Wooing the ‘ethnic’ vote with hot-button issues {UPDATE}
How do you attract the so-called ethnic vote in Canada, particularly in immigrant-saturated cities such as Toronto and Vancouver? That is the pivotal question for the major political parties as...
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Candidates with union backing are likely to have an advantage when voters go to the polls Saturday. In 2008, 82 per cent of those who had an endorsement from the New Westminster and District Labour...
View ArticleReining in rogue mayors
After my column this week calling for the B.C. government to improve both the legislation governing municipalities and its oversight of them in light of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s egregious behaviour, I...
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