BC gasoline taxes among highest in North America By Jordan Bateman As Canadians, we have become conditioned to paying higher prices than our American neighbours for pretty much everything. Milk, cheese, clothes, electronics, books, airfares, sporting goods, cars, liquor: we know we’re being gouged, but we don’t know what to do about it. “Tax [...]
Expect energy, labour issues to dominate Christy Clark agenda The dust is beginning to settle after Tuesday’s stunning election victory for Christy Clark and the BC Liberals. Premier Clark still has to find a seat for herself, of course — and rumours are strong that she’ll choose to compete for one outside the Vancouver area. [...]
NDP pledge to hike taxes could affect investment, leading to fewer BC jobs BC jobs and investment could be heading for a rough ride over the next few years with a new NDP government, according to figures compiled by a leading Canadian economist. Jack Mintz, head of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, [...]
Langley candidate Mary Polak accuses Hauptman of leaking campaign strategy to NDP The B.C. provincial election became even weirder Tuesday as the campaign manager for Liberal incumbent Mary Polak resigned over “hateful attitudes” by party members toward gays, followed by allegations from the candidate that he leaked campaign strategy to the NDP. Todd Hauptman resigned Tuesday [...]
Economists argue Saskatchewan NDP is best model for BC NDP and Adrian Dix By Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis Too often in politics, particularly during election campaigns, citizens conflate political brands with policy. That is, too often we make assumptions about the policies of political parties based on a perception rather than the reality of [...]
BC Election 2013 tightening or are the polls suspect? Two polls released this week show Christy Clark and the BC Liberals rapidly closing the gap with Adrian Dix and the BC NDP as BC Election 2013 counts down to May 14. Two weeks’ campaigning shifted three points from the NDP to the Liberals, along with [...]
BC First Nation cuts energy use by 75 per cent By David Dodge During the salmon run the T’Sou-ke BC First Nation set up their nets on one side of the river and the bears set up shop on the other. “Respect the bear and the bear will respect you,” says Chief Gordon Planes. [...]
BC NDP opposition to Kinder Morgan pipeline sends message to investors An abortive tweet from Nanaimo NDP candidate Leonard Krog yesterday raises a troubling question about the BC NDP attitude toward investment in the natural resources sector. “Adrian Dix declares opposition to Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. BC NDP want review of existing pipeline,” is what Krog [...]
BC Liberals say BC NDP can’t be trusted on resource development Adrian Dix and the BC NDP have rejected the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, saying the Port of Vancouver should not be turned into an oil export facility. Energy Minister Rich Coleman fired back, saying the NDP will also kill LNG projects in the [...]
Christy Clark’s BC Election 2013 campaign executes well, but polls stay flat Horribly far back in public opinion polls, the BC Liberals under Christy Clark need absolutely everything to break their way if they’re going to turn around the BC Election 2013 campaign. They needed their campaign to execute flawlessly. In the first week, they got that. [...]
