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CHARBONNEAU – Instead of axing the tax, axe the subsidies to Big Oil

April 13, 2024 // 3 Comments

CANADIANS MAY BE OUTRAGED at the carbon tax/rebate but give little thought to the subsidies they give Big Oil. The corporate fat cats would rather keep quiet your gift to [Continue]

PETERS – A child finding drugs in a park isn’t new, but it’s no less frightening

April 7, 2024 // 1 Comment

WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL not to completely overreact to the story this week of a mom finding a baggie of drugs among her young child’s Easter candy. The substance hasn’t been [Continue]

STONE – Outrageous memo endorses illicit drug use in B.C. hospitals

April 5, 2024 // 6 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson RECENTLY, WE UNCOVERED a shocking memo sent to nurses that permits the use of drugs and weapons in hospital rooms.The entire memo [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Dread of drought and the psychology of water shortage

April 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

I WORRY about the drought. I never used to think much about snowpacks. The reported snowpack levels were about as interesting as the price of pork bellies. Now I nervously [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer supply drug diversion is greatly exaggerated

March 29, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S TRUE THAT some drugs given to addicts treated under B.C.’s safer supply program end up being sold on the street. But the scale of the problem is being inflated [Continue]

TEGART – Eby must halt the hike; carbon tax adds to financial struggles

March 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser-Nicola WITH DAVID EBY still planning to increase B.C.’s carbon tax on April 1, our BC United Caucus continues to call on the NDP to halt the [Continue]