The latest opinion poll from Angus Reid Public Opinion shows that a new paradigm in BC politics has held and even increased in the last three months, most notably with a widening gap between the NDP, now up 2 to 42%, and the Liberals, down 3 to only 28%, which in an election held now would produce a large majority for the NDP; but also important is that support for the Conservatives went sideways, up only 1 to 19%, and for the Green Party was up 2 to only 10%.
Listen to Damien Gillis on CHLY's A Sense of Justice from last week, discussing Enbridge and Kinder-Morgan's proposed Tar Sands pipelines through BC. Damien and host Rae Kornberger cover the National Energy Board's recently-begun hearings into the Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat and the contention by fake grassroots group EthicalOil.org and the Harper Government that foreign interests are behind BC's opposition to the project. Is there any truth to these claims and what is the relationship between EthicalOil.org and the Harper Government? (41 min - from Jan. 11)
Written by Damien Gillis
- Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Listen to this 7 min interview of Damien Gillis from CBC's Early Edition this past Monday. Damien and host Kathryn Gretsinger discuss some of the key revelations that have emerged from the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River Sockeye - including a series of new virus discoveries in BC's wild fish and the political pressure faced by several top scientists after their labs confirmed the existence of these viruses.
Damien Gillis and Stewart Richardson of CJSF 90.1 FM discuss the intense activity around the proposed Enbridge pipeline of late - including the recent controversy among the Gitxsan community on Northwest BC, centering on a now-disputed deal signed by one of their treaty negotiators and the company last week. Damien summarizes the political machinations of the Harper Government in pushing for expanded Tar Sands bitumen traffic through BC against the will of a growing coalition of First Nations, conservation groups and citizens around the province. (November 9; 30 min)
Written by Damien Gillis
- Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Listen to this 23 min radio program hosted by The Current's Anna-Maria Tremonti, debating the notion of "ethical oil." In in "Ethical Oil" spokesperson Kathryn Marshall squares off against Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, Chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative - who recently signed a letter with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and six other Nobel Laureates calling for the Obama Administration to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to the US Gulf Coast - and a business ethics professor from York University. (Dec. 6, 2011)
Damien Gillis discusses a range of topics with Mehdi Najari - host of The Hidden News on Victoria's CFUV 101.9 FM - including the escalating stand-off over the proposed Prosperity Mine in the Tsilhqot'in Territory, southwest of Williams Lake, BC. Since the taping of this interview, the Tsilhqot'in peoples won an injunction to halt early construction work on the highly controversial mine. Gillis and Najari also discuss the history of indigenous resistance to mining projects in BC, including the historic Tsilhqot'in War over an eerily similar stand-off in the same territory 150 years ago. From November 29, 2011.
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- Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Listen to this short Nov. 19 interview of Damien Gillis on SFU radio's Latin Waves program, hosted by Sylvia Richardson. The two discuss this week's Rafe Mair 80th birthday roast, Rafe's career in politics, media and the environmental movement - plus other key issues in BC today, including the battles over Fish Lake and oil pipelines and tankers. The proceeds from the Rafe Mair Roast - this Thursday evening, November 24, at the Wise Hall in Vancouver (1882 Adanac St.) - go to The Common Sense Canadian.
Listen to Rafe and Damien's recent appearance on CHLY's "A Sense of Justice". The two discuss a wide variety of topics with host Rae Kornberger - including Rafe's upcoming Roast and some reflections on his long and storied career in politics and media. Also on the agenda is the Auditor General's recent report, which exposed BC Hydro's bogus accounting practices, hiding billions in losses that will only further drive up British Columbians' power bills.
Written by Damien Gillis
- Saturday, 10 September 2011
Damien Gillis joins Rae Kornberger - host of CHLY Nanaimo's A Sense of Justice - to discuss recent developments at the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser sockeye, as well as the future of private power and BC Hydro. Damien reports on the salmon Inquiry's hearings on aquaculture and diseases - including biologist Alexandra Morton's appearance on the stand - and dramatic twists in the story of the Campbell/Clark Liberals' disastrous IPP policy. (From Sept. 7)
Listen to this 20 min radio interview from CFUV's "Hidden News". Damien Gillis and host Mehdi Najari talk private river power, smart meters and the fallout from the recent panel report on BC Hydro and leaked comments of the crown corporation's CEO, Dave Cobb - slamming IPPs and the government's policy. The Clark Government has already said no new IPPs, but will the whole program be scrapped under the avalanche of criticism it now faces? (From Aug. 23, 2011)
In the wake of the bogus deal Enbridge attempted to foist on the Gitxsan people of Northwest BC last month to help pave the way for its controversial proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the community has banded together in inspiring fashion - with camcorders and the Web as their weapons of choice.
Watch this series of clips by independent filmmaker Craig Delahunt from the Cohen Commission, including a key hour of testimony from the final day of ISAv hearings and interviews with experts outside the Commission.
See how the Gitxsan are banding together in a moment of crisis, following the unauthorized deal with Enbridge signed by rogue treaty negotiator Elmer Derrick.
The Tsilhqot'in First Nations and their supporters fought for and won an injunction at the BC Supreme Court to keep Taseko Mines from commencing work on the controversial proposed Prosperity Mine.
Video from the Natural Resources Defence Council - narrated by Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon - on the battle to protect BC's iconic Spirit Bear and its habitat in the Great Bear Rainforest, from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and supertankers loaded with Alberta bitumen.
Damien Gillis on the proposed doubling of Deltaport and conversion of prime farmland, fish and wildlife habitat into an industrialized Foreign Trade Zone.
Several hundred concerned citizens and First Nations gathered recently in Burnaby to speak out against KinderMorgan's plans to pipe 700,000 barrels a day of Tar Sands bitumen to supertankers in Vancouver's harbour.
Part 2 of Rafe and Damien's discussion on Shaw's EVOTV. In this episode, the pair talk wild salmon and aquaculture, private power and environmental politics in BC.
Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis discuss The Common Sense Canadian and their coverage of key environmental and public policy issues in BC and Canada on Shaw's EVOTV, with host Irma Arkus.
The Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk peoples of the Broughton Archipelago recently gathered in the village of Gwayasdums in response to a serious breach of protocol by Marine Harvest. They emerged united, with renewed resolve to rid their territory of open net cage salmon farms.
Smart meters are a tax-payer rip-off and pose serious health threats to British Columbians, a crowd gathered at BC Hydro's Vancouver headquarters heard from the spokespeople of an number of organizations opposed to the provincial government-mandated program. (2 min)
Biologist and Peace Valley Environment Association representative Diane Culling discusses the enormous consequences of the proposed Site C Dam - including the flooding of prime farmland at a time when the province faces major food security challenges. (3 min)
The Wilderness Committee's Joe Foy picks apart the BC Liberal Government's faulty case for Site C Dam - discussing better alternatives to power our future needs and the enormous cost of a dam whose real purpose is to subsidize shale gas and coal mines.
