Poet Danika Dinsmore gives an impassioned, first person account of being arrested and sentenced for demonstrating against expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline across British Columbia.
Tag: British Columbia politics
British Columbia’s Basic Income Study
University of British Columbia economist David Green has been commissioned by the BC government to study the pros and cons of basic income. In an era of automation and income inequality, a basic income could provide stability -- but critics on the left and right question its cost and effectiveness.
Fighting for Peace Valley
Residents of British Columbia's Peace Valley -- including members of the Saulteau First Nations -- are fighting the controversial Site C dam project, which would flood their land and alter the region's ecology. Alison Bate talks with families whose lives have been turned upside down by the project.
The next pipeline fight
First Nations activists are using an array of tactics to oppose KinderMorgan's proposed TransMountain pipeline across British Columbia. Using lawsuits, direct action, and construction of tiny homes in the pipeline's path, Cascadia's Indigenous nations are taking lessons from the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota.