The horrible cost of constantly punting Indigenous claims to court
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Governments have more resources and delays can drag on for years. Indigenous peoples pay heavily for the delays in resolving their claims
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Tag: BC politics
How much First Nations business comes from government?
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The Yukon government recently unveiled a procurement policy that offers a roadmap for Canadian jurisdictions like B.C.
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What happens when a hospice rejects medical assistance in dying?
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‘This is about the B.C. government destroying a sanctuary for dying patients who want the choice to stay in a facility where MAID is not offered’
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Alberta oil and gas critical to B.C.’s economy
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Be it in employment, salaries paid, or the jobs and GDP created for all British Columbians, the impact of oil and natural gas is significant
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We don’t need elections now, we need leadership
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Elections will turn us away from dealing with the real issues. And we don’t seem to have the means to conduct safe voting
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B.C.’s emissions reduction targets remain out of reach
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Absent a wholesale restructuring of the economy, meeting the 2030 goal will be an impossible task
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Patients deserve access to timely medical care
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The B.C. government’s claim in the court challenge to medicare that waiting lists don’t harm patients is nothing short of ridiculous
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How mismanagement of B.C. forests is hurting Canada’s economy
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Recent sawmill closures have exposed a raft of problems in the industry and government failure to ensure long-term productivity
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Treating taxpayers’ money with respect
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We should be watching the case of B.C. clerk of the legislature Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz very carefully
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B.C.’s ride-sharing red tape hurts consumers
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The government is trampling on the rights of ride-sharing businesses and their potential customers
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B.C. government should get out of the insurance business
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ICBC represents an asset to the provincial government, which faces deficit problems
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Electoral reform in B.C. won’t enable the far right
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No electoral system has a monopoly on either preventing or fostering far right parties
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