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Rob Shaw: Halford moves to repair BC Conservative ties with Poilievre

New interim BC Conservative leader Trevor Halford has been quick out of the gate to try and stabilize the party’s lagging finances and crumbling...

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Rob Shaw

Opinion: Why I brought forward Xavier’s Law

Dana Lajeunesse is the BC NDP MLA for Juan de Fuca-Malahat When a family in my community lost their 12-year-old son, Xavier Rasul-Jankovics, to a...

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Dana Lajeunesse

Bryan Yu: Weak hiring momentum exposes cracks across B.C.’s economy

The tepid pace of B.C. hiring continued in September as payroll counts captured by the Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours (SEPH) were...

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Bryan Yu

Rob Shaw: NDP probes health-care spending for six months to save pocket change

The B.C. government spent six months figuring out how to save the equivalent of half a day’s worth of health-care spending, an exercise it (...

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Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw: The unintended consequences of DRIPA land at BC NDP’s doorstep

When the BC NDP government passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) into law in 2019, it went out of its way to say,...

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Rob Shaw

Opinion: B.C.’s long-awaited prompt payment reforms land amid industry downturn

Construction contractors across Canada have perennially experienced payment delays on projects, unfairly impacting their cash flow. The reasons for...

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Norm Streu & Chris Hirst

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...

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Rob Shaw

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—...

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Kevin Layden