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Comment: B.C. embeds mental health stigma and discrimination in legal regulation

Comment: B.C. embeds mental health stigma and discrimination in legal regulation

Bill 21 makes unwarranted assumptions, creates false and stigmatizing connections between lawyers experiencing health conditions and their competency.
Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

A cabinet order coming very shortly will send the rebate idea to the B.C. Utilities Commission and give it 10 days to review whether this is the best possible use of $400 million.
Rob Shaw: Feds wash hands of drug decriminalization, leaving BC NDP to face fallout

Rob Shaw: Feds wash hands of drug decriminalization, leaving BC NDP to face fallout

B.C. government is scrambling for cover as its decriminalization experiment crumbles
Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Taking action implies moving forward, but the B.C. government is going backward and capitulating on decriminalization
Baldrey: Let's put Vancouver's 2026 FIFA World Cup spending into context

Baldrey: Let's put Vancouver's 2026 FIFA World Cup spending into context

Columnist Keith Baldrey believes putting B.C. back into the international spotlight will generate more positives for the province.
Rob Shaw: Finance minister quick to deflect questions over troubled Surrey police transition

Rob Shaw: Finance minister quick to deflect questions over troubled Surrey police transition

Controversy swirls as B.C. government conducts detailed polling on Surrey policing
Opinion: 2026 World Cup goes from shiny object to fiscal nightmare for B.C.

Opinion: 2026 World Cup goes from shiny object to fiscal nightmare for B.C.

Soaring price tag casts doubt on benefits of hosting games
Carson Binda: B.C. should bring back an auditor general for local governments

Carson Binda: B.C. should bring back an auditor general for local governments

Taxpayer dollars drained by local government mismanagement
Rob Shaw: Messy drug decriminalization experiment marred by shifting policies, unhelpful data

Rob Shaw: Messy drug decriminalization experiment marred by shifting policies, unhelpful data

Can B.C. prove its controversial drug program works if it keeps changing the rules and failing to track key metrics?
Editorial: Decriminalization can't work without public support

Editorial: Decriminalization can't work without public support

Apparently, the lesson to be learned is that for some form of decriminalization to succeed, it will have to be a bottom-up movement, not top-down.