New Gas, Trade and Tech Ministries in Clark’s Cabinet
BC premier promises her team will ‘accelerate’ jobs plan and ‘run a tight ship.’
Tag Archives: BC Politics
Saanich people launch campaign to restore traditional landmark names
The name of Vancouver Island’s Saanich nation – WSÁNEC, as they spell it – means “emerging people.” And today, a remarkable re-emergence of traditional names is occurring in the peninsula they call home.
A People’s Geography of BC
Renaming of Saanich mountain latest in campaign to reclaim indigenous landmarks.
Dix to Sit Tight, For Now
Describing the BC New Democrats’ sobering election defeat as “impossibly disappointing” and “searing,” Adrian Dix has vowed to remain leader of the party despite accepting “full responsibility” for the May 14 results which saw the NDP drop to 33 seats compared to the Liberals’ 50.
Photo: Heavy Files Sit on Premier Clark’s Desk
Photo published in The Tyee. One of the first items that B.C.’s new government needs to deal with is finding a speedier method of reaching treaties with First Nations because the unresolved land claims issue impacts the entire province, according to two political science professors.
What If Political Parties Stood behind Their Bozos?
Have we gone too far in preventing Rob Ford-like outbursts and gaffes on the campaign trail?
Photo: Clark’s New Team: ‘Rowing in Same Direction’
Photo published in The Tyee: British Columbians returned the BC Liberal Party to power this week, but the team that will be assembling in Victoria is very different from the one before the election.
Liberals given ‘clear mandate’ on resource development: Clark
Emboldened on her first day as Premier-elect, Christy Clark deftly navigated around questions about oil tanker and pipeline safety at her first post-election press conference.
Clark’s Liberals Win in Stunning Comeback
Stay tuned as reports come in from our on-the-ground team.
Cummins blames Conservative defeat on big money, special interests, and ghosts of NDP’s ‘dark decade’
Wielding a stern but unwavering face, Conservative leader John Cummins blamed tonight’s BC Liberals’ election win — and his party’s bewildering implosion — on British Columbians’ fears of the New Democrat “dark decade” in power.
David P Ball 