Opinion

Christy Clark’s sudden and unexpected resignation as both party leader and MLA gives the B.C. Liberals an early chance at renewal and rebranding, but it also strengthens the NDP’s grip on power.

We didn’t think we’d find ourselves saying this – at least not quite so soon – but British Columbians actually have good reason to miss Christy Clark.

An open letter to Terry Beech, Burnaby North-Seymour MP: I write to express my deepest thanks to you for representing my views and those of so many other Burnaby residents when you recently voted “nay” to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

“I cannot imagine what they’re going through. “I lost my daughter for about 15 minutes at the PNE when she was two. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have your child taken away from you under these circumstances.” Burnaby RCMP Supt.

Dear Editor: This is a thank you to the person in the black jeep who spotted the mother duck with her babies on Marine Way. Also a huge thanks to all of the motorists in all six lanes who stopped, to let the ducks cross to the other side.

Dear Editor: In 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples observed, “A country cannot be built on a living lie.” Now is the time, during the Canada 150 activities, to complete the story.

It may possess a tiny majority in the legislature, but the new B.C. NDP government has hit the ground running with a speed that suggests a confidence that exceeds the tightness of the seating plan in the house.

As one of its first acts since taking power, the Green-backed NDP minority government raised the amount people on disability and welfare can collect each month by $100.

Dear Editor: It’s property tax time. For many of us, the massive increase in assessed property values means hundreds of dollars in city tax increases – about 25 per cent – over 2016.

Houston, we have a consensus. Well, almost. All three parties in the B.C. legislature now support a ban on corporate and union donations, as well as setting a cap on personal contributions. It's that last one that gets tricky.