Provincial Politics

Katy Merrifield – who knows something about party leadership campaigns – assesses the declared and rumoured BC Liberal campaigns thus far.

Rob Shaw: After an impressive launch, Kevin Falcon enters the BC Liberal leadership race as the odds-on favourite – which paints a target on his back.

Politics in BC got a whole lot busier this week.

Rob Shaw: BC is a bit behind other jurisdictions with a Restart 2.0 plan – and there’s zero chance life goes back to normal next week.

Dene Moore: The argument that BC is an ‘outlier’ for protecting rural representation is simply not true – and warrants a response.

Maclean Kay: The Pacheedaht First Nation’s official memo to the Capital Regional District was about as pointed as official memos get.

Rob Shaw: Expect John Horgan to bring back a controversial bill from last summer, because it obviously means a lot to him, and also because he can.

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BC unveiled its paid sick leave program today. Rob Shaw suspects those disappointed today will be pleased later – and vice versa.

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