PV Vancouver Bureau
With only a few technical glitches, the 43rd British Columbia provincial convention of the Communist Party of Canada took place over the November 21-22 weekend. The convention was held online through Zoom, due to the limits [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau
After a short BC election campaign ended on October 24, John Horgan's NDP is ready to form a strong majority government in the next legislature. The right-wing corporate Liberals under Andrew Wilkinson suffered a major [...]
The five candidates nominated by the Communist Party of BC in the October 24 provincial election have all been involved in movements to defend the environment, reduce carbon emissions, and build solidarity with Indigenous land defenders and water [...]
Communist Party campaigning in five ridings
PV Vancouver Bureau
BC Premier John Horgan’s snap election is a cynical attempt to reap political advantage from momentarily favourable polling numbers. By calling the vote a year ahead of [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau
The strangest election the West Coast has witnessed in many years is underway, with voters casting ballots by mail, or going to the polls in person on October 24.
For the last three years, BC Premier John Horgan had vowed [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau
With 13 months left until the British Columbia election scheduled for October 2021, Premier John Horgan's minority NDP government is among the most popular in Canada. But a year is an eternity in 21st century politics. Public [...]
While the corporate media's attention was focused on demonstrations outside the Legislature in Victoria, the BC government's 2020 budget was delivered inside on February 18. Anti-poverty groups, some of which rely on provincial funding to maintain [...]
PV Vancouver Bureau
The October 14 Vancouver civic byelection for one city council seat and nine school trustees was an interesting test of political winds heading towards the regular municipal elections next year. The results were [...]
Site C is a wildly speculative economic gamble, a violation of First Nations treaty rights, and an attack on the people and environment of northern BC.