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EDITORIAL – Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize political campaigns

September 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT REALLY IS hard to know who to cheer for in Victoria these days. The NPD government is ending the so-called “Wild [Continue]

COLLINS – Not much time to get to know candidates’ views

September 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

I AM NOT IMPRESSED with how the municipal candidates are presenting themselves in the short civic byelection campaign. Even those of us in the news media are finding it hard [Continue]

FORSETH – Taxpayer subsidy for campaigns is wrong on so many levels

September 20, 2017 // 3 Comments

WHAT DO I THINK about the taxpayers of British Columbia chipping in millions of dollars for the election campaigns of Andrew Weaver and his Green Party? John Horgan and his [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Why is the premier breaking his repeated promise?’

September 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

An exchange in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday between Liberal MLA Mike de Jong and Premier John Horgan on an NDP government plan to set new rules for election-campaign [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – Stu Holland: ‘Bringing a blue-collar approach to City Hall’

September 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

Candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops civic by-election are invited to make submissions to ArmchairMayor.ca on their platforms, biographical information, contact information or [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Why won’t government appeal Schoenborn decision?’

September 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

An exchange in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Sept. 18 between Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar and Attorney-General David Eby on Allan Schoenborn: P. Milobar: On [Continue]