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‘It’s a Huge Error’: The BC Liberals’ Big-Ticket Tax Proposal Contains a Billion Dollar Mistake, Economists Say “This is a symptom of a deeper failure in their camp to appreciate and understand how an economic recovery would actually happen” The BC Liberals’ flagship tax proposal contains a billion dollar error that leaves a rather large hole in the party’s …
The BC Liberals Have an Election Campaign Strategy to Regain Power: Spread Fear About the Homeless BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson begins campaign by stoking fears of a "street phenomenon of people who are out of control" As British Columbia kicks off its 2020 general election, the right-wing BC Liberals are already signalling that they plan to use divisi…
‘It’s A Free Market Society’: Doug Ford Dismisses Concerns About Company Charging $400 For COVID-19 Tests “Healthcare is not a free market in Canada, that flies against the principles of our society,” healthcare advocates say Ontario Premier Doug Ford is dismissing concerns about possible price gouging from private healthcare companies reportedly charging On…
Up To $300,000 In Saskatchewan Party Donations May Be Tied To Rawlco Radio Owners Rawlco previously broadcasted 'Ask the Premier' during Brad Wall's Premiership Since 2006, the Rawlinson family — headed by the CEO of Rawlco Radio, one of Saskatchewan’s largest private broadcasters — has seemingly been connected to about $300,000 in corporate donations to the…
Saskatoon Class Sizes Haven’t ‘Changed Significantly’ From Last Year, Teachers Say 25 students per class is closest to the K-12 average Saskatoon’s schools — divided into two of Saskatchewan’s largest school divisions — appear to be maintaining their average 2019 class sizes of around 25 students during the reopening, the Saskatoon Teachers’ Association says…
Schools ‘Not Required’ To Keep Kids Apart, Focus On Keeping Them ‘Forward Facing’: Regina School Division 'schools are not required to meet a specific physical distance' Teachers in Regina’s public schools expect class sizes of up to 30 students during the COVID-19 pandemic — and their union local says plans to replace social distancing with “games” to limit…
New Brunswick Conservative Leader’s Message to Women: Fight Me In Court If You Don’t Like My Anti-Abortion Policy Premier Blaine Higgs told a local radio station that anyone who disagrees with his policy on abortion should ‘challenge’ him in court Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs has some advice for New Brunswick women — if you want access to saf…
Leaked Slides Show Doug Ford May Allow Beer and Wine Companies to Opt Out of Bottle ‘Deposit Return’ Program Advocacy groups say changes would jeopardize bottle return program that is widely recognized as one of the best in the world Leaked slides show Doug Ford’s government is quietly considering making changes to rules that would allow beer and wine compan…
Wexit Party Leader Says He Cast a Vote For Conservative Leader Even Though He’s the Leader of Another Party Conservative Party rules state that party members may ‘not hold membership in another federal party’ The new leader of Wexit, Canada’s western separatist party, admits he cast a ballot in Sunday’s Conservative leadership vote despite party rules forbid…
‘Culture of Fear’: Canada Goose Factory Workers Fear Losing Their Jobs For Raising Concerns About Working Conditions Job insecurity is preventing workers from speaking out about workplace health and safety, say former workers and labour groups While Canada Goose is busy producing personal protective equipment to keep frontline healthcare workers safe and hea…
Doug Ford Wants Schools To Find Their Own Money to Hire Extra Staff. Experts Say That Puts Student Safety At Risk. Leaked memo from Education Minister Stephen Lecce raises new questions about Doug Ford's back-to-school plan Doug Ford’s plan to force Ontario school boards to use 2% of their savings to help hire extra staff could deepen inequalities across the…
We Took a Look at the President of UBC’s Text Messages. Amazon Told Him to Keep a $3 Million Deal Secret. Internal documents show top UBC officials helped keep details of a controversial $3 million deal with Amazon ‘quiet’ Top officials at the University of British Columbia were told to keep quiet about key details on a controversial deal with Amazon at the …
Liberal MPs Denounce ‘Ed the Sock’ After Calls to Disavow Racist ‘Dog Whistles’ Targeting Jagmeet Singh Several Liberal MPs distance themselves from a puppet that calls itself ‘Trudeau’s defender’ following ‘disgusting’ and ‘childish name-calling’ Several Liberal MPs are speaking out against one of the party’s online super fans following “disgusting” insults…
‘No Space’: Alberta Teachers Warn Crammed Classrooms Will Make Physical Distancing in Schools ‘Impossible’ Alberta teachers are voicing concerns about large class sizes and Jason Kenney's back-to-school plans Alberta teachers say physical distancing may be impossible under the government’s reopening plan and — just weeks from school restarting — they fear fo…