Opinion News
Energy needs its own Elon
By Bill Whitelaw You can't go far on an energy journey these days without tripping over Elon Musk. And with good reason: he's something of a...
Tax relief misses mark
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre and Milagros Palacios When touting the tax cuts in B.C.'s 2017 budget, Finance Minister Michael de Jong said the cuts will...
Budget highlight reel
By Dermod Travis If last year's provincial budget could be described as petty, after Finance Minister Mike de Jong doled out an increase in disability...
Make room for workers
By Steve Lafleur and Josef Filipowicz Many tech companies and employees are scrambling to adjust to the recent executive order issued by U.S. President Donald...
Unravelling the carbon tax
By Charles Lammam and Taylor Jackson In a major announcement last year, the Trudeau government imposed a policy that will require all provinces to put a price...
Budget not 'competitive'
By Charles Lammam The BC Liberals have presented their much-anticipated 2017 budget, ahead of the May provincial election. While there are some positive...
Site C will keep lights on
By Dave Conway BC Hydro set a new daily record for power consumption earlier this year as cold winter weather increased the demand for electricity. Of course,...
An journey to inclusion
By Gerry Chidiac In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the aboriginal peoples of Canada for crimes committed against them in the residential...
A sad state of affairs
By Dermod Travis “When did our moral standards become so complicated?” It was a question left hanging in a recent email to me from Linda Kayfish,...
Move forward, go further
By Shachi Kurl In the early hours of Monday morning, as people across Quebec and the rest of the country absorbed the shock of the murders of Muslims praying at...
Work less to live better
By David Suzuki Since the 1950s, almost everything about work in the developed world has changed dramatically. Rapid technological advances continue to render...
How grassroots is that?
By Dermod Travis Mere hours before the New York Times went to press with its look at the B.C. Liberal party's ethical scorecard, the party chose to get its...
Gov't pay out of whack
By Charles Lammam and Milagros Palacios With many governments across Canada mired in red ink, B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong's plan to balance the...
Money talks, literally
By Dermod Travis After 15 months on the job, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embarking on a cross-Canada tour, ostensibly to reconnect with Canadians –...
Hurting new homebuyers?
By Steve Lafleur and Josef Filipowicz Due to Vancouver's sky-high housing prices, many residents worry they might never be able to climb the property...
Unfinished business
By Dermod Travis Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but 2017 is an election year in British Columbia. On the presumption they're not the same thing,...
Time to heed warnings
By David Suzuki The longer we delay addressing environmental problems, the more difficult it will be to resolve them. Although we’ve known about climate...
Resolutions for politicians
By Dermod Travis 2016 is almost a wrap and – safe to say – one for the books. In keeping with the spirit of the season, though, it's time for a...
Gov't press release overload
By Dermod Travis After hitting send to more than 2,680 news releases this year, the B.C. government's Communications and Public Engagement Office is...
Clark full of 'some bologne'
"You can’t have a national carbon tax where the westerners who produce the energy are paying double what the people in central Canada are paying to...