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Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives are united — in their determination to blow their chance

Les Leyne: B.C. Conservatives are united — in their determination to blow their chance

Leader John Rustad says he sees ‘differences’ as a strength. By that weird measure, BC Conservatives were so strong this week, they looked ready to explode.
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Les Leyne: Despite province's 'all-front attack,' housing starts dropped last year

Les Leyne: Despite province's 'all-front attack,' housing starts dropped last year

It comes down to the fact that you can’t build houses if you can’t hire builders. And you can’t force the private sector to build if the financing doesn’t work.
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Les Leyne: Tariffs will ravage red-ink budget

Les Leyne: Tariffs will ravage red-ink budget

When tariffs slammed into place Tuesday, the immediate impact was to shred most of the forecasts in the budget before it was even introduced
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Les Leyne: Conservatives rally in Nanaimo, fight among selves but back Rustad

Les Leyne: Conservatives rally in Nanaimo, fight among selves but back Rustad

Delegates at the B.C. Conservative AGM spent the day rallying against the NDP government, but also got feisty among themselves.
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Les Leyne: Throne speech on instant economic growth goes against the NDP grain

Les Leyne: Throne speech on instant economic growth goes against the NDP grain

The concept of patriotism eroded dramatically as the initial unity against COVID-19 started to fail, and as antipathy to the Trudeau government took hold. It’s back with a vengeance now.
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Les Leyne: Conservatives never seem to get along

Les Leyne: Conservatives never seem to get along

Maybe things will simmer down. But that’s what people hoped Mount St. Helen’s would do.
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Les Leyne: Horgan was the rare politician changed for the better by power

Les Leyne: Horgan was the rare politician changed for the better by power

An unfiltered heart-on-his-sleeve man, you could tell what he was thinking nearly every time he walked into a room — mostly common-sense ideas about making B.C. better, and doing the right thing
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Les Leyne: With slim majority, David Eby begins a balancing act

Les Leyne: With slim majority, David Eby begins a balancing act

“Public drug use and people struggling with mental health and severe addictions on our streets are a priority for British Columbians. I heard that loud and clear.”
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Les Leyne: Mark B.C. down as 'undecided'

Les Leyne: Mark B.C. down as 'undecided'

Barring a long-shot change in the count, the NDP will work out an arrangement with the Greens to get some shaky control of the legislature and try to carry on.
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Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

Les Leyne: A dead-heat election for B.C. thanks to Conservative surge

The Conservative Party of B.C.’s stunning surge culminated in a dead-heat election that on Saturday night left them just short of the 47-seat majority.
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