John Horgan

PROVINCIAL PULSE: Horgan enters office on a high, Wall departs on top

September 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Two months after announcing his resignation as Saskatchewan Premier, and retirement from politics, the latest analysis of quarterly polling data by [Continue]

TRAVIS – How much money does a B.C. political party really need?

September 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE HEADLINES should have read “B.C.’s Wild West reputation laid to rest.” Instead, British Columbians woke up to “Taxpayers would give millions to political [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]

COLLINS – Is removing bridge tolls the best way to go?

August 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT this week announced it was going to eliminate tolls on the Port Mann and the Golden Ears bridges. It’s probably the first of many decisions the NDP [Continue]

COLLINS – Proof is in the pudding

July 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT WAS GOOD to see Premier Horgan talking about the B.C. wildfire situation in his first days in office, and good to have two cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary [Continue]

FORSETH -Thoughts on John Horgan’s picks for British Columbia’s new cabinet

July 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

TODAY’S POST is a mix of my own thoughts … a B.C. government news release … and background information on one of John Horgan’s new cabinet ministers [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is Horgan the cure for what’s ailing British Columbia?

June 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW MALADY has swept through British Columbia — it’s called Post-Election Stress Disorder. Those afflicted with it, [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘…Government does not have the confidence of this House’

June 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from a speech by NDP leader John Horgan during Debate on the Throne Speech, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Horgan: … We’ve heard over the past number of days — [Continue]

B.C. POLITICS – How will B.C.’s NDP pay for deal with Greens?

June 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute THE POWER-SHARING deal struck by the New Democratic Party and Green Party means British Columbians could soon see an [Continue]

B.C. POLITICS – Horgan and NDP fighting to strip workers of secret ballot

June 21, 2017 // 2 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association ANDREW WEAVER’S story is similar to a lot of workers in B.C. “I know from first-hand [Continue]

COLLINS – To heck with protocol, we need another election in B.C.

June 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT HASN’T taken John Horgan long to want to grasp the reins of power in British Columbia. Shortly after the election, Horgan was all smiles and congeniality, having led [Continue]

KNOX – NDP-Green deal brings power to Vancouver Island after a long wait

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

JOHN HORGAN once spilled a beer on my sister at a Shamrocks game. Or maybe it was one of the guys he was with. We were down in the seats and they were standing along the rail [Continue]

ELECTION – NDP unveils ‘Working For You’ platform to ‘make life affordable’

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

A B.C. NDP government would implement $10 a day daycare, provide renters with a $400 rebate, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, increase affordable housing, and give [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Horgan would ding the Interior to remove bridge tolls at Coast

April 13, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I CAN REMEMBER the last time I drove across the Golden Ears Bridge. It was a couple of years ago. It was actually the first [Continue]