DEATH AND TAXES: The fundamental unfairness of taxing estates
We already have too many taxes in Canada. And they tend to be unfair, inefficient and oppressive. We don’t need another By IAN MADSEN Senior policy analyst Frontier [Continue]
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KNOX – Civic election campaign might be new but the cast is familiar
THEY CLOSED THE NOMINATIONS for B.C.’s local elections Sept. 14, and not a moment too soon. By my count, there are 179 people standing for municipal government in the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – First election forum was a mulligan; candidates will get better
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN FORUM of the new civic election season today (Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018) was a lot more valuable to the candidates than it [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Running twice, running in place and not running at all
SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I’ve recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – Pipeline process wasn’t flawed; Liberals mishandled it
Excerpt from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during debate in the House on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 on Private Member’s Bill S-245, “an Act to [Continue]
ELECTORAL CHANGE – Prop rep system breeds unstable governments
B.C.’s electoral reform referendum could lead to more shaky coalitions and less effective government By LYDIA MILJAN University of Windsor SOME SEE THE UPCOMING B.C. [Continue]
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