338Canada: A final B.C. election projection and an overwhelming outcome
Philippe J. Fournier: A flurry of polls over the past week put the B.C. NDP odds of winning at 98 per cent, with 59 seats and possibly the highest vote share in its history
B.C. NDP
Will Canada’s only NDP government survive 2020?
John Horgan is Canada’s sole NDP premier, thanks to a power-sharing agreement with the Greens. More than two years in, Canada’s last NDP government seems stable.
Trans Mountain: Will someone please build this government a pipeline?
Bill Morneau is promising indemnification from John Horgan-related costs to any party who will take on the Trans Mountain project
The Kinder Morgan spat is an intractable slog—but it’s also democracy in action
Opinion: The Kinder Morgan pipeline battle doesn’t represent a failure of democracy, federalism, or the rule of law—it’s the system doing what it’s meant to do
Taking a stand against Vancouver’s real estate disaster
Terry Glavin on a B.C. budget that suggests the NDP is finally giving the province’s distorted real estate racket some long overdue attention
With its high-stakes first budget, the B.C. NDP achieves a rare balance
Opinion: With a precarious grip on power, the B.C. NDP puts forth a progressive yet surprisingly palatable budget
Jagmeet Singh tries not to pick sides on the Alberta and B.C. pipeline fight
With B.C. and Alberta feuding over the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, the new federal NDP leader faces a party unity challenge
Why approving Site C is the B.C. NDP’s first serious political blunder
John Horgan’s government faced a no-win situation yet, politically, it chose unwisely. Let us count the ways.
B.C.’s carbon-tax changes are covered in Green thumbprints
Remember how B.C.’s carbon tax was supposed to be ’revenue neutral?’ With the NDP in power, and the Greens pulling strings, those days are over.
How the B.C. Liberals squandered their chance to keep power
Christy Clark has been her party’s best player, leading it to an improbable win four years ago. But when it came time to talk to the Greens, the Liberals left her on the bench.