Provincial Politics

Maclean Kay: Quebec is proposing to charge the unvaccinated a significant fee. While the frustration is understandable, it’s not a road we should go down.

Rob Shaw: Nearly two years into a pandemic, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry’s support has slipped – but make no mistake, it’s still quite strong.

Rob Shaw: Two panels commissioned by the NDP recommended scrapping the Home Owner Grant. Here’s why they won’t do it.

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Rob Shaw: British Columbia should prepare themselves for an eye-watering deficit in next month’s provincial budget.

Happy New Year, Happy Politics, Sad Topic.

Rob Shaw: If history repeats, the province will resist the early preventative efforts seen elsewhere, and insist the situation here is entirely different. Until it isn’t. At which point it will be too late to implement the measures anyway.

Rob Shaw: BC businesses shut down by pandemic orders spent two anxious days waiting to hear about aid.

Through the first eleven months of 2021, the Vancouver Region has surpassed its previous whole-year record for MLS sales. With inventory levels continuing to sag to new record lows, sellers’ market conditions are deepening.

Interim (and outgoing) BC Liberal leader Shirley Bond looks back not just at 2021, but serving as Leader of the Opposition.