Vaughn Palmer: Satisfaction reached on historic UNDRIP after five days of...
VICTORIA — The New Democrats and B.C. Liberals both pronounced themselves satisfied this week, when the house wrapped up a marathon exchange on the government’s UNDRIP legislation. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Will courts allow the good intentions of UNDRIP to work once...
VICTORIA — As the legislature entered the final week of the fall session, the New Democrats had to assure First Nations the UNDRIP legislation was not in danger. Read More
View ArticlePrayers to continue at B.C. legislature, but now there will also be...
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View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Horgan's on a high, but real challenges lie ahead for his...
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan ended the fall session of the B.C. legislature on a high this week, after a downbeat beginning and bumps along the way. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Frustrated forestry workers vent on Trevena, NDP's lack of a...
VICTORIA — Cabinet minister Claire Trevena returned from the capital to her riding this week and walked into a buzz saw of anger over NDP neglect of the troubled forest industry. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: James' financial forecast calls for a few B.C. clouds, but...
VICTORIA — Finance Minister Carole James found her economic forecasting council to be a little less optimistic Friday than at this time last year. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Hurting could soon be over in WFP dispute, but why the lengthy...
VICTORIA — Cabinet minister Claire Trevena assured an angry crowd in her riding that she would bring their calls for intervention in the troubled forest sector to this week’s meeting of the NDP...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: James defends controversial cash cow, a tax geared to beef up...
VICTORIA — With the NDP approaching the second anniversary of its speculation tax, Finance Minister Carole James decided it was time to take a victory lap with the controversial measure. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Both Weaver and NDP a bit restless about Green party...
VICTORIA — The Green party’s provincial council is planning next week to name an interim successor to take over from leader Andrew Weaver when he steps down early in the new year. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Horgan misspoke of B.C. being woke about Pro Rep, and other...
VICTORIA — Throughout last year's referendum on electoral reform, there was a common assumption that younger voters would deliver a strong vote in favour of proportional representation. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Horgan aims to get handle on ICBC, downplays rumours of snap...
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says the NDP government's goal for 2020 is to “build on the successes we’ve had and to reboot and retool in areas where we’re not meeting the same level of success.” Read...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Weaver's move to independent status raises party's, rivals'...
VICTORIA — The B.C. Greens tried Wednesday to put the best face on the news that former leader and party builder Andrew Weaver was leaving their caucus to sit as an independent. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Horgan hailed, assailed over his handling of Coastal GasLink...
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan earned a rare honour when he was invited late last year to address the national Assembly of First Nations for having enshrined the UN Declaration on the Rights of...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Judges throw a costly wrench into Horgan's pointless pipeline...
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan and the New Democrats expressed disappointment this week when the Supreme Court of Canada threw out their last legal challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion....
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: A few words from Ted Hughes could end a politician's career
VICTORIA — When I heard that Ted Hughes had passed away Friday after a brief illness, I thought back almost 30 years, to the day when I sat in a room at the legislature with other reporters, reading...
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Activism or pragmatism, the divide between Weaver and the...
VICTORIA — Andrew Weaver left the Green party caucus as scheduled on Monday and now sits as an independent member of the B.C. legislature. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Money-laundering inquiry is a big ask legally, plus deadline...
VICTORIA — The NDP government-ordered public inquiry into money-laundering has prepared a budget of $15 million and scheduled three rounds of hearings starting next month. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: BCTF draws up internal plan for escalating job action
VICTORIA — The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has crafted a plan to pressure the John Horgan NDP government into putting more money into contract talks with teachers. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: Never the yes man, Lekstrom wants no part of NDP's caribou...
VICTORIA — Blair Lekstrom resigned in frustration this week as Premier John Horgan’s liaison to the northeast community on the caribou rescue plan. Read More
View ArticleVaughn Palmer: B.C. cabinet shuffle was no reboot, just a bit of tinkering
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan wrapped up last year by indicating that his NDP government, having passed the halfway mark, was due for a makeover. Read More
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