Commentary

In this century, Canadians have been mostly unaware of the Senate.

As we begin to say goodbye to 2022 and ring in 2023, it is important to reflect on both the challenges and opportunities we face here in British Columbia.

Governments stepped up their efforts to do more than put more of Canada’s citizenry on voters’ lists in 2022; they doubled down on putting more of those citizens on the public payroll.

Premier David Eby is walking back two key promises from his leadership campaign – a new provincial mental health facility, and a proposal to involuntarily detain people who overdose for treatment.

Traditionally, the relationship between government and the business community has been understood to be relatively simple: Government stay out of the way, and let businesses get on with growing the economy.

When Amber Hockin announced she was leaving her job as deputy chief of staff to the premier last month, she made it sound to her colleagues like she was choosing to resign.

For the past five years, Research Co. and Glacier Media have taken a look at the mental state of Canadians as we approach the holiday season. In 2018, 57 per cent of Canadians told us that they expected more fun than stress.

A few months ago, Vancouver-based Nexii Building Solutions Inc. eclipsed a $2 billion valuation.

Premier David Eby took great pains this week to try and blame the worsening problems of homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on his government’s greatest villain and most-frequent scapegoat: The previous BC Liberal administration.

Discussions about COVID-19 are no longer monopolizing our lives. We are months removed from the restrictions and mandates that tested the resolve of all levels of government.