Opinion

POLL: Are you in favour of doing away with Daylight Saving Time?

Question of the week for Nov. 25

• Nov 25, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: Speaker Darryl Plecas demonstrates his character again

B.C. legislature speaker’s latest self-serving move is incredible

• by Tom Fletcher

COLUMN: Higher interest rates will slow B.C. economy after ‘unusually robust’ show

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

• Nov 20, 2018

POLL: Have you done any Christmas shopping yet?

Question of the week for Nov. 19

• Nov 18, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: Setting speed limits in a post-fact political environment

Media prefer ‘speed kills’ narrative, even when it fails to appear

• by Tom Fletcher

Social media leaves anyone with an opinion vulnerable to scorched-earth attacks

Demonize and dog-pile. If you disagree with me, you are not only wrong, you are evil. The enemy…

• Nov 15, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: Seniors home worker discrimination finally ending

Health Minister Adrian Dix righting a serious wrong

• by Tom Fletcher

POLL: Have you mailed in your electoral reform ballot yet?

Question of the week for Nov. 12

• Nov 10, 2018

Wolf: Keeping score is part of life

Fun is always paramount in youth sports - but winning and losing provide valuable lessons

• by Philip Wolf

Proposed law could treat serious offenders lightly

If Bill C-75 passes in its present form, criminals of various kinds will almost certainly be heartened and emboldened by the prospect of lighter penalties.

• by Andrea DeMeer

POLL: Are you wearing a poppy ahead of Remembrance Day?

Question of the week for Nov. 5

• Nov 5, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: Going back to the disco era of labour relations

NDP may remove restrictions on school strikes, union sign-ups

• by Tom Fletcher

POLL: Do you favour the first-past-the-post voting system?

Question of the week for Oct. 29

• Oct 28, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: The conquest of rural B.C. nears completion

Chapter three: control MLA selection from party headquarters

• by Tom Fletcher

GUEST COLUMN: Proportional representation curbs extremist movements

Pioneer of B.C. electoral reform argues for yes vote in referendum

• Oct 27, 2018

POLL: Did you vote in the municipal elections?

Question of the week for Oct. 22

• Oct 22, 2018

B.C. VIEWS: Residents have had enough of catering to squatters

Media myth of homeless victims offends those who know better

• by Tom Fletcher

GUEST COLUMN: B.C.’s proportional representation vote is dishonest, misleading

Veteran of 2005 Citizens’ Assembly urges rejection of new voting systems

• Oct 21, 2018

GUEST COLUMN: A better way to manage B.C.’s public construction

Claire Trevena responds to Andrew Wilkinson on NDP union policy

• Oct 14, 2018

Poll: Will you be headed south this winter for a vacation?

Question of the week for Oct. 15

• Oct 14, 2018