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News for Youse: Premier's frosty meeting, ICBC firings, and Chara off to Prague
Stephen Hui
Clark's frosty chat Premier Christy Clark had what she called a short and frosty meeting with Alberta premier Alison Redford, where they failed to come to any agreement over the Northern Gateway Project.
ICBC firings The public vehicle insurer has dismissed six estimators and revoked an autobody shop's certification in Richmond after the Crown corporation discovered that estimated repair costs were being approved by phone.
Expanded beef recall The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded its recall of beef from the XL Foods plant in Alberta. The full list is available here.
New judge named Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Richard Wagner, son of former Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Claude Wagner, has been nominated as the newest Supreme Court of Canada justice.
Rowling novel controversy The Telegraph has reported that J. K. Rowling's new book, The Casual Vacancy, has received a rocky reception in Amritsar, Punjab because of its depiction of a Sikh character. There's talk of a possible ban.
Sahara Davenport dies A 27-year-old contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, Sahara Davenport, has passed away from unknown causes.
Chara on way to Prague USA Today has reported that Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara will play for the KHL team in Prague in the Czech Republic, which is next door to his home country of Slovakia.
Sadly, that's the road to hell in a political environment. Both premiers are now fully entrenched, politically, and there is no escape for either of them. No wonder the meeting was short and frosty.
But the saddest thing of all is that the federal government - the "third party" that might have a chance to bring the sides together and mediate an agreement - is the least capable federal government in decades to do such a thing. Harper wants Northern Gateway, but he has backed himself into a position where "brute force and ignorance" is his only option.
And, as "tone deaf" as he is on federalist and inter-provincial issues, even Harper knows that he can't force Northern Gateway on BC. If you think that Trudeau's National Energy Program provoked a crisis in Alberta, you ain't seen nothin' yet. B.C. will explode.
My conclusion is that we are looking at utter incompetence at every level, on this issue. Clark is a typical BC airhead. Redford is a typically myopic Albertan. And Harper is a spiritual crusader, who doesn't listen to anybody other than himself.
Disclaimer: I am opposed to Northern Gateway, because I don't want that crap on my coast.