Friday, May 28, 2004

Politicians' decisions - and ours - do bring death

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VICTORIA - Paul Martin rolled into Victoria this week, planning to talk about health care but ending up defending himself from Jack Layton...
Wednesday, May 26, 2004

First Nations learn from enviro campaigns, target Olympics

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VICTORIA - So I was driving down to the legislature, radio a little too loud, when the call came. Forest Minister Mike de Jong would be avai...
Monday, May 24, 2004

Sorry, but you need to pay attention to this election

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VICTORIA - OK, so you never really wanted to start the summer with a federal election. Especially a summer election with such a difficult s...
Saturday, May 22, 2004

Liberals' arrogance could cost them next vote

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VICTORIA - If the Liberals take such pride in a business-like approach, how come they haven't learned one of the most basic business les...
Thursday, May 20, 2004

Liberals ignoring message in falling poll standings

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VICTORIA - The Liberals seem genuinely - and bafflingly - at ease in the face of the latest poll that shows they could lose the election nex...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Anderson's offshore opposition plaguing Campbell

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VICTORIA - The BC Liberals may officially be neutral in the coming federal election, but many of them will be rooting for Environment Minist...
Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Liberals have bungled the children and families ministry

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VICTORIA - The Walls' audit got the headlines, not surprisingly. It was a bleak recap of government mismanagement. The audit confirmed ...
Saturday, May 15, 2004

Incompetence leads to children and families flop

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VICTORIA - The Liberals have made a remarkable mess of their plans for the ministry of children and families. The Walls' audit got the...
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Friday, May 14, 2004

One year to election, and LIberals face a real challenge

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VICTORIA - Start counting down - one year from today (Monday) you'll be heading off to elect the next provincial government. Three year...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Tougher laws against street people not the answer

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VICTORIA - I learned to to look carefully out the bus windows in Mexico City whenever we hit an intersection. A red light might mean a human...
Monday, May 10, 2004

Penner shows health care better if you can pay

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VICTORIA - Queue-jumping MLA Barry Penner deserves our thanks. The Abbotsford Liberal pushed the issue of two-tier health care out in the o...

IWA the Liberals' partner in health sector wage cuts

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VICTORIA - Back in 1994 it would have been hard to predict that Dave Haggard and the IWA would become the Liberals' allies in privatizin...
Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Public sector strikes: there's a better way

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VICTORIA - It's time for a new way of resolving public sector labour disputes, especially in the health sector. Premier Gordon Campbell...
Monday, May 03, 2004

Liberals bungled back-to-work bill badly

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VICTORIA - The Liberals did an astonishingly bad job of handling the health care strike. They bumbled and bullied and made what was inevi...
Friday, April 30, 2004

Health care hammer hurts all British Columbians

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VICTORIA - There were no winners in the health care battle. Employees lost, obviously. Hospital Employees Union members face significant pa...
Tuesday, April 27, 2004

HEU hurting patients with a futile strike

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VICTORIA - Health care workers have blundered into a strike they can't win. The Hospital Employees' Union has forgotten that bargai...
Saturday, April 24, 2004

Liberals admit gambling broken promise

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VICTORIA - It's just business, Tony Soprano likes to say. Which is pretty much the way the B.C. government has decided to approach gamb...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Buy ferries offshore if that's the best deal

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VICTORIA - The Liberals have got it right on the issue of whether BC Ferries should go offshore to buy new ships. The Liberals say BC Ferri...
Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Thousand-year BC Rail deal leaves Liberals looking bad

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VICTORIA - The BC Rail sale is turning into a huge problem for the Liberals. Even people who don't think government should be running a...