Enough is enough: 10 reasons why Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals are unfit for office

Christy Clark - photo courtesy of BC Gov't Photos.

In May 1989, the student newspaper at Simon Fraser University ran a story about embattled student union president-elect Christy Clark under the headline ‘Unfit for office?’ Clark was late paying a fine for violating election rules, and so she was removed from office. [Read more…]

B.C. NDP campaign promises to disappoint anti-poverty activists

B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix speaks to a crowd of supporters. - Photo courtesy of B.C. NDP

The B.C. election campaign is now in full swing, and the B.C. NDP maintains a substantial lead in the polls. [Read more…]

Earth Day, the carbon tax debate and the B.C. election

Passengers board a TransLink bus. - Photo by Dennis S. Hurd, Flickr

This year Earth Day lands in the middle of the provincial election campaign. [Read more…]

No sign of a “Chávez of the North” in B.C. just yet

Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. - Photo by Bernardo Londay

For all the ink spilled in the past couple of weeks about the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, there has been remarkably little written in the North American media about his actual policies. [Read more…]

Christy Clark’s house of cards comes toppling down

Photo by Indenture, Flickr

Irecently watched the much-hyped new Netflix TV series House of Cards A big budget remake of an earlier BBC program, it’s a political drama set in the cutthroat world of Washington, D. [Read more…]

Once more on those dominoes

Snapshot of a government of British Columbia ad currently making the rounds on T.V.

Earlier this month, I ripped into the B.C. government’s TV advertising blitz. [Read more…]

The domino effect: Misleading TV ads won’t stop the B.C. Liberals from falling

Photo by Peter Fiskerstrand, Flickr

With less than 100 days to go until the B.C. election, the governing Liberals are throwing millions of public dollars into a TV advertising blitz. [Read more…]

Why ‘fracking’ needs to be an issue in the upcoming provincial election

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The B.C. election is coming up soon – May 14, 2013. So, for the next four months, expect this space to be devoted almost exclusively to provincial politics.

After a dozen years in power, the B.C. Liberals are expected to be unceremoniously booted out of office. [Read more…]

New era of politics in store for B.C.

Idle no more protesters in Vancouver

British Columbian politics will see much change in 2013. [Read more…]

It’s no secret: workers want and deserve a voice in politics

Adrian Dix. Photo by Brent Granby, Flickr

Last Friday’s front page of the Province featured photos of NDP leader Adrian Dix and B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, promising shocking revelations inside. What was the big news? [Read more…]