Will Horter
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Discount Frenzy: The dirt on discount oil
Op-Ed in The National Observer Dec 28, 2018 We are being inundated with discount frenzy and it’s not just annoying, it could be life-threatening. I’m not talking about the onslaught of huckster ads encouraging us to buy, buy, buy on Black Friday, or even today, Boxing...
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Whatever Voting Systems Wins, BC Needs to Make Politicians More Accountable
Op-Ed in The Tyee Nov 12, 2018 As long as parties tightly control elected members, democracy is thwarted. As you consider how to vote in British Columbia’s electoral reform referendum, don’t assume that either keeping the way we elect politicians in B.C., or changing...
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Kinder Morgan and the Power of Civil Resistance
Citizens can shine a spotlight on bad laws or draconian consequences. Second of two parts.
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Kinder Morgan and the “rule of law”
Part one in a two-part series on whether arguments for the pipeline expansion are based on actual respect for legal procedure.
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If David Suzuki’s ‘campaign of calumny’ is such a big deal, the petrostate must be spooked
The backlash surrounding Dr. David Suzuki receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta is the best evidence yet that the petrostate stranglehold in Alberta is cracking.
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BC Needs To Use Full Toolbox to Stop Kinder Morgan
The government wins on tone but falls short on putting constitutional obligations to First Nations up front.
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