Provincial Politics

Leaders Debate, Part Deux: Electric Boogaloo.

Rob Shaw: At $3 billion, the property transfer tax this year is expected to be more valuable than the carbon tax and fuel tax combined.

Not again: BC expects yet more rain, just as Abbotsford was beginning to see glimmers of hope on Sumas Prairie.

Could BC have been better prepared? Could the provincial government have been more proactive?

Rob Shaw: The provincial government will face plenty of criticism over how it’s handled the atmospheric river disaster – but rationing gasoline was the right move.

Dene Moore: The disaster that unfolded over the past week is no one person’s fault – but if we’re going to be better prepared, there will need to be a review of the response.

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Rob Shaw: BC’s proposed bubble zone protest law has some interesting wrinkles even peaceful protesters should be aware of.

Rob Shaw: The NDP’s new forestry bill gives government complete control over timber rights and compensation – and potentially remake the industry however it sees fit.

Only one of "planes, trains, and automobiles" can reach the Lower Mainland from the rest of Canada.