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‘A failure of will’: Cullen commission finds fault but no evidence of corruption

By Shannon Waters June 16, 2022

Cabinet ministers, high-level bureaucrats and law enforcement officials were aware B.C. had a problem with dirty money for nearly a decade, but not nearly enough was done to turn the tide until 2018.

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B.C. business groups tell finance committee they want lower taxes 

By Shannon Waters June 14, 2022

The Surrey Board of Trade and the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade want the province to conduct “a comprehensive tax review” as businesses find themselves “buried in provincial debt, rising inflation and an even higher cost of living” in the wake of the pandemic.

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Grassroots NDP supporters want to wrestle party control from central command

By Alan S. Hale June 12, 2022

Disaffected New Democrats, mostly from the left wing of the party, are calling for a “complete overhaul” of the NDP to make it a progressive “movement” driven by members.

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Rural Alberta gets a voice in UCP leadership race

By Catherine Griwkowsky June 7, 2022

Amisk Mayor Bill Rock wants rural Alberta to get attention in the UCP leadership race to replace Premier Jason Kenney.

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First-ever Black MPPs elected to Ontario PC caucus

By Alan S. Hale June 7, 2022

The upcoming term will also mark the first time in Ontario’s history that representatives of the Black community sit on both the government and opposition benches.

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Recommended B.C. legislature reforms still lacking after three years

By Shannon Waters June 6, 2022

In the wake of the 2018 legislature spending scandal, “significant changes” to the Legislative Assembly’s operations were made to ensure the fraud and breach of trust committed by ex-clerk Craig James “never happen again,” according to government house leader Mike Farnworth.

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No hard feelings: Ontario PCs happy to have an old foe on board

By Alan S. Hale June 1, 2022

Patrick Dillom served for years as the head of Ontario Working Families — a union supergroup whose attack ads were the bane of the PCs in election campaigns past.

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Lack of ‘rules’ in MAiD’s incurability test means leaning on ‘clinical hunch,’ says prof

By Palak Mangat May 26, 2022

As Canada prepares to allow people to request medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to address an incurable mental illness, the country runs the risk of seeing people “needlessly die” if assessors are relying on their “clinical hunch,” one expert warned parliamentarians yesterday.

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‘Assault on democracy’: At least half of PC candidates skipping local debates 

By Alan S. Hale May 20, 2022

Queen’s Park Today counted 63 ridings where PC candidates have skipped debates — just over half of their total slate of 122 candidates. 

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Kenney to step down after slim majority of UCP members approve of premier’s performance

By Catherine Griwkowsky May 19, 2022

Premier Jason Kenney announced he will step down as leader of the UCP after receiving 51.4 per cent support among his party members at a leadership review vote.

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