Douglas Todd: Once abhorred, foreign-buyers tax now mainstream in Canada

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 21:00:02 +0000

Opinion: Canada’s three centre-left parties are mirroring B.C. on the foreign-buyers tax, with the Greens’ showing a willingness to look at an outright ban.

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Is Andrew Scheer pulling ahead?

Credit to Author: The Vancouver Sun| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:14:35 +0000

Here’s what happened in week four of the 2019 federal election campaign trail, in case you missed it. Andrew Scheer is pulling ahead in the polls, but will it last? Justin Trudeau is blasted as a climate hypocrite for using not one but two planes for his campaign. Jagmeet Singh encounters racism on the streets […]

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Daphne Bramham: Candidates' views on conversion therapy, abortion raise questions about Scheer's promise to leave social issues alone

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:45:24 +0000

Opinion: Burnaby Tory candidate Heather Leung believes therapy can cure gays and that abortion should never be an option even in cases of rape and incest. She and other anti-abortion candidates make it tough to believe Andrew Scheer’s promise that the issues wouldn’t be revisited if Conservatives form government.

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Daphne Bramham: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer stays far away from climate change protests

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:47:20 +0000

OPINION: Tone-deaf Andrew Scheer pledges support for Massey tunnel replace while 100,000 gather in downtown Vancouver to participate in climate strike

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