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Carson Binda: Life will get more expensive in 2023 thanks to tax hikes

Carson Binda: Life will get more expensive in 2023 thanks to tax hikes

Next year, everything will feel more expensive as tax hikes will take a bigger chunk out of your paycheque. Both the Trudeau and Eby governments plan to hike taxes in 2023.
Rob Shaw: Buckle up for billions in BC NDP spending

Rob Shaw: Buckle up for billions in BC NDP spending

Get ready for a spending spree by the B.C. government. Premier David Eby says it’s his intention to spend the almost $6 billion surplus his government is currently sitting on, rather than let it expire in March and automatically go to debt repayment.
Kevin Falcon: We need results on all fronts from B.C.’s provincial government

Kevin Falcon: We need results on all fronts from B.C.’s provincial government

As we begin to say goodbye to 2022 and ring in 2023, it is important to reflect on both the challenges and opportunities we face here in British Columbia.
David Eby: Together, business and government can support economic success

David Eby: Together, business and government can support economic success

Traditionally, the relationship between government and the business community has been understood to be relatively simple: Government stay out of the way, and let businesses get on with growing the economy.
Rob Shaw: Eby is walking back two of his top leadership promises

Rob Shaw: Eby is walking back two of his top leadership promises

Premier David Eby is walking back two key promises from his leadership campaign – a new provincial mental health facility, and a proposal to involuntarily detain people who overdose for treatment.
Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

When Amber Hockin announced she was leaving her job as deputy chief of staff to the premier last month, she made it sound to her colleagues like she was choosing to resign.
Mario Canseco: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

Mario Canseco: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

For the past five years, Research Co. and Glacier Media have taken a look at the mental state of Canadians as we approach the holiday season. In 2018, 57 per cent of Canadians told us that they expected more fun than stress.
Rob Shaw: After five years, the NDP should stop blaming others for housing problems

Rob Shaw: After five years, the NDP should stop blaming others for housing problems

Premier David Eby took great pains this week to try and blame the worsening problems of homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on his government’s greatest villain and most-frequent scapegoat: The previous BC Liberal administration.
BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

A few months ago, Vancouver-based Nexii Building Solutions Inc. eclipsed a $2 billion valuation.
Mario Canseco: Survey: Satisfaction over how COVID pandemic has been handled is highest in B.C.

Mario Canseco: Survey: Satisfaction over how COVID pandemic has been handled is highest in B.C.

Discussions about COVID-19 are no longer monopolizing our lives. We are months removed from the restrictions and mandates that tested the resolve of all levels of government.