menu_open Columnists

BIV
We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Opinion: New homebuilders are the boiling frogs of the housing crisis

Opinion: New homebuilders are the boiling frogs of the housing crisis

There’s no shortage of warnings and concern about the housing crisis unfolding across Canada. But for all the headlines and policy announcements—...

yesterday 8

BIV

Kevin Layden

Rob Shaw: Behind the morning of manoeuvres that unravelled Rustad’s leadership

Rob Shaw: Behind the morning of manoeuvres that unravelled Rustad’s leadership

The hurricane of events that engulfed John Rustad on Wednesday and forced him out as BC Conservative leader, looked at times like chaos. But it was...

yesterday 1

BIV

Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw: Crofton mill closure shows B.C.'s forestry problems start with Victoria, not Trump

Rob Shaw: Crofton mill closure shows B.C.'s forestry problems start with Victoria, not Trump

The B.C. government’s attempts to blame U.S. President Donald Trump for everything wrong with the province’s forestry sector ran headlong into a...

previous day 5

BIV

Rob Shaw

Bryan Yu: Retail spending holds on while B.C. housing sputters

Canadian retail sales fell 0.7 per cent in September to $69.8 billion to partially reverse the one per cent gain the prior month. Levels have been...

previous day 2

BIV

Bryan Yu

Opinion: Ottawa’s spending review highlights B.C.’s lack of ambition

Earlier this year, I argued that British Columbia should take a page from the Chrétien-Martin government’s 1990s spending review to help address...

tuesday 4

BIV

Jairo Yunis

Mario Canseco: Metro Vancouver voters open to major electoral reform, says survey

Mario Canseco: Metro Vancouver voters open to major electoral reform, says survey

By this time next year, British Columbians will be experiencing their first days under newly elected mayors and councils. Voter turnout has been...

01.12.2025 5

BIV

Mario Canseco

Opinion: British Columbians will pay for Eby government’s disastrous finances

Opinion: British Columbians will pay for Eby government’s disastrous finances

According to this week’s fiscal update, the Eby government will record a record-setting $11.2-billion budget deficit this fiscal year (2025-26)....

29.11.2025 20

BIV

Tegan Hill & Grady Munro

Rob Shaw: A pipeline with no route, no proponent and no clarity from Carney

Rob Shaw: A pipeline with no route, no proponent and no clarity from Carney

It’s an oil pipeline with no proponent and no route, governed by a provincial veto that may or may not exist, freed from environmental laws that...

29.11.2025 5

BIV

Rob Shaw