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Today’s throne speech suggests that the BC government has finally recognized the severity of the recession and the hardship it’s causing to families across the…
Three-peat. Hat trick. The media is full of jubilation for the re-election of the Campbell Liberals. But looking at the numbers, it was actually quite…
Is it too early to start talking about what happens now the election is over? Because that light at the end of the tunnel really…
With my oped last week on the NDP platform making me less than popular over at NDP HQ, today the Sun published my take on…
Below is an oped of mine that was done at the request of the Vancouver Sun and that ran in today’s paper. Unfortunately, for reasons…
Just in time for a heated election campaign, the latest unemployment numbers paint a grim picture for BC. Just a year ago, BC was coasting…
I often get asked: “Shouldn’t we support the Olympics or the Port Mann bridge (or any of the multitude of poorly handled infrastructure projects in…
In our pre-budget Reality Check, we noted that a recession would lead to upwards pressure on social assistance expenditures. The 2009 Budget notes that every…
I am a big fan of stimulus packages for our ailing economy. But my pitch has been that we need to use the occasion to…
It is one of those publications that few media outlets will report on, and even fewer British Columbians will read, but BC Stats just released…
I just got a letter from my daughter’s daycare that her monthly fees are going up again next month. They will now be $700. When…
Now that the government has abandoned private financing of the Port Mann, it’s time to make the bigger but equally sensible leap and abandon the…
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