With sweeping change hitting municipal halls across B.C., a little advice for politicians\u0027 1st days: Look, listen and learn before you leap.
Confidence? More like hubris since Stewart — along with many other incumbents across B.C. — will be spending the time between now and Nov. 7 cleaning out his office.Sign up to know what's really happening by reading daily editorials and commentary by British Columbia's opinion leadersBy clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Still giddy with election adrenalin, of course, they want to make their mark quickly and, for more than a century, North American politicians and the media have used the first 50 or 100 days as a benchmark to judge how successful new governments might be.At a news conference Monday, the first question Sim was asked was whether he was going to fire anybody.
Just look at Liz Truss, Britain’s beleaguered prime minister. Within days of her swearing in, her radical tax cuts tanked the economy, forcing her to fire her finance minister and reverse what had been an essential part of her winning platform. Over the weekend, a cheeky tabloid set the timer on which would last longer — Truss or a limp head of lettuce.Article content
For a decade before COVID-19, property taxes across Metro Vancouver municipalities increased at rates higher than both population growth and inflation, according to a Business Council of B.C. report released earlier this month. This “steeply rising burden on households and businesses, and escalating constraint on private-sector economic activity” is magnified because unlike federal and provincial taxes, property taxes are paid with after-tax income.
Locke reiterated her confidence Monday that halting the police transition was the right thing to do. But so far neither she nor the Surrey Police Board can say how much it might cost — only that $63.7 million has already been spent.Article content
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