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Do you want a more transparent, accountable government? Tell them so!
The story goes that Franklin Delano Roosevelt once met with a group of activists who wanted bold action. He listened and then said, “You’ve convinced…
NDP propose BC Poverty Reduction Act
Today in the BC Legislature, the Official Opposition (MLA Shane Simpson) introduced a private member’s Bill proposing a BC Poverty Reduction Act. That Act, were…
What will it take to bring smarter family policy to BC?
Did you know that the BC government has set a goal to reduce early childhood vulnerability to 15% by fiscal year 2015? You can hardly…
Lack of water data a cause for public concern
In our high-speed digital world, there is no excuse for regulators failing to post and update information that is readily available to them and of…
Quebec Auditor General slams P3s in hospital project
Quebec’s Auditor General has issued yet one more report slamming the use of public private partnerships (P3s). With P3s, private corporations finance and operate public…
Some issues arising from the special advisor’s report on the Vancouver School Board
The special advisor appointed by the provincial government to look at the finances of the Vancouver School Board reported on Friday and a number of…
BC opens door to private jails
The BC government has taken the next step down the privatization road by opening the door to private prisons. On April 28th Partnerships BC posted…
Corporations are people too
Advocates of democratic electoral reform are really out of step. Ideas like proportional representation and advertising spending limits are so retro, so 2004. The fashionable…
Loukidelis did good work for government accountability. Now it’s a legislative committee’s turn.
David Loukidelis, British Columbia’s Freedom of Information Commissioner has accepted the new role as the province’s deputy attorney general. Vaughn Palmer did a good column on the…
The recent secretive, haphazard spending cuts should be repealed
Almost daily we wake up to news of yet another important program or initiative whose funding has been cut by the BC government. Literacy initiatives,…