I'm rarely going to be in perfect agreement with Alex Tsakumis on any topic but here for the first time ever I'm linking to a piece Alex has written as he describes the scene recently at a wholly contrived "town hall" meeting for B.C. Liberal candidate Christy Clark: (416 words) More …
I am however completely opposed to the duplicitous means by which the Gordon Campbell government introduced the tax, and mislead British Columbians during the 2009 provincial election campaign. (235 words) More …
The Globe and Mail reports in Anti-HST campaign grows in strength that petitioners operating under B.C.'s citizen driven initiative laws have almost completed gathering sufficient signatures - with plenty of time remaining before the deadline - to force the B.C. government's hand if they go ahead with the roll out of the Harmonized Sales Tax as planned for June 1. See where your riding stands at the Fight HST campaign progress report page. (626 words) More …
... into this: (443 words) More …
Uh, no, it was Harper who called the last one, because he wanted to get one last election in before the economic poop hit the fan. (381 words) More …
Ex-Socred cabinet minister Rafe Mair declares that he will vote NDP (Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight, Feb 25, 2009) (434 words) More …
Four more Vancouver schools have been promised benefits from the Neighbourhoods of Learning project, but other districts are still waiting to hear what's in it for them. (418 words) More …
Imagine how badly they can screw up the provincial general election next May. (112 words) More …
Last year, Ipsos Reid asked Conservatives in B.C. their top priority for finding new energy; 53 per cent supported wind and solar, 30 per cent said pursue more efficiency and only 11 per cent chose going after new oil sources, like the tar sands. The same poll found 71.7 per cent of Conservative voters wanted a ban on oil tankers close to shore. David Beers, ‘Tankers on the B.C. coast are getting too close for comfort’ – The Globe and Mail April 28 2007 (1397 words) More …
Our group has committed to holding members from any party to account if they fail to do their duty for our democracy. Communique > (379 words) More …
Wake up, British Columbia. Why oh why are you all sleeping? My informal straw poll of regular citizens in our fair city tells me that fewer than 2 in 10 people even know that the Campbell government refused to call a fall session for the B.C. legislatures. (561 words) More …
2006–10-20 (CBC News) ‘No debate’ that fish farms kill wild salmon, says B.C. scientist (292 words) More …
According to the budget released in February, health expenditures last year totalled nearly $11.5 billion. In the current year they’ll be just over $11.9 billion, or $446 million higher than the previous year. (491 words) More …
“You can see what I’m trying to impress upon everyone,” [B.C.‘s Finance Minister Carole] Taylor told the assembled scribes, referring to a chart that showed health costs rising from 41.6 per cent of last year’s budget, to 71.3 percent in 2017–18. “This is an issue that we all have to get our heads around.” (643 words) More …
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