An Unprecedented Friday Afternoon Document Dump, cont…
A message from BC. Last Friday in BC, Christy Clark announced that there will be no fall election. This amounts to a bloodless Coup of our fair province. Clark has…
A message from BC. Last Friday in BC, Christy Clark announced that there will be no fall election. This amounts to a bloodless Coup of our fair province. Clark has…
It’s one thing to lose a referendum on a regressive tax that came in on a lie, that was a tax shift from businesses to real human beings, and that…
What’s this? Christy Clark showing off her finery? If the Emporer has no clothes at least Christy might look better then him parading naked down Government Street, but…
At long last, B.C.'s HST has met its end. Vaughn Palmer reminds us why, while Iglika Ivanova looks at what comes next.
It's hardly the kind of decisive victory the anti-HST movement would have expected a year ago, but 55% of British Columbian have voted to replace the HST with the GST…
There’s certain rules a B.C. Liberal/Socred must adhere to; cruelty is at the top of the list. While Bill van der Zalm was busy plucking the wings off flies during…
Sean Holman raises the possibility that Christy Clark and the B.C. Libs may be no better off if they manage to hang onto the HST in the province's ongoing referendum…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- In case anybody held out hope that the Harper Cons might follow up on their residential school apology with some concrete action to…
If there's any good news in the report that it's apparently impossible to keep corporate sponsorship off even the most political of public functions, it's that it should be highly…
As Jim Dinning learned six years ago, having the support of MLAs in a leadership contest does not assure victory. The long-time front-runner in the 2006 Progressive Conservative leadership contest…
By Joel Blok, originally published here. This summer five years ago, the Board of Directors of the SFSS suspended its office staff, barring them from entering their offices and sending…
If you’re registered to vote in BC, and provided that Elections BC hasn’t completely screwed up your voter registration (I have, at times, received three voter information cards for variations…
This and that (with a B.C. flavour) for your Tuesday reading.- Yes, the CCPA's report showing that taxes in British Columbia are downright regressive is stunning enough on its face.…
I emailed this letter to Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer this morning. I would encourage other BC Voters to do the same! The BC Government (under Gordon Campbell’s direction, but allowed…
Screen shot 2011-06-09 at 6.43.56 PM.png Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia are calling upon Premier Christy Clark to launch a comprehensive investigation i...
Based on the bad news coming from the BC and Canadian governments under cover of game one of the Stanley Cup finals, we should be wary of the Canucks going…
Assorted content to end your week.- thwap is among a few bloggers to rightly slam the Cons' obscene message to flooded Quebeckers that the only way they can hope for…