PoliticsB.C. gets a new premier. The system worked.After weeks of waiting and wondering, B.C. watches John Horgan lead the NDP to power. And our democracy remains intact.
CanadaThe B.C. legislature votes on the government’s future: Live videoWatch as B.C.’s NDP and Greens vote on whether to bring down the Liberal government after a 16-year reign
OpinionThe foul cynicism of Christy Clark’s speech from the throneWhy the doomed B.C. Liberals’ Throne Speech—gruesomely stitched together from the platforms of the party’s rivals—was insidious and dangerous
CanadaHow the B.C. Speaker should manage a messy HouseAdvice from former Commons Speaker Peter Milliken, who knows a thing or two about handling hung parliaments
CanadaWhy British Columbia should hold another election—right awayWith drama over the Speaker’s chair, it’s clear this B.C. legislature is doomed—so let’s get on with sorting it out at the ballot box
CanadaWhy the B.C. Liberals should suck it up and offer a SpeakerVoters have decided how they want the assembly divided. Why undermine the tradition of a non-partisan Speaker?
PoliticsHow the B.C. Liberals squandered their chance to keep powerChristy 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.
CanadaA brave new world of policy in British Columbia With the NDP and Greens set to defeat Christy Clark when the legislature sits in June, B.C. prepares for a major legislative shakeup
PoliticsBig changes in store for B.C. under NDP and GreensFrom proportional representation to provincial day care, John Horgan and Andrew Weaver want to close the book on the Clark era. Is the province ready?
CanadaOn pipelines, Horgan and Weaver can do little but postureIf anyone blocks the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, it will be Indigenous and environmental groups equipped with court writs