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Christy Clark at cabinet announcement on June 7| Photo courtesy of the BC Govt Photos
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June 17 2013 Columns Even before winning her by-election seat, Christy Clark’s hubris is showing
It’s full steam ahead for Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberal government, following a most unexpected election win last month.
Clark has named her cabinet, and in a most unusual occurrence, the …
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June 3 2013 Left Bank Is this the end of Enbridge’s B.C. pipe dreams?
Defend Our Coast protest in Vancouver in October, 2012. | Photo by Chris Yakimov, FlickrThere is cause for celebration in …
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May 20 2013 Left Bank BC Election
“I am hurt, but I am not slain. I shall lay me down and bleed a while, then rise and fight again.”
These are words legendary NDP leader Tommy Douglas borrowed from Andrew Barton and used to …
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May 6 2013 Left Bank Enough is enough: 10 reasons why Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals are unfit for office
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 …
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April 22 2013 Columns 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. NDPThe B.C. election campaign is now in…
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April 8 2013 Columns Earth Day, the carbon tax debate and the B.C. election
This year Earth Day lands in the middle of the provincial election campaign. This is good timing, given the global climate emergency and B.C.’s alarming and increasing reliance on fossil fuel …
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March 18 2013 Columns No sign of a “Chávez of the North” in B.C. just yet
Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. – Photo by Bernardo LondayFor all the ink spilled in the past couple of weeks about …
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March 4 2013 Columns Christy Clark’s house of cards comes toppling down
Photo by Indenture, FlickrI recently watched the much-hyped new Netflix TV series House of Cards A big budget remake of an …
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February 18 2013 Columns Once more on those dominoes
Earlier this month, I ripped into the B.C. government’s TV advertising blitz. Since the ads continue to run during prime time – gobbling up taxpayers’ money to boost the image of an unpopular …