Guest column Liberals Feb 18 By Blair Lekstrom New and emerging markets in Asia are giving us an exciting chance to create jobs and opportunities right across our province and to establish a thriving future economy for British Columbia. B.C.’s proximity to the Asia-Pacific region makes us ideally situated to take advantage of a growing [...]
By Raj Chouhan Seniors in Canada look forward to a measure of security in their old age. And as a country we recognize that the contributions that seniors have made to their communities and to our tax base help to make our country a great place to live and retire. This is why Prime Minister [...]
By Shane Simpson On Jan. 19, Premier Christy Clark and Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux released two internal reports in response to the crisis in the community living sector. The reports were in response to strong pressure from the public, advocacy groups and New Democrats over the reports confirmed what the Liberals have long [...]
BURNABY– As another semester gets under way at post-secondary institutions across the province, students see no relief in sight when it comes to high debt load, say New Democrats. “Ten years of tuition increases and the elimination of grants by the Liberals have made pursuing higher education increasingly difficult, especially for students from low and [...]
By Sue Hammell MLA British Columbians expect and deserve access to quality public health care. Knowing that the help we need will be there when illness strikes is fundamental to our well-being. Unfortunately, when faced with long wait times, a shortage of family doctors and massive overcrowding in our hospitals, we need to question the [...]
Government focused on getting people back to work By Stephanie Cadieux In response to recent media reports about MLA Brar living on $610 for the month of January, I’d like to take the opportunity to share some facts about income assistance in B.C. In particular, I want to set the record straight about supports available [...]
By Adrian Dix This past year was a year of contrasts in the politics of British Columbia. The B.C. NDP is united and positive while the Liberal government is out of touch and out of gas after 10 long years in power. As Leader of the BC NDP, I am proud of the positive leadership [...]
Christy Clark Must Make Amends By Gabriel Yiu The community was shocked to hear that SUCCESS had lost all the bids for their employment assistance services for immigrants. It could spell the end of their operation of such services. A lot of discussion revolved around the abrupt resignation of SUCCESS’ CEO Thomas Tam. SUCCESS Chairman [...]
By Alex Sangha Either you believe in God or you don’t. If you believe in God, you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. By this I mean, if God exists then you have the possibility of going to paradise, and if God doesn’t exist then you haven’t lost anything. That’s assuming God would [...]
Guest column Liberals By Shirley Bond Minister of Public Safety, Solicitor General and Attorney General VICTORIA – This fall our government passed legislation that will work to deter and identify metal thieves. What you may not know about is the range of ways that metal theft threatens British Columbians with alarming frequency. I would like [...]
