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Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw is a BC legislative journalist who writes for Glacier Media and reports for CHEK-TV.

Recent Work by Rob

Rob Shaw: Blaming Trump won’t fix B.C.’s budget mess

Rob Shaw: Blaming Trump won’t fix B.C.’s budget mess

The largest deficit in provincial history delivers little beyond the status quo
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Rob Shaw: Hiring freeze? Not for BC NDP insiders

Rob Shaw: Hiring freeze? Not for BC NDP insiders

While key public service jobs go unfilled, provincial government expands its comms machine
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Rob Shaw: B.C. bracing for one of its weirdest, wildest budgets in history

Rob Shaw: B.C. bracing for one of its weirdest, wildest budgets in history

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey faces impossible choices as economic turmoil escalates and NDP scraps promises, protects core services, bets on contingencies
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Rob Shaw: While Eby fixates on Trump, B.C. struggles with a health-care crisis

Rob Shaw: While Eby fixates on Trump, B.C. struggles with a health-care crisis

NDP faced week of distractions, deflections and damage control
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Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives learn how not to handle a Trump controversy

Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives learn how not to handle a Trump controversy

Opposition party's first free vote a masterclass in losing control of a political narrative
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Rob Shaw: B.C. ships dirty American coal but NDP scoffs at leveraging it

Rob Shaw: B.C. ships dirty American coal but NDP scoffs at leveraging it

The province’s big opportunity to push back on Trump’s tariffs is being ignored for political reasons
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Rob Shaw: Delta health-care crisis reveals cracks in province's housing push

Rob Shaw: Delta health-care crisis reveals cracks in province's housing push

Delta Hospital’s ER shutdown is more than a staffing issue—it’s a failure of planning
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Rob Shaw: NDP drug policy reversal proves politicians never say sorry

Rob Shaw: NDP drug policy reversal proves politicians never say sorry

New Democrats perfect the art of 'taking action' by cleaning up their own messes
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Rob Shaw: Time to break B.C.'s empty throne speech habit

Rob Shaw: Time to break B.C.'s empty throne speech habit

Other governments use throne speeches to outline real plans—why don't we?
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Rob Shaw: Eby’s $1.8B grocery rebate was for tough times until tough times killed it

Rob Shaw: Eby’s $1.8B grocery rebate was for tough times until tough times killed it

From ‘core piece’ of BC NDP campaign to political scrap heap in just four months
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