Vaughn Palmer: James' financial forecast calls for a few B.C. clouds, but mostly sun

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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Vaughn Palmer: Frustrated forestry workers vent on Trevena, NDP's lack of a lifeline

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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Vaughn Palmer: James banking on balancing budget despite rash of negative indicators

Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:28:01 +0000

OPINION: “I don’t think there’s a finance minister who would stand up in front of you and say there will never be a deficit. If we see a global crisis economically, we may have to take a look at redoing our budget.”

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