Provincial Politics

The B.C. government needs to fix a loophole that permitted a public servant to receive severance pay, then join a government board.

In using his nearly $6 billion budget surplus, Eby expected more of a political payoff

The Opposition BC Liberals are shifting their support away from decriminalization and the safe supply of drugs, in the wake of the positive reception to the party’s recent addictions treatment platform.

The legislation, if passed, would make it illegal to to deliberately and knowingly make false statements about elections and election candidates. “It’s super important,” said Attorney General Niki Sharma.

We are seeing more of the nature of our new premier. He is one-part eager beaver, one-part lone wolf. David Eby was the premier-in-waiting for many years.

Think of provincial finances like your family budget. Right now, Premier David Eby has a big debt to settle.

The iconic Groundhog Day movie – centred on a single day that repeats over and over for a beleaguered weather reporter played by comic Bill Murray – has nothing on B.C.

Premier David Eby has hired veteran health executive Penny Ballem as his new special adviser on health, adding yet another civilian expert into his office to tackle a complex issue on which he’s planning major reforms.

We close out our regular monthly columns for the year by revisiting the economic role and contributions of the province’s largest export industry: Forestry. The provincial Crown owns 95 per cent of all land in B.C.

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.