Mike Smyth: No more free lunches for MLAs, Liberals (finally) say
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the free-meal benefit for B.C. MLAs.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Pipeline talks heat up as deadline looms
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the battle over the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Squabbling in the Yes camp as referendum fight begins
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the fall referendum on proportional representation.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Despite backlash, NDP won't back down on so-called school tax
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the backlash against the NDP government's "school tax" on expensive homes.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Opponents anxious as referendum campaign set to start
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the referendum on proportional representation.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Money-laundering report will name names, but heads won't roll
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the looming report on criminal money laundering in B.C. casinos.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Suburban mayors, B.C. Liberals stoke gas-tax backlash
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the 1.5-cents-a-litre gas tax approved last week by Metro Vancouver and the B.C. government.
View ArticleMike Smyth: New kid in the house can't vote but will witness history
Columnist Mike Smyth on why the legislature's new babies-in-the-house rule could keep the minority NDP government in power.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Not all unions are invited to NDP's union-only party
The NDP's union-only rules will apply to the new Pattullo Bridge, but not all unions are in on the sweetheart deal.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Ahead of referendum, Greens tout their achievements with NDP
The Greens brag about their record of achievement with the NDP.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Referendum is what it is. Just deal with it
The Surrey Board of Trade is the latest group to call for cancellation of the fall referendum on proportional representation. But for the NDP-Green alliance, cancellation isn't an option.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Farnworth to illegal B.C. pot shops: Shut down if you want to go...
In his toughest talk to date, the solicitor general issues a warning to illegal pot shops.
View ArticleIain Black: Political accountability threatened by flawed referendum
For decades, B.C. has enjoyed certainty, stability and governments held accountable for their decisions. Proportional representation, and the referendum constructed to achieve it, threatens to...
View ArticleMike Smyth: Yet another only-in-B.C. affair as legislature officials suspended
The "no comments" will only last so long. The facts will come out in yet another only-in-B.C. affair.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Mystery at the B.C. legislature after top officials perp-walked out
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the latest in the drama at the B.C. legislature.
View ArticleMike Smyth: The Speaker's man at the legislature has ironic resumé
The Speaker's special adviser, Alan Mullen, was fired from his casino security job, court documents detail.
View ArticleMike Smyth: A wild year of B.C. politics — and it could get crazier next year!
Columnist Mike Smyth breaks down the biggest B.C. political stories of 2018.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Sickening indeed! B.C. taxpayers taken to the woodshed in...
Speaker Darryl Plecas drops more bombshells at the legislature as police investigate.
View ArticleMatthew Nathanson: Like Trump, B.C. AG Eby's politicking undermines public...
It's impossible to avoid B.C. Attorney General David Eby of late railing against everything in sight, apparently for political gain. Or headlines. Or both.
View ArticleMike Smyth: NDP sure loves talking — and talking — about money laundering
Tuesday’s throne speech sounded the money-laundering drum beat yet again.
View ArticleMike Smyth: 'Wrecking ball' hits two capital cities, where scandals continue...
In Victoria, the legislature spending scandal enters an unpredictable new phase, while in Ottawa, the SNC-Lavalin affair is about to get even wilder.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Wilson-Raybould has no regrets 'speaking truth,' wooed by NDP,...
It didn't take long for other political parties to start knocking on Jody Wilson-Raybould's door after she was booted from the Liberals this week
View ArticleMike Smyth: For Trudeau, B.C. looms large as election campaign begins
Once again, Trudeau chooses "second home" Vancouver to launch his election campaign.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Combative Wilkinson ready to rumble if NDP call snap election
OPINION: B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson has his party preparing for the potential of a 2020 election
View ArticleMike Smyth: Greens debate party direction as leadership contest begins
Should the Greens go with another Victoria-based environmental activist as leader? Or branch out to Metro Vancouver?
View ArticleJock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: Natural resource industries supply lion’s...
Opinion: Looking ahead, key challenge for government is to establish business environment that encourages companies, entrepreneurs, investors in these sectors to invest in the province
View ArticleErin Weir: Provincial NDP win building a B.C. bloc in Ottawa
Opinion: As the federal NDP focuses more on B.C. and loses MPs from other regions, B.C. contingent looms larger in caucus, successfully advocates for an even greater focus on B.C.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Get ready to pay, one way or another, to replace MSP premiums
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the impact on the NDP government's new payroll tax on business.
View ArticleMike Smyth: NDP-Green majority on the line in 'safe' seat
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about NDP MLA Leonard Krog running for mayor of Nanaimo.
View ArticleMike Smyth: 'I am not soft on crime,' Rich Coleman insists after damning...
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the aftermath of last week's bombshell money-laundering report. Has it knocked Rich Coleman out of the race for Surrey mayor?
View ArticleTrish Garner: What B.C. can learn from Ottawa's poverty reduction strategy
Trish Garner of the B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition says B.C. can learn from the federal government's mistakes in developing a B.C. poverty reduction plan.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Horgan should accept Wilkinson's PR debate challenge
Premier John Horgan hesitates after Liberal rival Andrew Wilkinson challenges him to a TV debate on the pro-rep referendum. And what about Green Leader Andrew Weaver?
View ArticleMike Smyth: Weaver huffs and puffs on LNG
With the $40-billion LNG Canada project given the green light by investors, the deposed Liberals want credit for pursuing an industry the governing NDP called a "fantasy."
View ArticleDermod Travis: B.C.'s political Wild West is alive and well in local politics
New rules have resulted in more credible independent candidates seeking office and that's good. Pollster Mario Canseco has noted that the new rules are “changing the electoral landscape.”
View ArticleNick Loenen: Here are all my reasons for voting for proportional representation
If it passes, after two elections there is a plan to hold a confirmation referendum and if the people don't like the new system, B.C. goes back to what we have. New Zealand had the chance to go back...
View ArticleMike Smyth: Unsolved mystery of a VW and a politico favouring private auto...
The Insurance Bureau of Canada, which represents private insurance companies, says the story is suspicious. The Liberals could not explain the discrepancies in the story they continue to peddle on...
View ArticleMike Smyth: Justin Trudeau's just-watch-me moment much more cautious than...
Opinion: If Indigenous leaders won't take the blockades down, will the PM then direct police forces to move in?
View ArticleBen Parfitt: Site C ‘stinker’ of a location still shaking up project...
Opinion: Could fracking-triggered earthquake after earthquake near the site make things worse than they already are or later undo any potential fixes?
View ArticleMeenakshi Mannoe: Snap election delays police reform in B.C.
Opinion: While vital work to examine the role of police in B.C. has been cancelled, we cannot ignore the communities that continue to be decimated by over-policing and under-protection.
View ArticleLetters to The Province, Sept. 28, 2020: COVID-19 rule breakers need to pay...
I feel sorry for the compliant restaurant, bar, and club owners, among other service oriented businesses that have worked hard and spent a lot of money to make their establishments safe for their...
View ArticleCaroline Elliott: B.C. Liberals have opportunity to get renewal right after...
Opinion: The party will have to address two opposing pressures from its base of support: Progressive urban/suburban populations and conservative voters
View ArticleLetters to The Province, Oct. 29, 2020: Have compassion for those who can't...
With the pandemic, I have tried to wear a mask but I get severe flashbacks from my injury of April 5, 2018. Instead of wearing a mask, I try to socially distance as best as I can, writes Trevor Morgan
View ArticleAlex Hemingway: Shortchanging public sector workers is bad for B.C.
Opinion: Wages in Canada have been falling behind inflation, and they have fallen particularly far behind for public sector workers, eroding their standard of living and undermining recruitment of...
View ArticleSevern Cullis-Suzuki: Top four climate issues for Vancouver in October election
Opinion: Nearly half of Canada’s emissions fall under control of cities
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