Elections BC appalled by attacks
This morning I reported on NDP critic Leonard Krog’s letter to interim Chief Electoral Officer Craig James, seeking an explanation for his decision to hold up the anti-HST petition after finding it had...
View ArticleB.C. Chamber: “We will not appeal”
The following statement was issued Monday by B.C. Chamber of Commerce president John Winter on behalf of the six associations who have asked for a judicial review of the anti-HST petition: “Our legal...
View ArticleBreaking news: Canada a real country!
B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon is at a meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week with his provincial counterparts. At a news conference today, Falcon said B.C. and Ontario will take the lead on...
View ArticleTruthiness comes to B.C. politics
U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert, seen here on location at the Olympics in February, is best known for his brilliant satire of right-wing Fox News commentators. But his greatest contribution to political...
View ArticleDelaney, supporter fire back
FightHST organizer Chris Delaney, seen here with Bill Vander Zalm at the legislature, has given up on me. Delaney was willing to give me a chance, but after this week’s column he has dismissed me as a...
View ArticleAnother Fantasy Garden update
Reporters here at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler are waiting for Premier Gordon Campbell’s big speech tomorrow. (That’s him above, looming over delegates at last year’s event...
View ArticleWireless wave of anti-HST anger
Several readers have responded angrily to my recent commentary that mentioned cellphone services among the things not affected by B.C.’s harmonized sales tax. They look at their iPhone or BlackBerry...
View ArticleCampbell wasn’t pushed, Les says
The big rumour going around the legislature this week was that a letter signed by as many as 17 B.C. Liberal MLAs was calling for Premier Gordon Campbell to go for the good of the party. Chilliwack MLA...
View ArticleDelaney’s latest conspiracy theory
FightHST wheelman Chris Delaney didn’t waste any time spinning his web of conspiracy after Elections BC filed its report detailing the deficiencies of his anti-HST petition. Picking up where he left...
View ArticleHST conspiracy theorists, unite!
Here are those co-conspirators on the HST, Gordon Campbell and Stephen Harper, heading into the B.C. legislature last year to celebrate the arrival of the Vancouver Olympics. Harper announced today...
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