Well this week we saw three candidates (2 Liberal and one NDP) drop out of the races to lead their parties … a Throne Speech and Budget delivered that mean nothing as a new premier will be elected next weekend by the BC Liberals … more on Basi Virk / BC Rail and a multitude of other stories.
As usual, I have tried to stick with one perhaps you may have missed, or that offer another side or viewpoint. Regardless, take a minute to click the link in each headline and read on for the political stories that made the news this week in BC.
MLAs back after 256-day break -for four days
BC politicians return to work at the legislature Monday for a bizarre one week session that includes a …
BC politicians return to work at the legislature Monday for a bizarre one week session that includes a …
Leaders astray
In the midst of the shenanigans, the NDP's Harry Lali has called for Elections BC to oversee processes like leadership races and nomination bids …
In the midst of the shenanigans, the NDP's Harry Lali has called for Elections BC to oversee processes like leadership races and nomination bids …
… the one man who is most qualified to be BC's next premier beavers away in humble obscurity, forever shut out of the political Promised Land …
BC Conservative Party President, Wayne McGrath today insisted that the Liberal government in Victoria, and all candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party, make a commitment to preserving the Basi-Virk files....
BC gov't gets pat on the back in throne speech
The BC government's 2011 throne speech reads more like a list of accomplishments past than a political agenda for the future, with praise in particular for …
The BC government's 2011 throne speech reads more like a list of accomplishments past than a political agenda for the future, with praise in particular for …
How high should BC's minimum wage be?
BC's minimum wage needs to increase according to a growing consensus that, significantly, includes most of the …
BC's minimum wage needs to increase according to a growing consensus that, significantly, includes most of the …
British Columbia unveils budget in political vacuum
The new budget is being unveiled into a political vacuum as the BC Liberal government picks a leader at the end February to replace Premier Gordon Campbell, who is stepping down after a wave of voter anger over a new tax policy …
The new budget is being unveiled into a political vacuum as the BC Liberal government picks a leader at the end February to replace Premier Gordon Campbell, who is stepping down after a wave of voter anger over a new tax policy …
If our future is looking so bright, BC Conservatives, and hard-working taxpaying residents of the province are asking, “Why is our provincial debt headed towards $60 BILLION dollars?” .....
Conroy not impressed with Liberal budget offering
“It's a little interesting fact that they cut the funding for crown prosecutors by $6 million,” Conroy said, when the political aids to cut down the BC Rail trial cost $6 million. Another hit to the Kootenay came in the way of forests, she said …
“It's a little interesting fact that they cut the funding for crown prosecutors by $6 million,” Conroy said, when the political aids to cut down the BC Rail trial cost $6 million. Another hit to the Kootenay came in the way of forests, she said …
Inside the corrupt world of Basi and Virk
The material shows Mr. Basi was frantically busy in the months preceding the BC Rail deal, spinning a web of political intrigue aimed at getting him and Mr. Virk top staff jobs in the government of then-prime-minister Paul Martin …
The material shows Mr. Basi was frantically busy in the months preceding the BC Rail deal, spinning a web of political intrigue aimed at getting him and Mr. Virk top staff jobs in the government of then-prime-minister Paul Martin …
US environmentalists are meddling in BC's election
Elections BC should be looking into the Liberal membership in British Columbia, not only because of the ethical issues raised by Mr. Dobbin but also because there is evidence of a foreign-funded campaign to meddle in our political process for reasons …
Elections BC should be looking into the Liberal membership in British Columbia, not only because of the ethical issues raised by Mr. Dobbin but also because there is evidence of a foreign-funded campaign to meddle in our political process for reasons …
ALSO ... first thing Saturday morning I was delighted to hear that yesterday Elections BC had registered the following Constituency Associations for the BC Conservative Party:
1. North Vancouver - Seymour
2. Abbotsford South
3. Surrey - Cloverdale
Looks like there’s lots of hard work going on through-out the provinces – congrats to those involved!
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