Category Archives: Opinion
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
Condon: Govt should supply housing for up to 40 percent of Vancouver wage earners
By Patrick Condon, Professor of Urban Design, UBC I am now of the mind that since the real estate market has been effectively globalized, and since the global market for real estate is also distorted by black money seeking a
Trudeau must rally the world against Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to defeat ISIS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to pull the CF18s out of Syria is not a display of cowardice, as the Conservatives would have you believe, but a demonstration of wisdom. As US Vice President Joe Biden put in very candid
Opinion: How Canada found an antidote to Lynton Crosby’s venom
By Lisa Chang Lynton Crosby’s wedge strategies and dog whistle politics helped unpopular conservative prime ministers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to retain power. But the ‘Lizard of Oz’ failed so miserably in Canada, that his partner