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Election Amendment Act a popgun approach to tame political contributions Wild West

Election Amendment Act a popgun approach to tame political contributions Wild West

The Wild West is not exactly going to be the Mild West. John Horgan is seeing to it. And Andrew Weaver is being paid to support it.
Finding better resolutions to conflicts in business and elsewhere

Finding better resolutions to conflicts in business and elsewhere

For most of us Canucks, conflict avoidance is about as Canadian as a double-double or the CBC. That’s because most of us typically don’t have the skills necessary to engage in conflict in healthy ways.
Federal Liberal tax reforms miss the real fat cats by a wide margin

Federal Liberal tax reforms miss the real fat cats by a wide margin

It all seemed perfectly reasonable: tax the low-hanging fruit of “fat cat” professional corporations to fund programs for the poor. Who could object to that? Turns out plenty of people object.
Financing NDP’s agenda will be a major challenge for taxpayers

Financing NDP’s agenda will be a major challenge for taxpayers

The $52 billion “mini-budget” presented by Finance Minister Carole James on September 11 signals a shift in the priorities of the provincial government after 16 years of generally tight-fisted rule by the BC Liberals.
Allure of Amazon effect blinding city to negatives of Amazon impact

Allure of Amazon effect blinding city to negatives of Amazon impact

Enough already with the delusions, distractions and destructive promises. Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 here in Vancouver? Is our mayor serious? Where is he hiding the 1.
Editorial: Positive northern B.C. port potential

Editorial: Positive northern B.C. port potential

Dubai is big on B.C.’s north; entrepreneurs with hopes for a more diversified economy for the province should be too.
Ankle-biting Andrew Weaver assumes role of Opposition leader

Ankle-biting Andrew Weaver assumes role of Opposition leader

When we last checked in on Andrew Weaver, he had sold the farm. Since then he has been the antagonist of his feudal lord. Nary a news cycle survives another Weaver weep on how his governance partner is getting it all wrong.
Swings and misses in finance minister’s optimistic economic appetizer

Swings and misses in finance minister’s optimistic economic appetizer

Monday’s provincial economic update proclaimed the sky was not falling, but depending on your perspective, you’ll need special glasses to look for the sun.
Canada should prepare to call Trump’s bluff on NAFTA

Canada should prepare to call Trump’s bluff on NAFTA

Everyone who’s ever done business with Donald Trump knows his favourite tactic: don’t negotiate; intimidate.
How your staff can tell how you really feel

How your staff can tell how you really feel

Do you know that your team is constantly evaluating your emotions through cues in your body language – and that they can do so in a fraction of a second? At the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging at the University of Glasgow, researchers found that it