Opinion

There was a time not so long ago that it was hard to muster any sympathy for cannabis retailers. I would argue – and probably with some of you, I would have to do so quite strenuously – that the time has come.

Winter is coming and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax is punishing Canadians for heating their homes. The carbon tax hits the essential needs of our daily lives hard.

'Petroleum is a very valuable carbon resource that produces some 6,000 useful products, many of which can be produced without using petroleum feedstocks, however, the portion of petroleum resources that go to manufacture those products is around 13 per cent of the petroleum we consume. The rest we burn, and by burning it produce the greenhouse gases that are killing our one and only planet.'

Pierre Poilievre and David Eby have a lot in common in their plans to address British Columbia’s housing market. It’s just that neither of them wants to actually say that out loud.

'I want to thank all the wonderful people who helped me on Oct. 11 when I broke my ankle in Winegarden Park in Gibsons. The two women who helped me on the hill were angels.'

In August 2021, shortly after the federal government announced its intention to enhance support to Indigenous communities as a result of recent discoveries related to residential schools, Research Co.