Provincial Politics

Rob Shaw: Like elsewhere in Canada, BC is seeing more troubling forms of protests, with explicit threats of violence – and it might only be a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

The year that felt like three, wrapped up in 30.

Rob Shaw: Though there are some cracks, the BC NDP convention showcased a well-organized, confident, and flush party that will be hard to beat.

Daniel Marshall: Are the 2021 BC floods the biggest natural disaster in Canadian history – and did it receive the biggest response?

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Gentlemen, cool down your engines.

Five days is a long time to be left on hold at the best of times. And these were not the best of times.

Rob Shaw: By blaming the floods for Indigenous governments not meeting the NDP’s unrealistic 30 day deadline to respond to its new forestry plan, it’s refusing to accept its responsibility for creating the mess.

Kris Sims: When BC first launched the carbon tax, it was promised to be revenue neutral, stop at $30 per tonne, and would reduce emissions. Today, none of those things are true.