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FORSETH – Will a B.C. Only party rise from the rubble of BC Conservatives?

October 31, 2016 // 3 Comments

UNTIL EARLY in the week of Oct. 23, a very interesting scenario, in B.C. politics, was being set up. What you say? Well, it appeared, at least at first glance, that perhaps [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Bite me’ the latest episode in Municipal Councils Behaving Badly

October 30, 2016 // 1 Comment

ON THIS WEEK’S episode of Municipal Councils Behaving Badly, we give you Nanaimo. We all enjoy a good horror story at Halloween. To make a long story short, the video [Continue]

GINTA – Environmentally speaking, we’re really, really messing things up

October 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

THE LAST TWO weeks have been tragic in many ways. If you’ve read the news and are perhaps waiting for something positive on the diesel spill near Bella Bella, you most [Continue]

FORSETH – Charge those who peddle illegal fentanyl with manslaughter

October 28, 2016 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK BROUGHT US more news on the fentanyl front. In a story from the Victoria Times Colonist, it was said that “B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake lies awake at night [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – CTF doesn’t speak for this Canadian taxpayer

October 27, 2016 // 5 Comments

GIVEN THE AMOUNT of media attention that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation gets, you would think that their members would be legion. But no, there are only five. While there [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Liberals trying to solve a CPP problem that doesn’t exist

October 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from what Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod had to say in the House on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 about Bill C-26. MR. SPEAKER, I am pleased to stand to speak to [Continue]