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Kirk LapointeBIV |
In principle, you do not buy what you cannot afford. But when it comes to shiny objects and public finances, well, you just figure out a payment plan....
It is more dramatic and momentous in telling a story to look for an epiphany that changed someone’s purpose – a sensational event, a striking...
Time was, a federal budget was a breathlessly-anticipated, market-jolting, ultra-secretive, capital-E Event. Journalists were typically dared for...
When you want to feed hungry children in this country, you realize Canada isn’t built well for it. We will find out how in the next months. For five...
When Metro Vancouver officials finally revealed last month that the North Shore wastewater treatment plant’s price tag had reached $3.86 billion,...
A community’s identity is defined in no small measure by the ambitions of its business leadership in using its power to tackle fundamental social...
The Canadian and British Columbian economies are in distress, but you could be forgiven for not noticing. At a surface level, much appears in shape....
If anything can rival the surprising status of the Vancouver Canucks, it must be that of the BC NDP. A half-year from an election, the script wasn’t...
At first blush, B.C. Premier David Eby and federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have little in common other than being carbon-based forms of...
In its first half-dozen years, the provincial gestures on housing have been what the Texas ranchers refer to all hat and no cattle. In any other...
Far be it from me to defend the plight of the high-net-worth Canadian. I recognize it’s a national sport to caricaturize rich folks. It’s not...
It isn’t often – in fact, can anyone remember a time? – that Vancouver has had four ascendant sports franchises. In fact, can anyone not...
Ashamed to admit it, I somehow missed the news about the global competition to be the first jurisdiction to enshrine in law the requirement to only...
Ashamed to admit it, I somehow missed the news about the global competition to be the first jurisdiction to enshrine in law the requirement to only...
A conversation a couple of weeks ago with a seatmate on a plane returning to Vancouver shed light on the delicate protocol he faces with shoplifters...
For homeowners, if not quite for consumers, there deserve to be sighs of relief with Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index data. Finally, it appears,...
It is a grand pretension that a city, a province, even a federal government can solve homelessness on any scale. They approach this from the...
I am writing to argue for more government, and no, I do not believe I have lost my mind. Hear me out. The time has come to plot a path to dismantle...
I know only too well from personal experience the power of a political apology. Nine years ago, a blanket mea culpa from the Vancouver mayor for going...
While we depend on our leaders to deliver us difficult news, we also depend on them to keep important secrets from us at the right time. We may not...
Field notes on the fall: Labour Day, in my view, is the start of the New Year. We pack away the flip-flops, stop wearing the white pants...
Alain Bertaud chose the perfect week for his first visit to Vancouver. The renowned French urban planner arrives for a raft of speaking engagements...
Alain Bertaud chose the perfect week for his first visit to Vancouver. The renowned French urban planner arrives for a raft of speaking engagements...