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Paul Sullivan: How city permits and fees help create unaffordable housing

Paul Sullivan: How city permits and fees help create unaffordable housing

Cities are vampires in the housing sector
Rob Shaw: With NDP Premier David Eby's blessing, ministerial staff now make more than an MLA

Rob Shaw: With NDP Premier David Eby's blessing, ministerial staff now make more than an MLA

Political staff to NDP ministers receive larger raises than teachers, nurses and public sector
Carson Binda: Seriously, something needs to be done about gas taxes

Carson Binda: Seriously, something needs to be done about gas taxes

Trying to tax away a global problem isn't working
Rob Shaw: NDP minister urges resolution of Joffre Lakes park closure, unclear what that is

Rob Shaw: NDP minister urges resolution of Joffre Lakes park closure, unclear what that is

Environment Minister George Heyman calls on parties to discuss resolution
Rob Shaw: BC Ferries tries a future focus to turn the corner on problems

Rob Shaw: BC Ferries tries a future focus to turn the corner on problems

It wants to solve today's and tomorrow's problems with government's help
Rob Shaw: The Canadian firefighting bucket our military doesn't use

Rob Shaw: The Canadian firefighting bucket our military doesn't use

Delta company urges federal government to do what others do
Sharon Gregson: Too many roadblocks remain for the child care system

Sharon Gregson: Too many roadblocks remain for the child care system

Despite broad agreement on the goal, progress on the $10aDay child care program is slow
Kirk LaPointe: The BC NDP’s ‘Slow Ferries’ problem requires a solution, fast

Kirk LaPointe: The BC NDP’s ‘Slow Ferries’ problem requires a solution, fast

Like all of our larger problems, writes Kirk LaPointe, systemic ferry follies are neither quickly created nor imminently solvable
Rob Shaw: Once again, the NDP government is slow, unclear about an obvious emergency

Rob Shaw: Once again, the NDP government is slow, unclear about an obvious emergency

The NDP struggle with calling an emergency an emergency
Rob Shaw: A community unites to evacuate vulnerable seniors

Rob Shaw: A community unites to evacuate vulnerable seniors

The coordination of evacuation, care plans and medication was epic