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Rob Shaw: Provincial law aims to make it easier for municipalities to clear homeless encampments

Rob Shaw: Provincial law aims to make it easier for municipalities to clear homeless encampments

A clearer definition of adequate space will help inform courts when they weigh whether to agree with cities to close encampments
Rob Shaw: Were taxpayers' funds used to buy illegal drugs from organized criminals?

Rob Shaw: Were taxpayers' funds used to buy illegal drugs from organized criminals?

Province deflecting an investigation into drug 'liberation' group, so MLA Elenore Sturko is on the case
Rob Shaw: Under pressure, the Eby government signals its limit on tackling the opioid crisis

Rob Shaw: Under pressure, the Eby government signals its limit on tackling the opioid crisis

No purchase of free heroin and crystal meth for addicts without a doctor's prescription
Rob Shaw: Eye-rolling, flip-flopping, sense-defying B.C. party debate on the carbon tax

Rob Shaw: Eye-rolling, flip-flopping, sense-defying B.C. party debate on the carbon tax

Common sense takes a break as the BC United and NDP roll in a pit of hypocrisy, Rob Shaw writes
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is training to win an EV race nobody’s in and no one asked for

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is training to win an EV race nobody’s in and no one asked for

B.C.'s government is racing to be the first jurisdiction globally to require by law that only electric vehicles be sold, writes Kirk LaPointe
Rob Shaw: David Eby needs to realize Justin Trudeau doesn't want to be friends

Rob Shaw: David Eby needs to realize Justin Trudeau doesn't want to be friends

B.C. finds itself out of step with the country on the carbon tax all of a sudden
Rob Shaw: BC NDP's short-term rental bill stays intact, passes without amendments

Rob Shaw: BC NDP's short-term rental bill stays intact, passes without amendments

Opposition BC United warns of unintended consequences of sweeping legislation
Carson Binda: The next B.C. budget is a chance for real change

Carson Binda: The next B.C. budget is a chance for real change

B.C. can be a powerhouse again if it reduces taxes
Rob Shaw: No matter the deficits, the BC NDP government invents ways to grow and grow

Rob Shaw: No matter the deficits, the BC NDP government invents ways to grow and grow

Two new bills, two additions to the bureacracy
Rob Shaw: A year to the election and the NDP sits pretty

Rob Shaw: A year to the election and the NDP sits pretty

If an election were held today, the BC United party would be nearly wiped out