Contract reform would let locals grab share from giant multinationals, NDP says. By Andrew MacLeod www.TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of A Better Place on Earth: The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2015). Find him on Twitter or reach him here.…
Click on link below to read the budget problems in British Columbia Canada. The Liberal Party is failing Canadian citizens again! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-government-wont-match-transit-funding-in-federal-budget/article34393421/?cmpid=rss1&click=dlvr.it …
One week after an apparent gang shooting outside a Surrey hotel, NDP leader John Horgan is promising to increase funding to the city’s Wraparound program to $500,000 a year. The program is a partnership between the Surrey School District, the RCMP and the city which aims to keep kids out of gangs by forging positive…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Russian operative with ties to Donald Trump dies. It’s not an unusual story. In fact, it’s happened seven times in the last year. It’s hard out there for a potentially compromising conduit between Trump and Vladmir Putin. This one strikes particularly close to home.…
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So far, LNG industry hasn’t done much except fill BC Liberal coffers. By Peter McCartney and www.TheTyee.ca Peter McCartney is climate campaigner for the Wilderness Committee. In the last four years, Clark’s BC Liberals have received over $1 million in political contributions from fracking, gas pipeline and LNG companies. Photo: BC Gov’t Flickr. British Columbia’s much-hyped…
The USA Congressional Budget Office says that the Republican health care bill will substantially raise premiums for seniors — by more than 5O%. But Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is CELEBRATING and calling the bill a success! The Republicans cannot play games with our health care like this. The Congressional Budget…
The Liberal Party of Canada will table their federal budget in just a few days time (March 22). It is imperative that citizens seize the moment and act to make this budget a huge turning point for our climate and economy.(1) Canada currently gives big oil $43.3 billion in handouts every single year. That’s enough…
This week, Christy Clark released a budget that she hopes will make you forget everything that has happened in the 16 years since the B.C. Liberals took power. Her “forget everything” budget can’t erase years of neglecting you, your family and your community. It’s no wonder Christy Clark wants to distract people from her record.…
Spot the Difference: BC Liberal Campaign TV Spot, or Taxpayer-Funded ‘Government’ Ad? BC Premier Christy Clark is spending millions on government-paid political propaganda. By Bill Tieleman wrote in TheTyee.ca Bill Tieleman is a former NDP (New Democrat Party) strategist whose clients include unions and businesses in the resource and public…
