BC economic growth set to outpace Canada by 2014 BC economic growth is rising steadily this year to 1.7 per cent and may even reach 2.5 per cent next year, according to a new report. “Among the headwinds are a slowing domestic housing market and softer Asian export demand, though a resurgent U.S. housing market [...]
BC NDP leader Adrian Dix in Richmond Tuesday, supports strong riding campaigns Even though all three Richmond ridings are projected to go Liberal, the races are closer than expected, which is why BC NDP leader Adrian Dix was in town Tuesday to help with the campaigning. Dix says the nasty attacks against Richmond Centre candidate Frank [...]
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 [...]
Traigo Andretti charged with second degree murder in the death of Jennifer McPherson 37-year old Traigo Andretti has been charged with second degree murder in the death of his wife, 41-year old Jennifer McPherson of Hanson Island. Jennifer McPherson was reported missing by her family to Island District RCMP on May 1 and had not [...]
Site C dam projected to cost $7.9 billion By Erik Andersen Dear Ms. Clark, Mr. Dix, Ms. Sterk and Mr. Cummins, I am writing to all of you political party leaders in the midst of the B.C. provincial campaign, as a senior economist who is very concerned that the proposed construction of Site C dam [...]
Platforms for BC Election 2013 offer little to those under 40 By Paul Kershaw and Lynell Anderson BC Election 2013 – British Columbians want their politicians to work for all generations and not inflame intergenerational tension. Problem is, that’s just what the B.C. Liberal and NDP platforms are doing this election. Take, for example, the [...]
BC Conservatives leader John Cummins making headway, but not ahead of Liberal Mary Polak Being a party leader — and being in the debate — does help. But perhaps not enough to get BC Conservatives leader John Cummins a seat in the legislature. John Cummins, a 17-year veteran of federal politics who represented parts of Richmond [...]
Oak Bay – Gordon Head riding held by Liberal Ida Chong in play during BC Election 2013 The big news in BC Election 2013 as the week ends, ten days before election day, is how the BC Liberals have closed the gap on the BC NDP. Ipsos-Reid says they’re 10 points behind the NDP. Others [...]
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 [...]
