BC Budget 2025: the most consequential in province’s history

In the shadow of 25 per cent Trump tariffs imposed at midnight, Premier David Eby and BC Finance Minister Brenda Bailey delivered a budget and economic plan designed to prepare for the economic storm ahead. Budget 2025 puts a premium on economic stimulus and leans heavily into implementing an economic blueprint designed for life without […]

Eby’s Plan to Tackle Tariffs: Respond, Strengthen, and Diversify 

Against the backdrop of a First Ministers’ meeting beginning today to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs, last night B.C. Premier David Eby outlined his vision for British Columbia’s economic future at the Natural Resources Forum in Prince George.   Highlighting 60 major industrial projects underway in the province and promising new initiatives to streamline […]

BC NDP Secures Narrow Victory for Third Term: Key Insights into Path Forward

Congratulations to Premier Eby, now the real work begins  While it took 10 days of waiting and counting and there are two judicial recounts to come, Premier David Eby and the BC NDP have won a third consecutive term.  On Monday, Elections BC reported that the New Democrats had secured a one-seat majority victory with […]

BC Election Results on a Razor’s Edge as Final Vote Count Looms

Although we will have to wait until Oct. 26-28 to find out who won the BC election, there is much to learn from the final ballot count that wrapped up on the weekend.   Despite both the BC Conservatives and the BC NDP claiming victory and pundits providing their own take on the election, the winner […]

BC Conservatives rise is impressive, but the path to victory is challenging

Regardless of the outcome of the BC election on October 19, the political story of the year has undoubtedly been the historic rise of the BC Conservatives. Barely an afterthought in the 2020 election, the party is now neck and neck with the governing BC NDP over who will lead the province for the next […]

BC Leaders Debate Shifts the Tone for Week Three

Clashing perspectives created a dynamic, respectful debate with BC’s party leaders.    A brisk fall night in Vancouver saw all three leaders of the major political parties provide differing and, at times, divisive views of the future of British Columbia.    BC Conservative Leader John Rustad, BC NDP Leader David Eby, and BC Greens Leader Sonia […]

With Falcon Gone, BC Election is Now Deadlocked

With the risk of stating the obvious, the decision last week by BC United Leader Kevin Falcon to suspend his party’s campaign has changed the entire complexion of the upcoming provincial election.   You can throw any pre-election analysis done before last week out of the window.   Now that Falcon has folded up his campaign tent, […]