Every senior in British Columbia deserves the peace of mind that comes with having safe and affordable housing – yet too many can’t find the secure, accessible, affordable homes they need. Our government is working with community partners to increase the supply of housing and make sure more seniors have good homes they can ...

To The Editor: With a focus on British Columbia and the issues of electoral reform and climate policy, I see potential for a meaningful relationship.  I admit I’m looking for ‘good news’ scenarios.  It has really bothered me to see contradictory government statements and actions that, on one hand, advocate for a climate change...

Our old first-past-the-post voting system isn’t fair. It doesn’t work to support democracy. It works for political insiders. Those insiders know how to use the system to get elected without having support from the majority of all voters. The voting system is the hardware of our representative democracy. It is supposed to elect...

To The Editor: One of the things that first attracted me to proportional representation, PR, apart from the fact that it just made sense, is that it is supported by people across the political spectrum. At my first PR meeting in 2004, I sat next to someone from the Canadian Rate Payer's Federation and Andrew Coyne was the...

As summer approaches and people look for things to do over the coming weeks, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is offering fun ideas that help out nature. Our individual actions can have big impacts and NCC has launched its second annual cross-country Small Acts of Conservation challenge. It consists of a checklist of ...

Move over Quebec, the mantle has been passed. With last week's release of Dirty Money, the report on money laundering in B.C. casinos by former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German, the province that Maclean's Magazine once called the most corrupt in Canada now finds itself an also ran to B.C. A lot of public attention has...

Two Kootenay communities have agreed to send letters to the top 20 biggest fossil fuel companies asking them to pay their fair share in local climate costs. This is in line with the Climate Law in Our Hands initiative that is asking local governments all over BC to write letters to the fossil fuel industry to demand accountability....

Wayne Stetski, Member of Parliament for Kootenay – Columbia and NDP National Parks Critic, offers his monthly column from Ottawa and the riding. A very busy session of Parliament ended on June 20th, with over 400 votes on bills and amendments in the final couple of weeks with the House of Commons sitting until midnight. I was...

Too many people in B.C can’t find a family doctor, or are forced to wait long hours in emergency rooms in the evenings and on weekends to access the care they need. We’re getting to work to fix the problems and deliver better health care for people. At the heart of our strategy is a new focus on primary care that puts patients...

A recent Supreme Court ruling will limit the cross-country flow of beer — and other goods and services — for Canadians this Canada Day long weekend and beyond, confirms a report released Thursday by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian policy think-tank. “At a time when Canadians are particularly sensitive...