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Rob Shaw: Mandate letters hint at premier's priorities – and his cabinet's long to-do list

Rob Shaw: Mandate letters hint at premier's priorities – and his cabinet's long to-do list

Premier David Eby’s mandate letters to his new cabinet are mostly vague by design, but they do offer a few clues on the near-term direction his government will take to address some top-of-mind issues.
Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Calling Metro Vancouver civic leaders: Permit housing, not obstacles

Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Calling Metro Vancouver civic leaders: Permit housing, not obstacles

On Saturday, October 15, B.C.’s citizens went to the polls to vote for mayor and council candidates in each of their respective municipalities.
Kirk LaPointe: Eby's caucus choices reward the faithful and corner the fallible

Kirk LaPointe: Eby's caucus choices reward the faithful and corner the fallible

A premier’s first cabinet is an amalgam of reward, distance and ego. Translation: Reward for the supporters, distance from the ancien regime and ego on what will be micro-managed from his office.
Mario Canseco: Survey: Demographic gap widens in the return to pre-pandemic shopping habits in B.C.

Mario Canseco: Survey: Demographic gap widens in the return to pre-pandemic shopping habits in B.C.

In late 2021, Research Co. and Glacier Media reviewed the shopping behaviours of British Columbians. The survey was not designed to measure if residents were trying to save money.
Carson Binda: B.C.’s new government has a golden opportunity to improve the cost of living

Carson Binda: B.C.’s new government has a golden opportunity to improve the cost of living

Families in British Columbia need a break. They need life to be more affordable, and the B.C. government can help make that happen.
Jordan Bateman: NDP will have to choose between priorities

Jordan Bateman: NDP will have to choose between priorities

The unstoppable force of Indigenous rights has crashed into the immovable object of the NDP Government’s sweetheart deal with its union supporters – and it’s up to new Premier David Eby to fix another self-made NDP problem.
Rob Shaw: Unpacking Eby’s cabinet of compromises

Rob Shaw: Unpacking Eby’s cabinet of compromises

Premier David Eby’s first cabinet on Wednesday was a perplexing affair.
BIV Editorial: New workplace trends meet old economic realities

BIV Editorial: New workplace trends meet old economic realities

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has changed North America’s employer-employee relationship for good; but there is also no doubt that the economic realities governing employer survival and employee contributions to that survival have not changed for g
Bob Mackin: Reviewing the B.C. government’s COVID-19 review

Bob Mackin: Reviewing the B.C. government’s COVID-19 review

The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest, most-disruptive global event to affect the lives of British Columbians since the Second World War.
Rob Shaw: What to expect from Eby’s first cabinet announcement

Rob Shaw: What to expect from Eby’s first cabinet announcement

Building a cabinet as a premier is a bit like deciding a seating chart for a wedding – an exercise fraught with delicate considerations as you try to get just the right people into just the right spots, while avoiding the kinds of conflicts, feuds an