Commentary

B.C.’s New Democrat government is preparing to announce a major investment in mental health and addictions treatment, including stealing a few ideas from a rival plan by the Opposition BC Liberals.

Last year, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) introduced Bill C-273, which seeks to put an end to the use of force against children – by parents and schoolteachers alike – in Canada.

The B.C. government is having second thoughts about legislation to force its in-house lawyers into a union they didn’t choose, after the move kickstarted an uprising within organized labour.

Surprise, surprise: On the issue of health care, even though it’s taking the money, the province doesn’t believe the federal government has provided enough.

Talk about an early election in British Columbia has continued, even if there are no clear signals from the incumbent government that a vote looms. Earlier this month, Research Co.

British Columbia renters can once again collect interest on their security deposits , a consequence of rapidly-rising interest rates triggering a provincial law for the first time in 14 years. Landlords are required to pay 1.

Taxpayers will be on the hook for about half a million dollars for every minute of game time in the World Cup games in Vancouver.

Four months have passed since Research Co. and Glacier Media last looked at the political landscape of British Columbia.

B.C. New Democrats are doing their best not to publicly dump on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new health-care funding proposal.

British Columbians will soon be paying more to heat their homes, drive to work and buy groceries. Premier David Eby is hiking the carbon tax paid by B.C. residents up to $65 per tonne on April 1.