Monday, March 14, 2005

Why you should vote ‘yes’in May’s STV referendum

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VICTORIA - Here's two quick, satisfying reasons for voting yes in the referendum on a new way of electing MLAs. First, the NDP and Libe...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Everything you need to know about the STV referendum

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VICTORIA - It would be lame to vote against a new way of electing MLAs just because you couldn’t understand it. So here, in a few hundred wo...
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BC missed great chance to create pine beetle fund

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VICTORIA - The B.C. government had a great opportunity to help communities facing hard times because of the pine beetle infestation. But it ...
Thursday, March 03, 2005

A U.S. wine boycott, weird answers and bashing Baucus

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VICTORIA - Notes from the front: A U.S. wine boycott, weirdness in the house and that pesky Montana Senator Max Baucus. Forest Minister Mike...
Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Nothing wrong with teachers' union ads, but they may backfire

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VICTORIA - It’s hard to share Liberal outrage that the BC Teachers’ Federation dared to use children in an television ad slagging the Libera...
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Monday, February 28, 2005

Liberals fare best in poll, but worries for both parties

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VICTORIA - The Liberals should be happiest with the latest poll results. The Mustel Group poll found the Liberals had the support of 46 per ...
Thursday, February 24, 2005

Budget misses pine beetle aid, other B.C. needs

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VICTORIA - It's hard to see much evidence of the federal Liberal's BC Dream Team in this week's budget. Overall, the Liberals se...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Health care crisis gets Liberals' attention

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VICTORIA - It felt like the days of Glen Clark were back this week as the Liberals thrashed around, trying to sort out the problems - health...
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Monday, February 21, 2005

Seniors' bingo bust highlights gambling hypocrisy

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VICTORIA - The great Galiano Island bingo bust brings to mind that bumper sticker, the one that says "Don't steal, government hates...
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Friday, February 18, 2005

Liberals wrong, foolish, to cut off budget debate

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VICTORIA - What's wrong with the people making decisions for the Liberals? They've got a budget that is going to find wide support, ...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Trust me, says Campbell, things will be different

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VICTORIA - The budget should be a pretty good launch into the next stage of this long election campaign. Lots more spending, money to pay do...
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Monday, February 14, 2005

Long-term care broken promise hurts seniors, health system

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VICTORIA - The Liberal promised a big increase in seniors' long-term care. The reality is fewer beds in the Interior Health Region and ...
Friday, February 11, 2005

Time to hit back at U.S., despite risks

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VICTORIA - It's time to go to war with the U.S., even if we're going to take some heavy economic casualities at home. Federal Trade...
Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Liberals go green, centrist with Throne Speech

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VICTORIA - There are going to be an awful lot of meetings if Gordon Campbell wins a second term. The Throne Speech this week set out the ...
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Monday, February 07, 2005

Corky's back, a parachute problem and Liberal headaches

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VICTORIA - Notes from the front: the return of Corky Evans, hard feelings over Liberal parachute candidate Mary Polak, and some political he...
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Friday, February 04, 2005

Tax breaks for kids’ sports, arts fees needs a hard look

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VICTORIA - I feel like a bit of a grinch, raising doubts about Christy Clark's pitch for tax subsidies for parents who sign their kids u...
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Thursday, February 03, 2005

Time to ban corporate, union political donations

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VICTORIA - It's time to clean up political fundraising in B.C. That's not an attack on business, or unions, or any political party....
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Leave it to the market, I tell the Senate media committee

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(NOTE: I was invited to appear before the Senate committee on media during its two days of hearings in Vancouver. For those interested, here...
Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Money raining down from Victoria, but will it win votes

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VICTORIA - It's positively energizing heading into work at the Press Gallery right now, confident that each day will bring a new spendin...
Friday, January 28, 2005

SpongeBob, Stephen Harper and same-sex marriage

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VICTORIA - I've got to figure out how to apologize to my young friend Spencer for the terrible thing I've done, while innocently thi...
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