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The optimist versus the actor: Liberal election fortunes brighten

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Trevor

Appeared in Business in Vancouver – April 23, 2013 Christy Clark is bound and determined to prove I am uniquely correct in predicting she will be re-elected May 14 as premier of some, not all, of the people. That sage prophecy was made last August. Cascades of scandal, bungles and flights from the foundering Liberal…

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Inflation hurts restaurants as much as HST

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Trevor

Originally appeared in North Shore News – October 1, 2010 Read on for real-world figures for inflationary grocery costs exposing the phoniness of the official ones, and learn how to eat and grow richer through plain cheating and exploitation. Following my yarn here about our own family grocery bill, North Vancouver reader Peter Schaerer graciously…

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Kitchen oracle speaks economic truth

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Trevor

Appeared in North Shore News – September 17, 2010 Let’s get serious. Our family grocery bill for August was $1,091.25. And yours? My wife was shocked when she added up the figures. We have never budgeted. I always considered budgeting beneath the dignity of West Vancouver residents. Little levity there. But I genuinely can’t figure…

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From Victoria, the sky seems oddly secure

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Trevor

Appeared in North Shore News – August 20, 2010 More summer smiles, silliness and sobriety: I trust every North Shorean read Peter Oates’s intelligent and soberingly candid Aug. 7 letter to the editor in The Vancouver Sun, refuting the gospel according to B.C.’s big business interests concerning the Harmonized Sales Tax. Oates is owner/operator of…

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Is there a gender gap in James’ popularity?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Trevor

Appeared in North Shore News – July 23, 2010 Don’t you hate inconsistent people? I do. I’m one of them. But I digress. Today’s topic is B.C. New Democratic Party leader Carole James. Specifically, why is she dismissed — at least by the powerful oracles of the media who mill around the mainstream and explain…

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