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B.C.'s Bountiful polygamy case: There are no sides, only layers

Polygamy is a very complicated. Or is it? For many people it is very simple and those simple responses fall in these three categories:

1. Polygamy is bad for women and an example of extreme patriarchy;

2. There is nothing wrong with polygamy that isn't wrong with all relationships; and/or

3. Polygamy is a perfectly valid choice.

So why is it a criminal offence in Canada and why is there a very unusual Constitutional Reference case underway in Vancouver?

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Seth Klein

Poverty reduction: Even Alberta joins the fold. When will B.C.?

By Seth Klein
| April 30, 2012

With Alison Redford's big re-election as Alberta premier last week, Alberta will now join the ranks of provinces with a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. This will leave B.C. and Saskatchewan as the only jurisdictions in Canada without a provincial or territorial plan.

The Alberta plan may prove to be the most ambitious to date. On April 11, the Alberta Progressive Conservatives issued a news release that read:

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Hospital Employees' Union
Ombudsperson provides roadmap for improved standards in residential care facilities in B.C.
February 15, 2012 |
Establishment of seniors’ advocate a positive move, but government response to ombudsperson’s report fails to address need for enforceable standards of care and minimum staffing levels.
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Mercedes Allen

Something brewing beneath transphobic ads in Ontario

By Mercedes Allen
| October 5, 2011

On September 28th, Charles McVety's Institute for Canadian Values pushed a proposed curriculum for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) into the forefront of the Ontario election, with a full-page ad published in the National Post. The ad implied that diversity and anti-bullying education might somehow cause gender confusion for kids who aren't trans. When Post publisher Douglas Kelly released an apology two days later, he acknowledged that the ad "exceeded the bounds of civil discourse...

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B.C. Teachers' Federation
A huge victory for B.C. teachers
April 14, 2011 |
In a landmark decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court the court declared the legislation that stripped teacher collective bargaining rights in 2002 unconstitutional and invalid.
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Cuts to Forest Service are too deep
January 25, 2011 |
It’s time for an independent commission to determine whether or not the public service can any longer protect our publicly owned forests.
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Hospital Employees' Union
Survey says fee increases in residential care hurt seniors
December 14, 2010 |
The B.C. government’s fee increases for people living in long-term care facilities, which came into effect on January 1, 2010, have hurt residents and family members and it will only get worse.
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Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society

B.C. welfare policy hurting family reunification

May 18, 2010
| Pivot Lawyer Lobat Sadrehashemi talks about a complaint filed to the B.C. Ombudsperson regarding a policy that makes it difficult for foster children to return to their parents.

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Redeye
Redeye

Police arrest then release leading sour gas opponent

January 30, 2010
| Earlier this month, Weibo Ludwig was questioned for several hours about the bombings of six gas pipelines in northern Alberta and B.C.

12:52 minutes (11.78 MB)
politics

Canada needs tax fairness not the HST

We’re long overdue for serious tax reform in this country. Most Canadians agree on this. But the new unfair Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in Ontario and B.C. is not what most of us had in mind.

Earlier this year the Harper government reached agreements with Ontario and BC to merge the provincial sales tax (PST) and federal goods and services tax (GST) into a single harmonized tax (HST). The new HST is an unfair tax for two key reasons.

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