Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:39:33 +0000
OPINION: There was James on Tuesday defending the tax in terms that only a parent could love. One of the main rationales for the tax was as a spur to free up property for the rental housing market. So where are the numbers saying that has actually happened?
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:49:11 +0000
OPINION: If mediation fails and the dispute continues, then the onus will be back on the New Democrats to intervene or justify their decision to let the hurting continue
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:20:47 +0000
OPINION: Council members flagged a number of concerns about the economy for the year ahead. One of the biggest is the emerging economic divide between urban and rural B.C., a long-standing problem exacerbated by the crisis in the forest industry
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Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:09:58 +0000
OPINION: Horgan did not speak when resolution was debated; neither did national leader Jagmeet Singh
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:54:39 +0000
OPINION: When the cabinet convenes next week, the New Democrats could install a big-screen TV and watch Claire Trevena’s experience for themselves. It might get her cabinet colleagues reflecting on their own chances of becoming a one-term government
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Credit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:54:17 +0000
Realistically, the New Democrats aren’t counting on a full reversal of that verdict at the high court.
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Credit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:23:37 +0000
High on the list was Abbotsford South, which Darryl Plecas won for the Liberals in 2017 before he accepted the NDP’s invitation to serve as Speaker.
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:16:44 +0000
OPINION: The premier’s upbeat mood Thursday was real enough. But with the scheduled provincial election date now less than two years away, so are the challenges ahead
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:00:29 +0000
OPINION: The legislation doesn’t lack for ambition, to be sure. But it remains to be seen how far the New Democrats get in fulfilling its good intentions and how much leeway they are given by the courts
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:18:20 +0000
OPINION: For the most part, the two sides conducted themselves with restraint and respect, making for a discussion that was as constructive as it was informative.
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