Politics

LETTER – Proportional representation provides kinder, gentler democracy

December 5, 2017 // 2 Comments

I am one of the majority of voters in the last federal election (2015) that wasted their vote. The number of people who voted NDP (21,466) and Liberal (21,215) in [Continue]

POLITICS – Communism’s pernicious influence persists despite the evidence

December 2, 2017 // 3 Comments

By IAN MADSEN Senior Fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy A NUMBER of Canadian newspapers recently noted the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The attention [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – NDP very good at bending and breaking promises

November 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Debate in the Legislature during Question Period on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, the last day of the Second Session, 41st Parliament, between interim Opposition Leader Rich [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – NDP govt stacking the deck against First Past the Post

November 25, 2017 // 7 Comments

Doug Clovechok, Liberal MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, during debate on second reading of Bill 6, Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act, Nov. 23, 2017. D. Clovechok: [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most federal cabinet ministers are unknown to half of us

November 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE In parliamentary tradition, prime ministers are sometimes referred to as primus inter pares, Latin for “first among equals” relative to other [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Other than partisan malice, why would govt cancel Site C?

November 20, 2017 // 1 Comment

Debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, between MLA Tracy Redies (BC Liberal) and Energy Minister Michelle Mungall. T. Redies: Today, [Continue]