NORTH VANCOUVER – Bowinn Ma MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale is welcoming an injection of $18.6 million to the B.C. Search and Rescue Association over the next three years as the province looks at sustainable funding options. “B.C.’s ground search and …
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BC Liberals double down against “wacky” renters by supporting unlimited rent increases
VICTORIA – BC Liberal housing critic Sam Sullivan added to the growing list of reasons why a BC Liberal government would be bad for renters by confirming his opposition to rent controls. Removing rent controls would lead to unlimited rent …
New building code changes already leading to investments in wood innovation and good jobs in B.C.
CASTLEGAR – Recent building code changes by the New Democrat government are already having a positive effect, with the announcement of a new $35-million mass timber plant in the West Kootenays by locally-owned Kalesnikoff Lumber. “Expanding B.C.’s innovative wood-products sector …
British Columbians support speculation tax by nearly three-to-one margin, new poll shows
A new poll today by Research Co shows that 68% of British Columbians support the BC NDP government’s speculation and vacancy tax. Just 24% of people disagree with it. The poll shows broad support for the speculation and vacancy tax …
Andrew Wilkinson finds safe harbour with yacht club members after learning that renters and students don’t like the cut of his jib
VICTORIA – Following recent apologies and walkbacks for his “insulting” and “out of touch” comments about renters and students, BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson sailed into the West Vancouver Yacht Club yesterday to say ahoy to about two-dozen members of …
On the defensive for opposing interest-free student loans, Andrew Wilkinson pretends he never opposed them in the first place
For the second time in a week, BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is walking back comments described by people as “out of touch” and “insulting.” Wilkinson had said Tuesday that interest-free student loans are “not the right way to go …
Andrew Wilkinson is even out of touch with his own MLAs on interest-free student loans
As BC students describe Andrew Wilkinson’s belief that “students will get carried away” with interest-free student loans as “insulting,” it appears that Andrew Wilkinson is out of touch with more than just renters and students. Even his own MLAs disagree …
Asked about his comments that students “may get carried away” with interest-free loans, Andrew Wilkinson doubles down
VICTORIA – Yesterday, BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson’s reasons for opposing interest-free student loans sparked hundreds of online reactions calling him “out of touch” and in need of a “reality check”. Today, reporters asked Andrew Wilkinson if he believed students …
“Is he just legitimately on a different planet?” and other things people are saying about Andrew Wilkinson’s opposition to interest-free student loans
Hot on the heels of calling renting “fun” and “wacky,” BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is facing a whole new backlash for being “out of touch with the real world” on the lives of students. Yesterday afternoon, BC NDP MLA Ravi …
Andrew Wilkinson’s policies on renting are even more out of touch than his words, says Robinson
VICTORIA – Andrew Wilkinson’s policies would hurt renters and make the housing crisis worse, says BC NDP Housing Minister Selina Robinson. “A half-hearted apology isn’t good enough if Andrew Wilkinson is going to roll back every action we have taken …