theQuestion: Should B.C. teachers remain unionized?* Can reasonable people disagree in a reasonable fashion? I like to think so. Watching the B.C. teachers’ labour dispute unfold has me beginning to …
Pipeline opposition based on ideology, politics
theQuestion: Is an increase in tanker traffic reason enough to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline?* Pipeline politics is a divisive issue and deciding on which side you stand can make …
Let pipeline companies do their job, Corrigan
theQuestion: Should Kinder Morgan be allowed to test the feasibility of a pipeline tunnel through Burnaby Mountain?* Pipeline politics is a divisive issue and deciding on which side you stand …
Class composition issue keeping a deal from getting done
theQuestion: Should the issue of class composition be separated from teacher bargaining?* This week marks my first anniversary of joining the Duel. I’d like to thank Laila for a year …
Parents should blame teachers for rotating strike action
theQuestion: As the B.C. teachers dispute escalates, which side is responsible for the disruption in student learning?* Give me a break. Listening to BC Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker’s press …
Naysayers missing the many benefits of hydroelectric power
theQuestion: Considering the results of the Joint Review Panel report on BC Hydro’s Site C dam, should government approve the project?* In the 1960s, B.C. made a long-term investment in …
‘Irresponsible’ to suspend TFW program that helps Canadian employers
theQuestion: Should the federal government temporarily suspend the entire Temporary Foreign Worker Program?* Calling for a suspension and scrapping of the entire Temporary Foreign Worker Program is irresponsible and foolhardy. …
Ignore the alarmists and promote e-cigarettes to save people’s lives
theQuestion: Should e-cigarette ‘vaping’ be allowed in places open to the public?* I am a smoker. I make this declaration not with pride, but with shame. It’s a horrible habit …