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Rob Shaw: B.C. bracing for one of its weirdest, wildest budgets in history

B.C.’s provincial budget is shaping up to have three broad takeaways: A big new record-setting deficit, large pots of unallocated cash to respond to American...

Rob Shaw: B.C. ships dirty American coal but NDP scoffs at leveraging it

On paper, it sounds like something a BC NDP government would support: A financial penalty against dirty American coal being shipped across the border for...

Rob Shaw: Eby’s $1.8B grocery rebate was for tough times until tough times killed it

Was the marquee promise of the BC NDP’s election campaign a big, fat, whopper of a lie that the party could never fulfil but nonetheless...

Rob Shaw: Diversifying B.C. trade too late for tariff storm after past NDP misfires

It starts with Kentucky bourbon, spreads to peanut butter, and is accompanied by a splash of orange juice. The Canadian response to Donald Trump’s tariffs...

Rob Shaw: Conservatives step in as Eby government dodges business leaders

Ever since it was barely re-elected, the BC NDP government has promised a renewed focus on growing the economy, creating jobs and generating new sources...

Rob Shaw: Eby plays best hand with limited deck for new cabinet

Premier David Eby unveiled a far weaker cabinet Monday than the one he carried into last election. But with some smart ministry re-organizations, and careful...

Rob Shaw: Rustad pledges to close B.C.’s overdose prevention sites

BC Conservative leader John Rustad had been building for months to his announcement Sunday that he’d close B.C. safe injection sites and replace them with...

Rob Shaw: Will Rustad’s appearance on Jordan Peterson’s podcast boost or backfire?

As the BC Conservatives wrestle with yet more candidate problems, leader John Rustad is himself stirring the pot with an appearance on the podcast of...

Rob Shaw: NDP trumpets child-care win while Ottawa foots most of the bill

B.C.’s New Democrat government put on a masterclass Thursday in how to spend somebody else’s money while still managing to take all the credit for...

Rob Shaw: Weak tenancy laws do little to help B.C. landlords battle ‘cuckooing’ criminals

When John rented his Victoria family home to a newly divorced mother of two kids, who said she just needed a place to get back...

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