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Friday, September 17, 2010

Those B.C. Rail Canucks' tickets

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It was probably just a sideshow in terms of the B.C. Rail trial. But Brian Kenning's time in the witness box offered an interesting look...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

The cloud over Elections B.C.

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The Times Colonist on Elections B.C. "It's troubling -- and wrong -- that Elections B.C. is being restructured when the party in po...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Campbell gambles with an HST flipflop

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The twists and turns on the HST roller coaster are getting dizzying. Premier Gordon Campbell delivered the latest sudden change of direction...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Nine years after 9/11

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And I think the column I wrote on the first anniversary stands up. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 A licence to extend the state's power B...
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Liberals might risk HST referendum

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It actually appears the Liberals are seriously considering sending the anti-HST initiative to a provincewide vote next year. And that seems ...
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

The RCMP is betting $1 billion against a move to a provincial police force

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The government's major project inventory report is a useful look at big capital projects being built or considered. The news releases a...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

The HST debacle wouldn't happen in a functioning democracy

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It would be useful if the HST debacle convinced all parties to question giving their leaders so much power. Some Liberals are now publicly s...
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Monday, September 06, 2010

Brian Peckford versus Gordon Campbell

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This report is interesting. Peckford is six years older than Gordon Campbell. He won two elections as Newfoundland premier, casting himself...
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Thursday, September 02, 2010

HST saga gets still worse for the Liberals

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No matter how much Finance Minister Colin Hansen and Premier Gordon Campbell protest, few British Columbians will believe their claims the h...
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

The HST disaster continues for the Liberals

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Check the websites for the major media this afternoon - the Times Colonist, Sun, Province, Globe and Mail, CBC - and you'll find coverag...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Resource sales risk shortchanging future British Columbians

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The provincial auditor general and the government are in a tussle, again, over the way more than $440 million in annual subsidies to the oil...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Government shouldn't set terms of Pickton inquiry

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Ernie Crey's sister was murdered after Robert Pickton should have been caught. He wants an independent inquiry. And he doesn't want ...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Alberta oilsands boycotts bad news for B.C. tourism

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Alberta's oilsands - and its government - are about to become a big problem for B.C. Advocacy groups have targeted the energy megaprojec...
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Getting tough on crime means more dead women

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Good Times Colonist column here on the latest wrinkle in the Conservatives' "get tough on crime" plans. Running a bawdy house...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

An ex-officer's perspective on the Pickton case

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Bob Cooper is a retired Vancouver police officer who walked a beat, worked in the Asian organized crime section and the homicide squad. He i...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Pickton, ministers' willful blindness and dumping the RCMP

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The Vancouver Police Department's internal review of the Robert Pickton investigation is grim reading. Deputy chief Doug LePard sets ou...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Why Campbell is likely to leave soon

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Jordan Bateman is a Langley Township councillor and active Liberal party member. (He's president of Rich Coleman's riding associatio...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Court turfs business HST challenge; more Liberal bad news

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The big business attempt to derail the anti-HST initiative was an amazing bungle. The six business associations made things worse for the Li...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Liberals set scene for Elections B.C. controversy

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The controversy over interim Chief Electoral Officer Craig James’s decision on the anti-HST initiative is another self-inflicted wound for t...
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Liberals set scene for Elections B.C. controversy

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The controversy over interim Chief Electoral Officer Craig James’s decision on the anti-HST initiative is another self-inflicted wound for t...
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