and the Working Joe ( and Jill)

Time for a blast from the past.
I  originally wrote and posted this piece over a year ago- July 24th, 2008. Reading it tonight, I found myself shaking my head and laughing. A year later, not a lot has changed in the economic situation for thousands of British Columbians, except that the rich are getting richer [...]

The Pacific Gazetteer weighs in on media coverage of Basi/Virk pre-trial hearings

RossK, author of the The Pacific Gazette, has something to say about blog coverage versus media coverage of Monday’s Basi-Virk pre-trial hearings, that resulted in some pretty nasty comments directed at myself here in the comments section under that days report. While the first comment attacked my writing and coverage, the second became quite personal, [...]