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US-designated criminal organizations receiving tax refunds under secretive BC Liberal program
By Amy Chen Firms whose assets were seized by the US after being designated a “significant transnational criminal organization” is benefiting from the secretive provincial tax refund program that was greatly expanded by Christy Clark’s government in 2014. PacNet and
Secretive tax refund recipients mostly BC Liberal donors
By Amy Chen BC Liberal donors made up the majority of corporations benefiting from the secretive provincial tax refund program that was greatly expanded by Christy Clark’s government in 2014, BC Elections donation database shows. Some of the largest donors
“Don’t Split the Vote,” environmental filmmaker urges BC in viral video
By Amy Chen A four-minute video entitled “BC Don’t Split the Vote” produced with no budget is going viral on social media, with over 360,000 views on Facebook and Youtube. The video by independent environmental filmmaker Twyla Roscovich, who says
BC Liberals sold our province to China and pocketed the proceeds
By Joyce Yip When we scrutinize BC Liberals’ deals with Beijing, one thing becomes chillingly clear: Christy Clark and co. have sold our province to China. The only people profiting this firesale are the BC Liberals and their cronies. The
BC Liberal candidate: ‘Big money in politics leads to good government’
By Amy Chen A BC Liberal candidate has defended the millions of dollars his party receives from corporate donors claiming that big money in politics leads to good government. “I’m worried about taking out philanthropists from the process,” Sam Sullivan,
Let’s Avoid Collective Amnesia at the Polls Next Week – The Innumerable Scandals of the BC Liberals
By Evan Sumner Let’s avoid collective amnesia at the polls next week and try to keep in mind the number of controversies our current government has managed to be embroiled in over the years. If you’re like me and specifics
BC Liberals attempt to attack #IamLinda as #NDPPlant backfires
British Columbians are taking to twitter to post photos of plants with the hashtag #NDPPlant, after BC Liberals attempted to paint the woman who was involved in an awkward encounter with Premier Christy Clark giving both to the trending hashtag
The Privacy Implications of Outsourcing
By Evan Sumner Last month’s revelation that CIBC will be outsourcing a large number of accounting jobs to India scandalized many Canadians. The news not only negatively affected CIBC’s reputation, but caused a drop in its share price and led
One job opening, hundred candidates: IT workers in Vancouver frustrated as tech firms turn to foreign workers
By Amy Chen The majority of information technology jobs in Vancouver receive hundreds of applications from qualified Canadians as the job market for local talent shrinks as employers turn to temporary foreign workers after the federal government’s recent budget made
CIBC shares fall further as Canadians abandon bank
By Amy Chen CIBC’s shares fell by more than a percentage point again today as more angry customers ditched the bank in protest over its decision to fire 130 Canadian workers and force them to train their replacements from India.