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The government’s latest effort to address B.C.’s affordable housing crisis amounts to little more than a drop in the bucket

The government’s latest effort to address B.C.’s affordable housing crisis amounts to little more than a drop in the bucket

Governments like to brag. It’s part of their DNA. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the B.C. government wants to highlight the fact that it has completed close to 24,000 new units of affordable housing since 2001.
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More fiscal discipline needed down at your local city hall

More fiscal discipline needed down at your local city hall

Added together, the 21 municipalities that make up Metro Vancouver spent $3.74 billion on operations in 2015. This is separate from their outlays on infrastructure and other capital projects; nor does it include spending by the regional district.
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Job generation remains bleak in B.C.’s vast rural regions

Job generation remains bleak in B.C.’s vast rural regions

We hear a lot about B.C.’s strong jobs performance; it’s mentioned in every speech and media appearance by our premier and members of her government.
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Condo King Bob Rennie’s abdication as chief Liberal fundraiser raises questions

Condo King Bob Rennie’s abdication as chief Liberal fundraiser raises questions

If money is the necessary oxygen for a political campaign, Bob Rennie has been the life-saving tank for the BC Liberals.
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Editorial: Never-ending city hall spending

Editorial: Never-ending city hall spending

New year, old problem: municipal spending accountability. Were there an increase in that accountability rather than just an increase in government spending, there would be far less of an old problem plaguing a new year.
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CETA, fintech potential loom large across the Atlantic for B.C.

CETA, fintech potential loom large across the Atlantic for B.C.

With uncertainty in Europe and the U.S., Canada’s profile has rarely been higher across the Atlantic Brexit: quick or slow, hard or soft: More than six months after the European Union (EU) referendum, Brexit continues to confound and divide.
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Putting a price on carbon in Canada, from farm to fork

Putting a price on carbon in Canada, from farm to fork

The aggressive carbon campaign could inspire companies to leave, harming our economy. More than 150 food-processing firms have closed or left Canada since 2008, affecting almost 30,000 jobs Every bite we take has carbon tax implications.
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Winter turns Vancouver’s street cred to city management crud

Winter turns Vancouver’s street cred to city management crud

Apart from keeping us safe from crime, there are few priorities for a city greater than its day-to-day obligations to keep the streets clean, pick up the trash and keep taxes wisely low. In recent days the City of Vancouver went up to bat.
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To avoid future shock 50 years on, questions need answers now

To avoid future shock 50 years on, questions need answers now

Did they really trust corporations that gained supremacy over our data to act in our best interests?
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Character house plan penalizes future by trying to preserve past

Character house plan penalizes future by trying to preserve past

The City of Vancouver’s character house zoning review proposes changes to policy which, under guise of character retention, will force homeowners to build in a way that is out of synch with their neighbourhood, the goals of density, affordability, in
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