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Mark Milke: Subsidies helped rack up government debt

Mark Milke: Subsidies helped rack up government debt

Ever wonder how Canada’s net federal debt reached $671 billion by 2013? Or how net provincial debt among the provinces ended up at $509 billion that same year? Wonder no more.
David Bly: Too soon, they’re flying on their own

David Bly: Too soon, they’re flying on their own

During the commute to work, I noticed a young girl and her mother walking to school along Burnside Road.
Comment: Knowledge should still matter in B.C. schools

Comment: Knowledge should still matter in B.C. schools

Big changes are underway in British Columbia’s education system. The traditional emphasis on imparting specific knowledge and skills to students will soon take a back seat to helping students “learn how to learn.
Les Leyne: Appalling head tax reflected the times

Les Leyne: Appalling head tax reflected the times

The B.C. legislature will try to make amends today for the racist provincial policies and attitude that led to the Chinese head tax. I wonder what all the long-gone newspaper hacks — my professional ancestors — would make of the day’s events.
Les Leyne: Bond ponders foreign-worker registry

Les Leyne: Bond ponders foreign-worker registry

Labour Minister Shirley Bond says the B.C. government is contemplating opening a provincial registry of employers who are using temporary foreign workers, given the intense recent interest in the program.
John Fryer: Battle-weary unions look to regain losses

John Fryer: Battle-weary unions look to regain losses

Long-time Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti was defeated for re-election on May 8 at the CLC’s triennial Congress in Montreal. His defeat was akin to a palace coup supported by activists and fuelled by frustration.
Tour de Rock time trials — finding our motivation

Tour de Rock time trials — finding our motivation

The Tour de Rock riders and I were still buzzing from the official team presentation on Friday — a whirl of cheering Reynolds Secondary students, shiny new bikes and camera flashes — when we gathered Saturday morning at the Saanich police station for
Comment: Increasing use of midwives good for health system

Comment: Increasing use of midwives good for health system

Ganga Jolicoeur Integrating midwives more fully into the health-care system can help relieve pressure on rural physicians, improve health outcomes and save health-care dollars.
Holding on to our doubts

Holding on to our doubts

I have always admired faithful adherents of every religious tradition. Buddhists monks, Catholic nuns, Muslim Imams, and Humanist chaplains just to name a few of those I have held in high esteem.
Benefits of search engines that are not Google

Benefits of search engines that are not Google

If you’re in North America, you likely use Google as your gateway to the Internet, typing in search words to zero in on what you’re after. But using Google exclusively can give you a truncated view of the Internet.