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Les Leyne

Les Leyne

Les Leyne covers legislature sittings. He has written an opinion column since 1995 and was a political, municipal and general assignment reporter prior to that. He grew up in Qualicum Beach and worked on the West Shore and in Duncan prior to joining the Times Colonist.

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Recent Work by Les

Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

The NDP have unilaterally declared debates over multiple times in the past few years.
Les Leyne: Conservatives ending legislature session with growth spurt

Les Leyne: Conservatives ending legislature session with growth spurt

Conservatives were a small club out on the fringes before BC United Leader Kevin Falcon decided one of his veteran northern MLA’s skepticism about the cause of climatechange was reason enough to escort him out the door.
Les Leyne: Health workers vaccine mandate back in play

Les Leyne: Health workers vaccine mandate back in play

Justice Simon Coval rejected arguments that the vaccination requirement violates people’s religious or conscientious beliefs
Les Leyne: Destigmatizing was behind decriminalization

Les Leyne: Destigmatizing was behind decriminalization

It’s hard to see what comes next in year eight of the public health emergency, but the options are becoming more limited.
Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

A cabinet order coming very shortly will send the rebate idea to the B.C. Utilities Commission and give it 10 days to review whether this is the best possible use of $400 million.
Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Taking action implies moving forward, but the B.C. government is going backward and capitulating on decriminalization
Les Leyne: Trustees say police liaison submission not appropriate

Les Leyne: Trustees say police liaison submission not appropriate

Presentation included statements about families’s problems with gangs and how they believe a school police liaison program would have helped.
Les Leyne: Moulting attention hound needs some tough love

Les Leyne: Moulting attention hound needs some tough love

I regret to inform you that it’s time to drop all the celebrity camera hogging and go back to the ocean where you belong.
Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

E-mail to Victoria teachers asks them to write to council protesting its request the school board reconsider cancelling school police liaison program.
Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Original estimates on major public projects are like jottings of what a crayoned elementary-school mural might cost, before it turns into a giant diamond-encrusted tapestry of spun gold.
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