BC Hydro wants to construct a dam on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia, where significant amount of First Nations are living currently. However, due to the BC Hydro’s project, First Nations are affected the most by losing the opportunities of fishing, hunting, performing ceremonies and etc. I see that the rights for First Nations are slowly decreasing and Canada seems like slowly losing the ground for First Nations.

Since Premier Christy Clark declared; British Columbia is Indian land, BC Hydro’s hydroelectric megaproject will face the opposed by First Nations. According to First Nation Chief Rolan Willson said, “If Ottawa approves the project; local Aboriginal groups will immediately challenge that decision in the Federal Court of Canada.”

In this situation, I will take First Nations’ side. Because I understand that both BC Hydro and First Nations has reasonable causes for the environment, but taking away of First Nations’ rights aren’t the appropriate things to do. First Nations might agree with the project as long as they do not impair their rights to fish, hunt and use the area for ceremonies and etc. To make this reliable, BC Hydro should respect First Nations as well as their belongings.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+chiefs+stage+Site+showdown/10215965/story.html (article)

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https://blogs.ubc.ca/yanfeiyang/2014/09/24/passport-blackberrys-turning-point/
This is a response to Yanfei Yang about Blackberry’s new phone, Passport.

Blackberry have recently released new phone called Passport. As Yanfei mentioned on her blog, it is a very important step for Blackberry to hold their current customers as well as bringing more customers.

Many people view it as a turning point of Blackberry but is it actually? From the past phones, Blackberry got punched by the rival, Apple and Samsung. Yanfei said she would rather buy an iPhone than a Blackberry. This became too obvious in nowadays. Blackberry usually had strong connections and had lots of fans who used Blackberry back then but as time went by, the customers have shipped to other company such as Apple and Samsung.

Blackberry came back with creative model which is much different with the old Blackberry models. We can see that Blackberry worked hard to compete with other companies. Yanfei asked, “Will Passport lead Blackberry to a rival or to an end?” In my personal opinion, it will be hard to overcome the situation. Because since, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus broke the sales amount of iPhone 5 also, Samsung is releasing the new model soon. Survive between two big trust-holding companies won’t be that easy.

Apple’s largest phone, iPhone 6 Plus claimed by the customers for the curvature of the phone. Since the iPhone 6 Plus released last week, plenty of videos and pictures were posted on social media which was about iPhone 6 Plus bending issues. Also, other companies posted parodies which were to make fun of Apple. However, most of the people who were planning to buy iPhone 6 Plus changed their mind or backed off to iPhone 6. Moreover, Apple’s attitudes made the customer angrier. Apple did not even give a word of apology about what happened or the recall has not shown. To fix ongoing problems, Apple updated iOS 8 and produced thick cover cases for iPhone 6 Plus. According to Apple, “iPhone 6 Plus meet or exceed all of our high quality standards to endure every day, real-life use.”

It just seems like Apple trusts the brand name and image too much that they don’t worry about losing customers. However, Apple probably already has been working on solutions so the future phones don’t have the same problem. It is called quality control and all actually all mass produced products made by anyone go through the same procedures; once you have problems they are solved.Apple never thinks they are wrong; always it’s the customers that they are blaming to. These strategies may work for couple years but it will never increase the customers. Company should always try to provide better goods and services to hold their customers and bringing the other competitor’s customers. From now on, if they don’t face the issues, one day, they will go down.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/iphone-6-plus-meets-all-quality-standards-apple-says-1.2777745 (article)

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WestJet is now charging $25 for economy fare customers for their first check-baggage. According to WestJet spokesman, Robert Palmer said, “The new fee is part of an ‘unbundling of services,’ which is essentially moving to more of an a la carte system.” Additionally, people who don’t want or need to check a bag, this is option available. However, this just seems like another money grabber. Prices go up and they add another fee. Who goes on a vacation without a piece of luggage? Some people might think that $25 is not much but to those of us who are just making little more than minimum wage or nothing, it will make a big difference.

Due to the new policy, people now try to fully use the weight-limit of the luggage so that the overhead bins in the airplane will be full before half the passengers get one the plane. Therefore, people who don’t have a space for their luggage should place underneath their seats and passengers will be inconvenienced about the company’s services.

Majority of domestic travelers now won’t consider taking WestJet. Since the new policy is set it up like that, WestJet is just giving other competitors a chance to earn profits. WestJet is offending the passenger’s feelings.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-charges-25-for-checked-bags-in-economy-in-canada-u-s-1.2766440 (article)

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