Opinion

Comment: Landlords being victimized by the NDP government

When the government found itself with a housing shortage, rather than build more homes, or create an environment for more homes to be built, they saw an opportunity to extort money from those who are successful.

Nov 25, 2023 4:15 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Housing push has to meet labour needs

The province’s excitement about jobs is tempered by anxiety about the housing shortage

Nov 25, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Underplayed CleanBC costs under fire

BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says CleanBC costs will hit households hard

Nov 23, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Opinion: If you eat, you're paying the carbon tax

To reduce or avoid the carbon tax on our food, we would need to challenge the big producers and retailers and their ridiculous supply chains.

Nov 23, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Battling an octopus

Nov 23, 2023 3:45 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Ombudsman finds COVID benefits clawback unfair

He released a report on how midstream changes to the B.C. Emergency Benefit mean thousands of people are being asked to return $1,000 grants.

Nov 22, 2023 4:35 AM Read more >

Comment: Canada must double social housing this National Housing Day

Homes are like oxygen or water — utterly essential for human life.

Nov 22, 2023 4:08 AM Read more >

Opinion: Home prices have gone up much faster than inflation

House prices have gone through the roof and wages have not kept up.

Nov 21, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: B.C. government's catalogue of standardized house designs

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Nov 21, 2023 2:54 AM Read more >

Baldrey: Why Premier David Eby — one year later — says there's more work ahead

At the first B.C. NDP convention in four years, Eby's messaging on the future was made "abundantly clear," according to Keith Baldrey.

Nov 20, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >