Category Archives: Front Page
Richmond realtor helps daughter make $205,000 profit through misconduct, receives $5,000 fine
By ThinkPol Staff A Richmond, BC realtor who helped her daughter make a $205,000 profit flipping a house obtained while committing professional misconduct has been fined $5,000 and will face no licence suspension. The Real Estate Council of BC found
BC Attorney General calls on BC Liberal leader to release suppressed 2014 ICBC report
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia’s Attorney General is calling on the newly elected BC Liberal Party leader Andrew Wilkinson to show leadership and release the original 2014 ICBC report the former BC Liberal government hid from the public. The BC
How Pemberton Music Festival continues to hammer Pandora
By Drew Penner It’s the season when artists are prepping their applications for music festival installation grants, food vendors are planning their merchandise offerings and headliners are cooking up those tracks they hope will dominate the airspace. But as event
Opinion: Robertson is out, here are five reasons Mayor Corrigan shouldn’t seek re-election as well
By Zachary Paradis Recently, Mayor of Vancouver Gregor Robertson announced his intention not to seek re-election in the upcoming municipal elections. After ten years, the shine of Vancouver’s progressive mayor had begun to wane under years of accumulated baggage. From
BC Green leader to prod government into seizing homes of money launderers, tax evaders, real estate racketeers
By Drew Penner The BC Green party wants the province to start seizing the homes of foreign buyers involved in criminal activity as the NDP government waffles on the legality of such a move. In response to a ThinkPol article
Will Kelowna West forgive BC Liberal candidate who traded seat with Christy Clark for cushy job in China?
By Nick Valka The bad taste left in Kelowna West voters’ mouths after Christy Clark’s “parachuting” into the riding seems to be a major factor influencing the electorate’s voting decision for the upcoming by-election. Residents of the Kelowna West electoral
Visions of BC Liberal Future on Display at Tonight’s Debate
By Drew Penner Just after 6:30 p.m. tonight Andrew Wilkinson tweeted a wide-angle shot in social-media-friendly orange, green and black of a political social he used to get revved up for an impending debate he hopes will enlighten British Columbians
BC can legally seize lawbreaking foreign buyers’ homes, lawyer says
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia government can legally seize the homes of a group of foreign buyers whose immigration fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, money laundering and a host of other illegal activities came to light in a recent
BC Green leader calls for seizing homes of foreign buyers involved in immigration fraud, tax evasion, money laundering
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbia’s Green Party Leader has called for seizing the homes of a group of foreign buyers whose immigration fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and a host of other illegal activities came to light in a recent
Petition calls for housing speculation tax in BC budget and crackdown on money laundering, shady realtors
By ThinkPol Staff A petition has been launched to urge British Columbia’s NDP-led government to introduce a housing speculation tax along with a special taskforce to crackdown on money laundering and unethical practices by realtors in Metro Vancouver’s real estate