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When an election promise isn’t a promise

Posted on December 5, 2015January 17, 2016 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – December 4, 2015 In a less Justin-besotted Canada, a “Trudeau promise” would enter the language – an oxymoron, like “military intelligence.” You’ll recall that in November Liberal leader Justin Trudeau bid up compassionate Canada’s offer to accept Syrian refugees – handily out-caring rivals Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper….

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Mankind sure is a sentimental beast

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – July 17, 2015 What moves you, heart and soul? Is it, among recent top news stories, Greece? Drought? Fiery forests? Senate sleaze? The long-running drama Health Researcher Follies? Bus Stop, starring TransLink? Stock market tremors? Cracked China? Interest rates? Pan Am Games, Canadians modestly accepting that they’re No….

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Talk of a third crossing grows old

Posted on April 24, 2015September 2, 2015 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – April 24, 2015 Well, that should be the nail in the coffin. Maybe a whole carpenter’s apronful of nails. I speak of the prospects for a North Shore Yes vote in the transit plebiscite, somewhat pushed out of the public mind by fresher disasters. Still personally debating whether…

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Park Royal towers back up for debate

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – April 10, 2015 Abandoning my usual wishy-washy views, I have a strong one on the proposed Park Royal towers project. Kill it, West Vancouver council. Nora Gambioli. Christine Cassidy. Craig Cameron, maybe. They’re council’s most likely giant-killers of the density-leaping 27-storey and 12-storey residential-plus towers sought by the…

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It’s politics as usual for Yes coalition

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – March 27, 2015 The bungling boys and girls of the Transit and Transportation Coalition have stooped to truth-suppression. Oh, slap my wrist, be kind: “Selective editing.” Sure, it’s common: He who pays the piper gets to call the piper’s tune. So far, it’s off-key for the Yes team…

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Politicians face off on transit vote

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – March 13, 2015 The transportation referendum — hold on, we interrupt this rant for a breaking rant from our opinion room: Stephen Harper will win this year’s federal election. We now return you to regular ranting . . . You read it here first. The Conservatives have taken…

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TransLink’s Riders Bill of Rights is long overdue

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Trevor

What’s needed is provincial legislation forcing TransLink to reach standards of service and performance for transit’s ignored constituency: the riders   Appeared in Business in Vancouver – March 12, 2013 Today’s theme is the Miss Adelaide factor in Vancouver’s gripping issue of public transit. Puzzled? You look old enough to recall that in the great…

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Win the war on folly: just say AmblesideNO

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – August 5, 2011 It’s a small gesture in a swelling global crisis, but today I’m announcing AmblesideNO! Basic idea: Stop till we can live within our means. Just stop. Unlike the disastrous HST referendum question, AmblesideNO! really means no – not just to AmblesideNOW and growing West Vancouver…

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