ORIGINALLY written by: MARISA MANFREDO and published March 30, 2017 MARISA COMPLETED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN 2013 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN CREATIVE WRITING AND MEDIA STUDIES. SHE IS AN ADVOCATE OF PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND FOCUSES HER INTERESTS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND PREVENTING SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. At the end…
The school voucher system proposed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos does not mean you can choose any school you want your kid to go to. It means the public education program will be dismantled. If your child has an IEP (individual education plan for students with special needs), kiss it goodbye. If you have…
Originally written by: Heather Libby, BC NDP Digital Team | March 28, 2017 Six times, the BC NDP has tried to get big money out of politics. On May 9, you can finally make it happen. When BC NDP MLA Carole James proposed a committee to fix BC’s broken electoral finance rules, she knew that…
Accounting ploys kept rates down, government revenue up — but at big future costs. Storm clouds over the W.A.C. Bennett dam — and BC Hydro. Photo by Tad McIlwraith, from Your BC: The Tyee’s Photo Pool. The Liberal government in Ontario is facing a major political crisis due to opposition to the rapid increase…
BC Pays a ‘Huge Premium’ for Contracting Out Health Admin: Analyst Cost of Maximus contract has ballooned over its 10-year term. By Andrew MacLeod Today | 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…
Get more acquainted with the next premier of British Columbia (if he can win the May Election) Please visit these 3 links: Click on link below for second video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0F8X8TfzI …
Privatization, lack of investment and broken promises have been and are costly. By Paul Willcocks Today | TheTyee.ca Paul Willcocks is a journalist and former publisher of newspapers, and now an editor with The Tyee. This report is part of The Tyee’s reader-funded B.C. 2017 election coverage. To learn more about becoming a Tyee Builder, go here. …
Here are 41 of the sketchiest things that happened during Christy Clark’s time as Premier of BC The Victoria Times-Colonist’s editorial board recently suggested Clark’s “ethical standards” do not reflect “the values British Columbians should expect from political parties.” Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail’s editorial board said Clark’s BC Liberal government is “addicted to money” and added that “the perception…
Star Witness In Treason Trial Involving Trump’s Campaign Chair Was Just Shot Dead BY SHEILA NORTON (Sheila Norton is a journalist and consultant specializing in political and economic affairs) published originally March 23, 2017 Yesterday, documents surfaced showing that former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort had received at least $750,000 in illegal payments from former Ukrainian President Victor…
The number of close Trump associates who have been accused of having undisclosed contact with Russian agents, or who have reportedly been investigated by the F.B.I., now stands at 7. Here’s the scorecard: Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager; Michael Cohen, his personal lawyer; Roger Stone, a longtime political associate; Carter Page, an oil-industry…
