Thursday, June 08, 2006

Liberal leadership hopefuls hit money hurdles

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VICTORIA - Just when the Harper government was looking a little rattled, along comes Joe Volpe to remind voters what they don't like abo...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Secrecy surrounds huge taxpayer gift to forest company

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VICTORIA - It’s not as if Weyerhaeuser made any sort of case for a $200-million gift from B.C. taxpayers. But the Liberal government gave th...
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Monday, June 05, 2006

Liberal MLAs put financial watchdog on a chain

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VICTORIA - A handful of Liberal MLAs have betrayed the public over the appointment of a new auditor general. The auditor general is one of s...
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Friday, June 02, 2006

Teaching respect for gays, others moral and practical

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VICTORIA - It's no big thing that the government is going to have schools teach students about respect for gays and lesbians, says Attor...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Government leaps blindly, without a net, into private surgeries

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VICTORIA - There’s no reason to set your hair on fire about the principles behind the drive to shift hundreds of thousands of surgeries to p...
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Equalization’s easy and it matters, I swear

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VICTORIA  - After 14 years as Alberta premier, Ralph Klein still doesn’t have a clue about how equalization works. He's not alone. Despi...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

B.C. laggard in regulating payday lenders

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VICTORIA - Everyone - even Solicitor General John Les - agrees the province should be regulating payday lenders to protect British Columbian...
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Monday, May 22, 2006

Liberals choose needless deaths over photo radar

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VICTORIA - The Liberal government is putting politics and ideology ahead of saving lives when it comes to photo radar. The NDP raised the is...
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Friday, May 19, 2006

Harper winning skirmishes, but risks losing public trust

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VICTORIA - The first spin was that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives had won political victories around big issues in the last week. But ...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

U.S. gets say on B.C. forest policy; public doesn't get say in softwood deal

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VICTORIA - The New Democrats took their best shot at digging into the softwood lumber agreement this week, pressing for an emergency debate ...
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Monday, May 15, 2006

To understand First Nations blockades, look to Ottawa

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VICTORIA - Of course First Nations are going to stage blockades and occupations of disputed land. It's the only way they can get governm...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Liberals move to centre and rise in polls

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VICTORIA -  It's time to start thinking about a B.C. Liberal dynasty. The Mustel poll released this week confirms the success of the Cam...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Straight answers could have headed off Olympic cost concerns

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VICTORIA - I probably wouldn’t even be writing about Olympic costs if the Liberals were serious about all their “most open and accountable” ...
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Monday, May 08, 2006

Campbell strong on Kelowna Accord, but Harper not listening

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VICTORIA - Gordon Campbell gave a great speech on the need to honour the Kelowna Accord. But it doesn't look much like anyone outside th...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Little to cheer for B.C. in budget

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VICTORIA - Finance Minister Carole Taylor was quick to offer enthusiastic support for the federal budget. It’s a little hard to see why. The...
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Perfect storm battering tourism; aid needed now

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VICTORIA - The NDP was asking about BC Ferries Monday, but missed the most urgent questions. BC Ferries wasn't their first choice. The ...
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Monday, May 01, 2006

New class size law a reasonable compromise

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VICTORIA - Hey, the system works. Look at the government's move to set class size limits. The Liberal government is in the process of b...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Softwood deal looks a bad bargain

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VICTORIA - It sounded like big news, an end to the costly softwood dispute. The first reports said Canada and the U.S. had hammered out a fr...
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Monday, April 24, 2006

Campbell’s evasions leave children and families’ worries

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VICTORIA - I don’t understand why Premier Gordon Campbell doesn’t want to say he’s sorry the government mismanaged the children and families...
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Friday, April 21, 2006

Posturing aside, there is no Conservative child care plan

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VICTORIA - Stephen Harper is busily talking tough about the Conservatives' plan to send $1,200 per preschooler out to Canadians. The mon...
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