EconomyWith B.C.’s attack on Alberta oil, the war of mutual destruction beginsAnd this time, oil-by-rail gets tarred alongside pipelines
OpinionB.C.’s housing debate is political. A foreign investment ban is politics.Opinion: B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver is proposing a ban on foreign investment—revealing that such solutions are a partisan affair
PoliticsWhy B.C. might actually get proportional representation this timeSome senior NDP members are boldly predicting that PR will happen. Are they banking on a long-term relationship with the Greens?
CanadaWhy John Horgan deserves credit for going ahead with Site COpinion: Analysis shows the answer to the Site C question is not so clear cut as polarized camps would have you believe
NewsWhy approving Site C is the B.C. NDP’s first serious political blunderJohn Horgan’s government faced a no-win situation yet, politically, it chose unwisely. Let us count the ways.
OpinionWhat electoral reform could look like in British ColumbiaOpinion: B.C.’s Parliament is fragile, but it’s time for the NDP government to get moving on electoral reform
PoliticsB.C.’s carbon-tax changes are covered in Green thumbprintsRemember 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.
Economic analysisThe NDP’s carbon tax increase puts B.C. on a very different pathOpinion: The B.C. NDP’s changes in the budget update still fall short of what is needed for the province to meet its emissions reduction targets
CanadaJohn Horgan misses the premiers’ meeting, loses game of inchesB.C.’s anti-pipeline premier wasn’t around to stop a joint statement that sounded decidedly pro-oil—in a mealy-mouthed, premiers’-summit kind of way
PoliticsHow ’the system’ failed B.C. votersB.C. is now being ruled by a ramshackle regime beholden to a fringe party. This is not good democracy at work.