tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post4818208628676870151..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Are there no workhouses?Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-4220720784085776872014-12-07T08:06:40.237-08:002014-12-07T08:06:40.237-08:00You are a master researcher - it was climate chang...You are a master researcher - it was climate change skeptic Tim Ball who gave the luncheon and it was Don Sandberg who tried to sue Norway House Cree Nation for denying him Membership who is their go to guy on all things Aboriginal. Oh and the other go to "fellow" is Joseph Quesnel, Metis from N. Ontario now residing in AB, who is championing individual property rights over the communal system of land ownership and stewardship.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-74382359592053880292014-12-06T23:38:54.761-08:002014-12-06T23:38:54.761-08:00Was it Tom Harris of Friends of Science, Kenneth G...Was it Tom Harris of Friends of Science, Kenneth Green of American Enterprise Institute, David Henderson, or Senior Fellow Tim Ball?<br />All are or were climate change *skeptics* at FCPP. <br /><a href="http://www.fcpp.org/files/annual-reports/pdfs/annual-report-2012.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here's a list of their advisors and fellows from 2012</a><br /><br />Nice to see the Byfields still represented on the national stage and you'll remember Navarro-Genie from his ... <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/rights-and-democracy-the-very-textbook-definition-of-cronyism/" rel="nofollow">work</a> ... at Rights and Democracy.<br /><br />afaik, Don Sandberg is still the director of Aboriginal Projects for FCPP.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-23176115120406175992014-12-06T19:24:43.538-08:002014-12-06T19:24:43.538-08:00I only learned of the Frontier Centre when I moved...I only learned of the Frontier Centre when I moved to Winnipeg and found them providing all sorts of experts for radio interviews, including critics of the single desk Canadian Wheat Board - bullshitting about market choice.<br /><br />One of my bosses went to one of their sponsored talks for business leaders and he came back impressed with the anti-climate change talking points he heard. Amazing given that our bread is buttered by renewable, clean energy. Can't remember the arsehole's name and their web page seems out of commission so I can't check.<br /><br />Shortly after that, they had another one of their 'thinkers' on some segment about Aboriginal governance. I remember him being a right wing blowhard on constitutional and treaty rights and claimed he was First Nation and new first hand how dysfunctional their governance was. It turns out that he no longer had status because his FN kicked him out for his treacherous behaviour (and good on them). He was also the go to person the CBC went to when the Supreme court came down with a favourable ruling on Metis rights (of course he was against the ruling but for right wing conservative reasons).<br /><br />Anytime someone at work quotes or refers to them, I roll my eyes and bite my tongue before trying to offer a contrary opinion in a even-leveled tone.<br /><br />Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com