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Special prosecutor to help RCMP look into B.C. political donations
The Legislature Building is reflected in a puddle as a person walks past in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. (Chad Hipolito/CP) VANCOUVER – A special prosecutor has been appointed to...
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NDP, Green buses rolling ahead of official start to B.C. campaign
B.C. Premier Christy Clark arrives to take part in the Meeting of First Ministers and National Indigenous Leaders in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick VICTORIA — The...
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Submit your questions for the B.C. party leaders’ debate
The economy, health care, education, transportation, transparency in government? All of the above? What is your hot-button issue in this provincial election? If you have a question for one, or all, of...
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B.C. party leaders campaign on health care, jobs
Liberal Leader Christy Clark speaks to candidates and supporters at the Elk Lake boathouse in Saanich, B.C., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (Chad Hipolito/CP) BURNABY, B.C. – New Democrat Leader John...
View ArticleWatch the B.C. leaders debate: VIDEO
The economy, health care, education, transportation, transparency in government? All of the above? With plenty of hot-button issues in the 2017 British Columbia provincial election, NEWS 1130 hosted a...
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Why John Horgan got scrappy in the B.C. election debate
Horgan showed mocking disdain for Clark throughout Thursday’s debate (CityTv, News1130) You only get one chance at a first impression, the old saying goes, and the B.C. NDP’s John Horgan—a leader...
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The B.C. election and the folly of strategic voting
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan, left to right, Liberal Leader Christy Clark and B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver pose for a photo following the leaders debate in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, April 20,...
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B.C. premier promises fight over Trump lumber tariff
Liberal Leader Christy Clark addresses workers and local candidates while standing in front of stacks of western red cedar wood during a campaign stop at CedarLine Industries, a manufacturer of western...
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Christy Clark calls for coal export ban after softwood lumber duties
Liberal Leader Christy Clark greets workers during a campaign stop at CedarLine Industries, a manufacturer of western red cedar products, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday April 24, 2017. A provincial...
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Will money and arrogance cost Christy Clark the BC election?
An NDP supporter in Kamloops, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP) The encounter lasted just seven seconds, but the fallout from a voter’s chance handshake with Premier Christy Clark is haunting the governing B.C....
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In B.C. election 2017, the Green Party could be kingmakers
Weaver gets out of a vehicle to stop to talk to reporters outside a campaign stop by NDP Leader John Horgan in Nanaimo, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP) The Greens have hit more than a few high points in B.C.’s...
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B.C. voters head to the polls
(Taehoon Kim; Chad Hipolito/CP; Chad Hipolito/CP) VANCOUVER – Voters in British Columbia head to the polls today at the end of a sometimes bruising 28-day campaign fought on jobs, the economy and the...
View ArticleB.C. Election 2017: Live Results Map
More from Maclean’s on the B.C. election: • The B.C. election delivered Christy Clark a hollow victory • Liberals cling to minority government after B.C. election 2017 • John Horgan’s roller-coaster...
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Liberals cling to minority government after B.C. election 2017
B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark waves to the crowd following the B.C. Election in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) The ultimate make-up of British...
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The next few days in B.C. politics will be strange and fun
Let’s make a deal! (Taehoon Kim; Chad Hipolito/CP) We don’t have much experience staying up late to watch election results roll in here in British Columbia. Federally, elections tend to be decided...
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The B.C. election delivered Christy Clark a hollow victory
B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark makes phone calls from her campaign headquarters in West Kelowna, B.C., Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The British Columbia election will be held on Tuesday. (Jonathan...
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What is a minority government, and other questions Canada is googling
A woman arrives at a polling station to vote in the provincial election in the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 9, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/CP) The B.C. election is over,...
View ArticleB.C. Election 2017: How the electoral map changed
Another election is in the books in British Columbia, with Liberal leader Christy Clark remaining premier, though for the first time since the 1950s the province elected a minority government. British...
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Nine voters who could have swung the B.C. election
B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark shares a laugh with local candidate Jim Benninger during a campaign stop in Courtney, B.C., Monday, May 8, 2017. (JONATHAN HAYWARD/CP) Nine votes. Ahead of any...
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B.C.’s wild election is an opportunity for major democratic changes
After an election in which issues around democracy were a major focus, a vote split between the B.C. Liberal, NDP and Green parties could lead to the first minority government in the province in 52...
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Six ways B.C.’s new government could unfold
(Ben Nelms/CP) While others like Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne gave Christy Clark kudos for a victory, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley eschewed any normal congratulations in favour of a...
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Canada is a federation of frenemies—and pipeline politics prove it
Pipes and tanks are seen behind a barbed wire fence at the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain facility in Edmonton, Alta., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (Jonathan Hayward/CP) On Tuesday, Alberta premier Rachel...
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B.C. Liberals say they want to form minority government
B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark waves to the crowd following the B.C. Election in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) VICTORIA – British Columbia entered a new...
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What happens next in B.C.
Andrew Weaver says he wants to end the uncertainty over who will govern B.C. by reaching a deal with either the NDP or Liberals by Wednesday. (Chad Hipolito/CP) So the recounts are over in the...
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NDP-Green pact lowers curtain on B.C. Liberal reign
Weaver, left, and Horgan were spotted together on Sunday, laughing it up at a rugby match (CP) It was a day for surprises in British Columbia. The Liberals’ 16-year run in power in the province appears...
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Big changes in store for B.C. under NDP and Greens
Weaver (l) and Horgan were all grins as they signed their pact (CP) You say you want a revolution, British Columbia. Well, it looks like one begins Wednesday. The difference between Liberal leader...
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A brave new world of policy in British Columbia
British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark speaks to the media in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 30, 2017. (Ben Nelms/Reuters) It has been weeks since British Columbians elected a plurality of...
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Justin Trudeau, Christy Clark and a high-stakes Game of Pipelines
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, announcing that his government would approve two pipeline projects. (Sean...
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How the B.C. Liberals squandered their chance to keep power
Clark, after a news conference in Vancouver in which she admitted her government is likely doomed (Darryl Dyck/CP) Imagine the Pittsburgh Penguins had left Sidney Crosby home for the Stanley Cup...
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Why the B.C. Liberals should suck it up and offer a Speaker
Linda Reid, the most recent Speaker of the B.C. legislative assembly, arrives for a session THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito With grins and a handshake, John Horgan and Andrew Weaver ended four weeks...
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Why British Columbia should hold another election—right away
A cleaner readies the Legislative Assembly at the Legislature in Victoria on February 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito In May, not even a month ago, British Columbians took to the polls to...
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How the B.C. Speaker should manage a messy House
Peter Milliken in the Commons in 2011 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) The brinksmanship, procedural wrangling and finger-pointing in Victoria begins on Thursday, when the B.C. legislature convenes for the first...
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The foul cynicism of Christy Clark’s speech from the throne
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, left, and NDP leader John Horgan, right, look on as B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon gives the Speech from the Throne in Victoria, Thursday, June 22,...
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B.C. Liberals face confidence vote that could end 16 years in power
B.C. Premier Christy Clark listens to a question during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 30, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/CP) VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minority Liberal government is...
View ArticleThe B.C. legislature votes on the government’s future: Live video
Less than a week after B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon delivered a Speech from the Throne that borrowed heavily from the most recent NDP and Green election platforms—and reversed Liberal...
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Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals fall after non-confidence vote
(Darryl Dyck/CP) VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minority Liberal government lost a non-confidence vote Thursday in the legislature, setting the stage for the NDP to govern or for another election. No...
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B.C. gets a new premier. The system worked.
British Columbia Premier-designate, NDP Leader John Horgan pauses while speaking outside Government House after meeting with Lt-Gov. Judith Guichon in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, June 29, 2017. THE...
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How ‘the system’ failed B.C. voters
British Columbia Premier-designate, NDP Leader John Horgan pauses while speaking outside Government House after meeting with Lt-Gov. Judith Guichon in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, June 29, 2017. THE...
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The dimmed political legacy of Christy Clark
B.C. Premier Christy Clark listens to a question during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday May 30, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/CP) Just a day shy of a month ago, Christy Clark’s government was...
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The curious emptiness of Christy Clark’s legacy
Clark speaks to media next to her son Hamish after announcing she will be stepping down as B.C. Liberal leader and MLA i (Ben Nelms/CP) Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, who steps down on Friday after...
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