Christy Clark started campaign 22 points behind Adrian Dix and NDP The strangest scene of a strange election campaign was the final one: Liberal Leader Christy Clark taking the stage Tuesday night to declare a solid majority victory. Clark’s come-from-behind win astounded many pundits and pollsters, who had the Liberal leader down by 22 points at [...]
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, [...]
Canada should concentrate on training its own citizens, not using temporary foreign workers Canada has become too dependent on the temporary foreign workers program and has failed to address the lack of skilled workers through domestic-made solutions, says a new report into foreign workers in Canada. Kevin McQuillan, the author of All The Workers We [...]
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 [...]
Jane Shin accused by Liberals of doctoring her resume B.C. NDP candidate Jane Shin appears to have gone into seclusion following heavy fire from opposition parties over her professional credentials and a racial slur in which she called Chinese people “chinkasauruses” a decade ago. The B.C. NDP has not returned calls seeking comment on Shin. [...]
Earl Silverman committed suicide Friday in Calgary In the end, Earl Silverman lived for nothing and died for something, the way he wanted it, I guess. That was always his tag signature at the end of emails: Live for nothing; die for something. Those emails were sent to comfort male victims of domestic violence, to [...]
Earl Silverman operated only safe house for me in Canada Earl Silverman, the tireless crusader for the rights of abused men, died Friday of apparent suicide. Silverman, who himself was a victim of female perpetrated-domestic abuse, founded the only men’s shelter in Canada. The Men’s Alternative Safe House was forced to close last month after [...]
Naheed Nenshi hints Manning Centre may be breaking charity laws The Manning Centre came under fire Thursday by Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart who both called the conservative think-tank’s integrity into question, suggesting the group is intimidating current councillors and may have broken financial donation laws. Colley-Urquhart says she was intimidated by Dimitri Pantazopolous, [...]
Cal Wenzel video – Mayor Nenshi suggests election finance laws were broken The secretly taped video that shows Calgary home builders in a room listening to Cal Wenzel talk about supporting candidates they feel will vote in their favour was finally released in its entirety Tuesday night. Mayor Naheed Nenshi fought back Wednesday morning, calling [...]
Manning Centre denies $1.1 million donation to be used in next election As the fallout from the Cal Wenzel video continued Wednesday, the incoming chair of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy said the conservative training facility does not function to further their donors’ personal ambitions. On a secretly taped video released earlier this week, [...]