British Columbia Today Archives

NDP dominated 2020 fundraising ahead of election call

By Shannon Waters November 4, 2020

Even without the snap election win, 2020 has been a very good year for the BC NDP — especially when it comes to fundraising.

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Cue the cabinet speculation

By Shannon Waters October 29, 2020

The composition of B.C.’s next parliament will not be finalized until sometime next month, but that has not stopped pundits, activists and political insiders from contemplating the makeup of the next NDP cabinet.

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Green leader fending off NDP effort to swipe her seat

By Shannon Waters October 21, 2020

Just over five weeks after becoming leader of the Green Party, Sonia Furstenau is battling for her political survival.

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Knives out: War rooms throw pot shots and hope they land

By Allison Smith October 20, 2020

With just days to go before voting day, the parties’ war rooms are still looking for a scandal that will stick.

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Horgan apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ answer to debate question on white privilege

By Shannon Waters October 14, 2020

NDP Leader John Horgan, Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau squared off Tuesday evening for the campaign’s first and only leaders’ debate.

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NDP promises new recovery benefit as part of 2020 platform

By Shannon Waters October 7, 2020

Recovery, affordability and security are top issues in the NDP’s re-election platform, which proposes to spend $6.9 billion over the next three years — not including capital costs.

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Scheduling ‘skullduggery’ on the campaign trail

By Shannon Waters October 2, 2020

There may be many hours in a day, but during the second week of the election campaign the NDP and Liberal leaders zeroed in on just one: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Inside the leaders’ campaigns

By Shannon Waters September 30, 2020

It’s an election unlike any before, but the leaders of B.C.’s three main parties have surrounded themselves with familiar faces on the campaign trail.

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Liberals promise immediate one-year suspension of PST

By Shannon Waters September 29, 2020

If elected, a BC Liberal government would immediately suspend the provincial sales tax (PST) for a year — then set it at three per cent “until the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Surgical backlog to be cleared by end of 2021, health minister says

By Shannon Waters September 21, 2020

B.C. has made “extraordinary progress” in addressing its surgical backlog since restarting non-urgent procedures in mid-May, according to Health Minister Adrian Dix.

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