Podcast appearances and mentions of ben parfitt

In March, Ben Parfitt wrote an article critiquing the BC government's direction and lack of progress on protecting old growth forests. This was centered on a confidential map of logging deferrals that was leaked from the provincial ministry of forests. Since then, new information has come out blaming the delays in protecting old growth on consultations with BC First Nations. We speak with Ben Parfitt, resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC office.

A massive electricity plant in Northeast England that has transitioned from coal to wood pellets claims it is creating green energy. But a protest movement in the UK, and environmentalists in BC say this is greenwashing. Now an investigation team has revealed that DRAX intends to supplement its use of wood waste and sawdust with whole trees, logged in primary forests. Last October, we spoke with Ben Parfitt of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Ben Parfitt says that the pending closure of a pulp mill in Prince George and the loss of 300 high-paying jobs in the community is just the beginning of what promises to be a new and painful chapter in the province's beleaguered forest industry. Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

A massive electricity plant in Northeast England that has transitioned from coal to wood pellets claims it is creating green energy. But a protest movement in the UK, and environmentalists in BC say this is greenwashing. Now an investigation team has revealed that DRAX intends to supplement its use of wood waste and sawdust with whole trees, logged in primary forests. We speak with Ben Parfitt of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The River Forecast Centre operates a provincial system that issues flood warnings yet this fall's abundant rain and intense storms did not appear to trigger critical responses that could have better protected British Columbians. A decade ago an expert report called for changes and increased staffing at the River Forecast Centre, but those recommendations have not been acted on for more than 10 years. We speak with resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt.

Ben Parfitt of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says B.C.'s flood response teams were underresourced and unprepared.

BC CCPA Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt is out with a new report that looks at how some 16,000 non-domestic groundwater risk losing their historic water rights as they have yet to apply for a license under the Water Sustainability Act.

Ben Parfitt says the BC government doesn’t have a good handle on how much water the major industries in the province use. He argues that we need to get that information before we can implement effective policies to encourage conservation and sound management of our water. Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Ben Parfitt of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling for better tracking of how much water major indutries use, and policy to make them pay their fair share.

A piece released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office indicates that for less than the cost of a pint of beer, the biggest, most polluting industries on the planet get to suck up the equivalent of an Olympic-size swimming pool's worth of our water. Policy Analyst Ben Parfitt discusses how to resolve some issues that this causes.

In 2018, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved an application for a 10,000-barrel-a-day tar sands project adjacent to Moose Lake. The Fort McKay nation went to court to challenge the approval and, in May, the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled in their favour. Ben Parfitt is a long-time analyst with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He explains the grounds for the decision and its significance for similar court challenges in BC.

In 2018, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved an application for a 10,000-barrel-a-day tar sands project adjacent to Moose Lake. The Fort McKay nation went to court to challenge the approval and, in May, the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled in their favour. Ben Parfitt is a long-time analyst with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He explains the grounds for the decision and its significance for similar court challenges in BC.

Resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy alternatives BC Office Ben Parfitt joins me to talk about respirators and the need to increase domestic production.

On today's show I talk tree planting with Ben Parfitt who is with the Canadian Centre for policy Alternatives. Acumen Law's Kyla Lee joins me to talk ICBC waiving cancellation fees, how to speed up some court proceedings once things start to reopen and we talk about a new YouTube series, Kyla's Court. And Dave Korzinski with Angus Reid talks about a new survey to find out just how well Canadians are handling this pandemic when it comes to their mental health.

A Freedom of Information request by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has revealed that BC Hydro is very concerned about the earthquake risk posed by fracking operations close to the Peace Canyon dam and the Site C dam construction site. Ben Parfitt a resource policy analyst with the CCPA. He shares some of the findings from hundreds of pages of emails, memos, and handwritten meeting notes.

A Freedom of Information request by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has revealed that BC Hydro is very concerned about the earthquake risk posed by fracking operations close to the Peace Canyon dam and the Site C dam construction site. Ben Parfitt a resource policy analyst with the CCPA. He shares some of the findings from hundreds of pages of emails, memos, and handwritten meeting notes.

Final Games is a podcast about the games that inspired us. Host, Liam Edwards is joined by various different game developers, game journalists and industry veterans to talk about the eight games that they'd choose to play for the rest of their lives if they were stuck in a deserted place. Think Desert Island Discs, but for games... Joining Liam this week to talk about their eight games is MCV's, Ben Parfitt. A veteran of the games industry - for over 11 years Ben has seen the industry shift and change. But, Ben's love for the eight games he has chosen is unwavering, even if it means having to defend them! He may have also chosen a game that Liam has waited desperately to talk about. Enjoy! Ben Parfitt: @BenParfitt http://www.mcvuk.com/ If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcast@gmail.com Final Games is hosted on Soundcloud at: @finalgamespodcast You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Also! You can check out Liam's video reviews and shows on Youtube. www.youtube.com/c/gotrare

West Coast Environment Law staff counsel Andrew Gage, resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt and land use consultant Bernard Schulmann discuss the province's new natural resource operations ministry. Provincial New Democrat children and family development critic Maurine Karagianis shares her thoughts on the possibility of separate child protection legislation for aboriginal peoples. And our rabble-rousing panel - David Cubberley, The Tyee's Andrew MacLeod, Sheila Orr and Allan Warnke - debate the week that was in provincial and federal politics.

Tarante11a joins us again in this episode as we cover the wealth of Dragon Age related News from the last two weeks and respond to listener feedback. As usual, our coversations tend to drift on an off-topic quite a bit, but everyone seems to like the banter right? We have no interview this time around, but there's plenty to talk about so give it a listen and let us know what you think. You can listen to the podcast here: There's supposed to be something here. Do you have flash installed? You won't be able to see this without flash. swfobject.embedSWF("http://dragonagepodcast.com/modules/swftools/shared/1pixelout/player.swf", "swfobject2-id-159117637127", "290", "24", "7", "", { "playerID": "159117637127", "autostart": "no", "loop": "no", "soundFile": "http://dragonagepodcast.com/sites/default/files/dapodcast_ep6_nowwithmoreairships.mp3" }, { "swliveconnect": "default", "play": "false", "loop": "false", "menu": "false", "quality": "autohigh", "scale": "showall", "align": "l", "salign": "tl", "wmode": "opaque", "bgcolor": "#FFFFFF", "version": "7", "allowfullscreen": "true", "allowscriptaccess": "sameDomain", "base": "http://dragonagepodcast.com/sites/default/files/", "src": "http://dragonagepodcast.com/modules/swftools/shared/1pixelout/player.swf", "height": 24, "width": 290 }, { "id": "swf159117637127" }); If you want to download the file, just click below. Or you can right-click-Save As... Record of Agarest War Limited Edition on Amazon Dragon Age: Origins minitaure desktop swords now available New Dragon Age: Origins DLC - The Darkspawn Chronicles Darkspawn Chronicles Trailer and Q&A on GameSpot! Darkspawn Chronicles Wiki Updates: Meet Your Minions (Updated: Hurlock) Upcoming PS3 Patch Deciphering the Way of Three Trees by Eleusimae for GreyWardens.com. Alistair and Cailan: Two Sides of a Prior King by chilyn for GreyWardens.com. The Bloodworks (as featured in Eisode 3) is released! Rogue Goodies by lesatho Warden Black by krutz zeros Lefty by sirchet Justice - The Crow by LuciferHC and DarthParametric Bella_s Kiss by danscott84 Adult Content Tweaked Cullen by SaturnC a passionate kiss by Chereck Adult Content Dragon Age conquers Canadian Videogame Awards by Brendan Sinclair of GameSpot GameSpot's exclusive interview with Rob Bartel Pre-owned DLC penalty ‘entirely fair’ by Ben Parfitt of MCV DR.DJ's Dragon Age Tutorials LIVE Mage Build Tips BSN Thread Add us to your favorite feed reader: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DragonAgePodcast Add us to iTunes

Provincial Conservative deputy leader Chris Delaney discusses the right-wing reaction to the Campbell administration's harmonized sales tax. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt discusses the government's forest fire fighting policies. And our rabble-rousing panel - Eleanor Gregory, Bob Russell, The Times Colonist's Rob Shaw and Allan Warnke - debate the week that was in provincial and federal politics.