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Paul Willcocks on B.C. politics and life.
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Conservatives' choice: Harper, or a chance to govern effectively
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Blame Stephen Harper for the mess in Ottawa. Faced with a minority government and an economic crisis, his first acts acknowledged neither. When the Conservatives delivered their economic update last week, they didn't announce plans to help people wor...
3 views | aggregated: 1 day 8 hours ago
topics: election, federal-government, liberal, liberals, ndp
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Global crisis, but B.C.'s got some breathing room
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So what does the big financial crisis mean for the B.C. government - tax increases, spending cuts, deficits?None of the above, at least for this year and next. But the budget that will come down in 2010 - the first for the new government to be electe...
6 views | aggregated: 5 days 7 hours ago
topics: economy, elected, election, liberal, liberals
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Hidden donations from gambling industry to Liberals?
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Is there a link between political donations and the Liberals' decision to break their promise to halt gambling expansion in the province?After all, Gordon Campbell was clear - gambling created losers and destroyed families. Kevin Krueger said gover...
4 views | aggregated: 6 days 15 hours ago
topics: crime, elected, liberals, political
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Province cuts leaky school deal, but leaves leaky condo owners outside
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The Globe and Mail reported the government has reached some sort of secret compensation deal over hundreds of leaky schools. But the government's willingness to accept a confidentiality clause leaves leaky condo owners wondering if they should be get...
5 views | aggregated: 1 week 2 days ago
topics: condo
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Local elections offer some good news for NDP
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Municipal politics are their own world. But last weekend's election results raise interesting issues for both parties with six months left until the next provincial election. The big news was Gregor Robertson's win to become mayor of Vancouver. A few...
11 views | aggregated: 1 week 6 days ago
topics: business, crime, economy, elected, election
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How to get elected to council or as mayor
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I ran into a Victoria council candidate as we launched our kayaks Saturday morning. He was going out fishing.Which is healthy, but perhaps not the best use of election day morning, when some last-minute phone calls to supporters might help turnout.Ru...
7 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 1 day ago
topics: candidate, elected, election, mayor, planning
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Another poll, and the Liberals are on top
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Angus Reid Strategies had the NDP five points ahead (see the post below); Ipsos Reid finds the Liberals up by nine with this poll. Which will make for some interesting debates on polling methods and plenty of nervous types in both parties....
17 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 1 day ago
topics: liberals, ndp
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Campbell looking like a liability for Liberals
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Fixed election dates make for a better democracy.But some Liberals must be wishing Premier Gordon Campbell had been more interested in political advantage and a less in this democracy stuff. (All the more reason to give Campbell full credit for his c...
12 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 3 days ago
topics: carbon-tax, climate-change, economy, election, environment
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Why not just give confirmed addicts their drugs
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The tough-punishment crowd came to mind when I heard the Victoria police had caught three people smoking crack cocaine this week. They were parked in the police department lot. The police station is a distinctive - and attractive - building. A...
5 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 5 days ago
topics: crime
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Lobbying, and just being helpful
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Last month, Patrick Kinsella - among the most influential of Campbell backers and co-chair of the last two Liberal campaigns, drew attention to the emptiness of B.C.'s lobbyist rules when he simply refused to co-operate with an investigation into pot...
9 views | aggregated: 3 weeks 6 hours ago
topics: investigation, liberal, political
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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jumpfilm
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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active: 8 hours 14 min ago |
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