Articles tagged with: politics
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The political pundit, former NDP MLA, and blogger (www.strategicthoughts.com) David Schreck talks to Joseph Planta about politics in BC: the election of Christy Clark, the challenges she faces, the NDP leadership race, and more.
The Commentary »
BY JOHN TWIGG: There are lots of levels and grounds on which the B.C. Liberal Party’s latest leadership contest could be questioned, including that Christy Clark could have won mainly because of strategy around the regional weighting system adopted shortly before the vote.
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Senator Hugh Segal discusses his new book The Right Balance: Canada’s Conservative Tradition (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
The Commentary »
BY JOHN TWIGG: It’s apparent from examining the entrails of Premier-designate Christy Clark’s narrow win of the B.C. Liberal Party leadership contest that she won because she became seen as the one most likely to be able to defeat the New Democratic Party opponents in the next provincial election, but there is no guarantee she will be able to do so.
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John Twigg talks BC politics after Christy Clark is elected the new leader of the BC Liberals and the new premier, the BC NDP leadership race and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The Vancouver Courier columnist Mark Hasiuk talks about Vancouver issues, politics, the proposed casino, faith and more, with Joseph Planta.
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On the 25th anniversary of the People’s Power Revolution in the Philippines, the award winning foreign correspondent and executive vice president and editor-at-large of the San Francisco Chronicle Phil Bronstein discusses covering the Philippines from the assassination of Ninoy Aquino to the ouster of the Marcos regime, and the installation of Corazon Aquino, with Joseph Planta; as well, the contemporary revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are compared.
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The broadcaster David Berner discusses his new self-titled weekly television program on Shaw TV Community channel 4, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and comedian Charles Demers discusses television news, politics locally and provincially, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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CityCaucus.com editor and 24 Hours columnist Michael Klassen discusses the BC Liberal leadership race and other provincial political news, as well as the work of Vivian Krause, and other political news, with Joseph Planta.
