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Now for some disaster relief on the homefront

January 22nd, 2010 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · Climate change, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare

I’ve been very pleasantly surprised at the public response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti. I’ve seen donations being collected through school bake sales, at the liquor store, and on Hockey Night in Canada, among the usual channels for such stuff. It’s nice to know that, collectively, we care, in spite of the neglect of [...]

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James at the UBCM: A welcome move off revenue-neutrality

October 6th, 2009 · Seth Klein · No Comments · Climate change, Economy, Taxes

In her speech last Thursday to the annual meeting of the Union of BC Municipalities, NDP leader Carole James declared:
“I am calling on the provincial government to cancel the corporate tax cuts that are scheduled to come in over the next two years related to the carbon tax. And let’s put that money into a [...]

Reading the entrails of BC's election

May 13th, 2009 · Marc Lee · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Privatization, P3s & public services, Provincial budget & finance

Three-peat. Hat trick. The media is full of jubilation for the re-election of the Campbell Liberals.
But looking at the numbers, it was actually quite close: the BC Liberals got 45.7% of the popular vote, compared to 42.2% for the NDP. This slim margin validates the Angus Reid polling camp, which came closest on estimating the [...]

Planet Before Politics

May 11th, 2009 · Marc Lee · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability

I signed the following open letter published in the Globe on the weekend. I cannot take any credit for organizing or writing the letter (hat tip to Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation). On the other hand, I can say that I have co-published with David Suzuki!
It’s time to put the planet before politics
May [...]

Towards an effective and fair carbon reduction strategy

May 8th, 2009 · George Heyman · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Environment, resources & sustainability

This oped by myself and Colin Campbell appeared in the Vancouver Sun’s online edition:
Towards an effective and fair carbon reduction strategy
By George Heyman and Dr. Colin Campbell, May 7, 2009

The latest science on global warming shows we must rapidly slash carbon emissions, or face catastrophic impacts on our civilization by the end of the century. [...]

BC's economy and the Liberal platform

April 29th, 2009 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · BC Election 2009, Economy, Energy, Provincial budget & finance

With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on the Liberals’ platform, thereby guaranteeing that the list of Christmas parties I get invited to dwindles to next to nothing.
BC’s Economic Challenges and the Liberal Platform
By Marc Lee
The BC Liberal [...]

To Tax or Not to Tax — That is Not the Question!

April 27th, 2009 · Marvin Shaffer · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability

It was disappointing to read Mark Jaccard’s sensational, but grossly misleading forecast of massive job loss if the NDP eliminates the carbon tax. Sure, if the NDP axes the tax and implements a cap and trade on large emitters to extract all the GHG reductions needed to achieve B.C.’s targets, there would be a huge [...]

The NDP Platform and BC's Economic Challenges

April 20th, 2009 · Marc Lee · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Climate change, Economy, Provincial budget & finance

Below is an oped of mine that was done at the request of the Vancouver Sun and that ran in today’s paper. Unfortunately, for reasons that are not entirely clear, the last two paragraphs were cut off, leaving the oped hanging. I put them back in below, and have requested that the online version be [...]

Green Gods Abandoned by Godless Socialists?

April 17th, 2009 · Marvin Shaffer · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability

So Keith Baldrey thinks the NDP has sold its environmental soul by opposing so-called green run-of-river IPPs. And Mark Jaccard , Tzepora Berman and friends predict economic and environment ruin from the NDP’s plan to abolish the Liberals’ carbon tax.
As for run-of-river IPPs, the fact is they are not very green, at least not if [...]

BC's Carbon Tax Clash

April 15th, 2009 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · BC Election 2009, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Taxes

With the BC election campaign now officially on, the carbon tax debate is back. Since the fall’s federal election, when the Prime Minister dropped in to beat up the carbon tax to solidify his support in BC, the carbon tax has dropped off the public radar, replaced by stories about the economic and financial crisis. [...]

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