BC’s LNG industry – flogging a dead horse
— by Eoin Finn — In British Columbia, LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) is an industry on life support. The problem: the public is paying for the treatment. At the height…
The Big Stall – How big oil and think tanks have blocked climate action in Canada
— by Donald Gutstein — Just weeks after Justin Trudeau won the October 2015 federal election, John Manley, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, business’s main lobby group,…
Andrew Coyne chooses Proportional Representation
— by Andrew Coyne — Raised in Winnipeg, Mr. Coyne is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. He is national affairs columnist for…
The recriminalization of cannabis
— by Michael Bryant — Cannabis crime will go up, not down, now that cannabis has been “legalized” by the Trudeau government. Because the law that passed Parliament amounts to…
Politics – if it’s broke, fix it
— by Bruce Mason — Staying informed about our political life has always induced headaches, varying in severity. These days, the frequency of temple-thumping migraines caused by out-of-control elected officials…
High rollers jump on pot bandwagon
— by Bruce Mason — Former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney (pictured with Trudeau, above) jumped into legalized (sort-of) recreational weed with both Gucci loafers. He is among many former top…
Video: Why voting in British Columbia needs reform
Dayla Hart and David Gagnon recently put together this 2-minute stop motion LEGO® animation pointing out the fundamental flaw of First-Past-The-Post, and promoting Urban-Rural Proportional Representation for British Columbia’s voting…
The case for proportional representation
Kinder, gentler democracies by Sonia Furstenau Let me start where I’m going to end: we have an extraordinary opportunity to make our electoral system better. But the debate around this…
Now is your chance to modernize BC’s voting system
Why you need to vote for Proportional Representation Between October 22 and November 2, British Columbians will receive a ballot package in the mail from Elections BC asking us if…
Proportional representation an historic opportunity to improve democracy in BC
by Eoin Finn I grew up in Ireland, which has used a system of proportional representation (ProRep) since it became a Republic almost 100 years ago. I have voted in…