Premier Christy Clark with Health Minister Terry Lake. | Photo courtesy of B.C. Government

What will it take for a scandal to stick to Teflon Premier Clark?

June 8 2015 Columns

Premier Christy Clark with Health Minister Terry Lake. | Photo courtesy of B.C. Government

A man is dead and now it turns …

Christy Clark met with Petronas President and CEO Tan Sri Dato’ Shamsul Azhar Abbas during the 2014 Spring Trade Mission to Malaysia.| Photo courtesy of BC Government Photos

Christy Clark’s LNG economic miracle turned out to be a mirage

May 25 2015 Columns

Christy Clark’s come-from-behind election win in 2013 was based on false economic projections. Just three months before that provincial vote, in February 2013, her government made a promise of …

Rachel Notley, new Premier-elect of Alberta. | Photo by Dave Cournoyer

Alberta election shocker should have Christy Clark worried

May 11 2015 Columns

Last week, I gathered with some friends in East Vancouver to watch the Alberta election results come in. The surprising surge in the polls by the NDP had raised expectations for progressives. …

Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley. | Photo by Dave Cournoyer

What can B.C. learn from the sudden rise of the Alberta NDP?

April 27 2015 Columns

On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames eliminated the Vancouver Canucks from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nobody expected much out of the Canucks this year, but the Flames’ ascendance is even more …

New fees for adult education come into effect May 1 | Photo courtesy of the Province of British Columbia

Why Christy Clark should go back to school – and not prevent others from doing so

April 13 2015 Columns

Statutory holidays require banal social media posts from politicians. But I was startled by the tweet sent out by B.C. Premier Christy Clark on Friday, April 3: “Good Friday reminds us that hard …

B.C.’s Steve Nash calls it quits after an improbable Hall of Fame NBA career

March 23 2015 Left Bank

This column could have been about the B.C. government’s feeble 20 cent raise to the minimum wage, or it could have been another lament about the state of the debate around the ongoing transit …

This upcoming referendum is badly flawed. What we need is a better public transit dialogue. |Photo by Richard Eriksson

Yes we need better transit, so why are anti-taxxers winning referendum debate?

March 9 2015 Columns

The Metro Vancouver transit referendum begins this month. Despite a long campaign supported by the vast majority of mayors and political parties in the region, the ‘No’ side is leading in the …

Child poverty rates in BC remain high despite budget surplus. | Photo by Donald E. Curtis.

B.C. budget: Surplus for the rich

February 23 2015 Left Bank

Child poverty rates in BC remain high despite budget surplus. | Photo by Donald E. Curtis.

At a glance, the B.C. budget …

Workers in polluting industries care about the environment. | Photo by Daniel Foster

Fossil fuel free B.C.?

February 9 2015 Columns

My first full-time job was at the Nalley’s chip factory on Annacis Island. I started the gig a day short of my 18th birthday. The first thing that shocked me was the astonishing amount of waste …