Dermod Travis, Author at Revelstoke Mountaineer

Dermod Travis

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC, a non-profit group that aims to restore bonds between citizens and their elected officials. He has been the executive director of the Canada Tibet Committee from 2007 to 2011, and is the founder of PIRA Communications. He is a former member of Quebec’s Estates General on the Situation and the Future of the French Language and its Comité d’examen sur la langue d’enseignement.

Time to put communicate back into government communications

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Nov 29, 2018

‘But when the spin department ignores queries, delays a reply possibly in the hope you’ll forget you ever asked the question or obfuscates in its response, it simply breeds more cynicism fueled by the accelerator of social media.’

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Time to dial the rhetoric down in B.C.’s referendum campaign

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Nov 1, 2018

Advocates on both sides of the B.C. proportional representation referendum would do well to rein in their rhetorical messaging and focus on the facts, writes columnist Dermond Travis.

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Too many looked the other way when it came to money laundering in B.C.

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Mar 22, 2018

Dermod Travis unravels issues with money laundering at B.C. casinos.

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Overheard at the bank, B.C. Hydro’s first meeting with the loans officer

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Jan 10, 2018

Have you considered taking this to one of our competitors down the street?

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AWOL from B.C.’s opioid crisis

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Nov 24, 2017

Among the appointees to the Vancouver police board are an investment advisor, a property developer, a craft brewer and a physician.

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$5.8 billion doesn’t go as far as it once did at B.C. Hydro

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Nov 2, 2017

Canada’s finance minister didn’t do too badly. His family firm – Morneau Shepell Ltd. – billed $999,758.

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How much money does a B.C. political party really need?

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Sep 21, 2017

How should B.C. fund political parties, if at all. In his latest column, Dermod Travis explores the recent controversy in B.C. and other models used in other jurisdictions.

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Speed dating for B.C. lobbyists

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Aug 11, 2017

‘Who were among the lucky few to be given the chance to rent the ear of a deputy minister over dinner? Guest lists don’t seem to be readily available online, but someone – bless their heart – hired a photographer for the 2013 dinner at the Empress Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom.’

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Not all votes carry the same clout in B.C.

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Jun 7, 2017

The number of registered voters didn’t get much attention during the campaign. In April, there were 3,156,991. Notable because it’s 19,464 voters less than there were in 2013.

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B.C.’s 2017 Goldilocks election

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● May 19, 2017

Parties that won a slice of the Goldilocks vote would be well advised to heed the ending of the fairy tale: “Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears. She screamed, “Help!”

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