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.

Comprehensive housing policy needed, not knee-jerk reactions

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Aug 10, 2016

‘It seems Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s warning – following a Vancouver housing roundtable in June – fell on deaf ears: “There’s no question that concerted, thoughtful effort is going to be needed to address the situation but we have to be very wary of unintended consequences.”‘

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No massive LNG-supported boom for B.C.

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Jul 25, 2016

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Site C’s ‘independent’ old boys network

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Jul 12, 2016

‘When terms like ‘independent external peer reviews’ are bandied about, the public might be less skeptical if the peers were independent of each other too. It smacks of the the old boys network in action.’

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B.C.’s political financing culture rears its head

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Jun 8, 2016

Executive director of IntegrityBC Dermod Travis provides examples of how big donations to B.C. politicians coincide with big tax breaks and benefits for the donors.

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When a political mindset sets in

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● May 26, 2016

A single criminal charge for breach of trust by a public officer against former B.C. government communications director Brian Bonney is disturbing and should not be seen in the context of a goal or miss on a political scorecard.

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IHA laundry contract: On the laundry list of B.C. political donors winning government contracts

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Mar 16, 2016

Political donations often come with strings attached and as IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis demonstrates, when parties get into power, those favours are often returned in the form of grants.

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Premier Clark expenses private jets while disabled get their bus passes clawed back

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Mar 4, 2016

Premier Christy Clark shrugs it off, saying previous premiers did the same, but watchdog Dermod Travis said B.C. could follow Ontario’s lead to ground high-spending ways.

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Anaylsis: B.C. budget gives with one hand, takes with the other

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Feb 23, 2016

‘In the political spin department, the Communications and Public Engagement Office’s budget is up 43.3 per cent over 2010/11 to $37.9 million.’

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Time out needed for bullies at B.C. city halls

By Dermod Travis ● Latest News ● Nov 18, 2015

IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis highlights examples of bullying culture permeating many aspects of local government in B.C., finding that online tools aid and abet bad behaviour amongst many parties.

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