Opinion

I watched the B.C. Legislature soap opera question period the day the federal government took provisional ownership of Kinder Morgan.

Attorney General David Eby released the finishing touches Wednesday on the government's plan to herd B.C. voters toward the NDP and Greens' predetermined conclusion that the voting system needs to be changed.

The talk started about A Matter Of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for B.C. months before it was published.

Tow-truck drivers don't expect hugs. Nobody likes having their car towed after getting caught breaking the rules, and nobody likes making their way to the storage yard to bail their pickup out of prison.

No matter your position on the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning, Tuesday was an extraordinary day in Canadian history. Financial folly, perhaps. Political bluff, possibly. Federal assertiveness, certainly.

Last spring, an editorial under the headline "B.C. keeps gerrymandering out of elections" appeared in The Citizen. So much for that sentiment.

Part one of two In past columns, I have tried to explain the scale of the universe. It is hard to deal with distances which are beyond our physical ability to see.

An open letter to Kinder Morgan's corporate leadership: Greetings. I want to begin by congratulating your intelligent maneuvering during this trying time as you sought to expand the existing infrastructure of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

As befits a guy who has the most money to spend in government, Health Minister Adrian Dix has been a busy fellow these past few months.

There are so many interesting side angles and potential spinoffs from the federal government's announcement Tuesday that it is buying the Trans Mountain pipeline and the B.C. terminal from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion.