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At 8:35am I entered the building at 999 Canada Place. Walk through the lobby, approach the concierge sitting at a desk in the lobby and proudly state that I'm here for the media lock-up for the budget, in the Premier's Office all full of mys...

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We are just getting ready to leave the office for the (hopefully) comfortable confines of BC's budget release party. We can only hope that the coming party is as much fun as the release party for Van Halen's Van Halen was. Unfortunately the words bu...

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We wrote an opinion piece for the Vancouver Observer about chlorine manufacturing, the transportation of dangerous goods through our city and posed a question as to how we choose to live in this age of where some people are concerned that there is ...

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We are told time and again that business thrives on stability. Why then are the BC Liberals creating such instability in our province? Many of the arts groups in our province applied for and were granted Gaming Money . These are the funds that the l...

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The following press release arrived from Spencer Herbert, MLA for Vancouver-West End as well as opposition critic for Tourism, Culture, and the Arts. And before you get on your anti-arts these suckers don't deserve any tax-payer money during difficu...

topics: mla, west-end

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You have to wonder if Stephen Harper is appointing people to the Canadian Senate who would meet the guiding principles that the Conservatives and Reform Party espouse for members of the Senate; equal, elected, and effective. Imagine if the individual...

topics: candidate, elected

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After having met Premier Campbell, albeit for an extremely brief moment, we feel confident in saying that it is not true that he hates your grandmother...or mine for that matter. We liken Campbell's situation to a man driving along a country road loo...

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You really cannot help but agree with this tweet we picked up from twitter; What is the point of having balanced budget laws when you can just adjust the rules as required? It is somewhat ironic and more than a little frustrating that Gordon Campbel...

topics: election, liberals

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Mayor Gregor, Premier Campbell and Minister Day at the Canada Line opening ceremony....

topics: mayor, premier

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An email we received re the HST:Thought you might be interested in our web site: http://www.bcliberaltaxgrab.ca/ -- it lets voters select the items that will be subject to the HST and cost them more, and send that list to Gordon Campbell, Colin Hanse...