Reading Time: 3 minutes Quebec’s experience with government-subsidized daycare should serve as a warning for B.C.
Tag: BC politics
A two-step approach to electoral reform
Reading Time: 3 minutes One referendum, with little public education, is not enough for electoral reform in B.C. Voters need to have full knowledge of the consequences of their choices
B.C.’s budget cools the economic climate
Reading Time: 4 minutes The B.C. budget does little to improve the investment climate or mitigate the effects of policy changes emanating from the U.S.
How do we close the widening gap between Alberta and B.C.?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Part 1: The wine versus oil showdown in the West has exposed some fundamental differences – but it’s nothing other generations haven’t seen
Bizarre cult of oppression grips Canada’s West Coast
Reading Time: 4 minutes The environment is only a side issue for an increasingly passionate mob of activists whose assault on the ‘establishment’ is nothing less than a moral crusade
Investor confidence plummets for B.C. energy sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tanker moratoriums, LNG plant cancellations, fracking reviews, government pipeline obstructionism are all taking their toll
Attacks on hydraulic fracturing in B.C. defy settled science
Reading Time: 3 minutes A public inquiry will simply play into the hands of those who oppose energy production in B.C., depriving the province of significant economic benefits
Stick to the facts to protect old-growth forests in B.C.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Debate on Vancouver Island’s old growth forests must be based on facts, not just conjuring up feelings of nostalgia, awe and respect
New NDP government puts B.C. finances back on shaky ground
Reading Time: 3 minutes The B.C. government has sent a troubling signal that big spending, tax increases and deficits are back as the prevailing fiscal policies
Big spending, big problems on the horizon for B.C. government
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite the promise of yet more new programs to come, there’s actually little room in the budget for more spending