Keith Reynolds

How did we come to the point where organizations advocating equality and changes to public policy appear to be seen by the government as the enemy of Canadians?

Normally, the government focuses on debt as a measure of its financial performance. In 2005, they began to publish numbers for their largest future contract obligations as well as debt.

B.C.'s newly elected government introduced P3s in 2002 with the creation of Partnerships BC. It was largely based on the British Private Finance Initiative (PFI) model which has run into problems.

Canada is now facing east and west as it attempts to negotiate trade deals with both Europe and in the Pacific region. Both of these new deals are being negotiated in secret.

There is one simple idea to promote jobs in communities. Local governments should support small businesses in their communities by giving them an advantage when bidding on government work.

Labour Day is a good time to review what unions have given us and what has been lost in much of the world as governments reduce the rights of working people to choose to act collectively.

The call for the creation of an Auditor General for B.C.'s municipalities almost seems like a "no-brainer," doesn't it?

Last week Philip Hochstein had an op-ed in the Vancouver Province accusing municipalities of profligate spending and accusing municipal workers of being vastly overpaid.

Last week Premier Christy Clark took the unprecedented step of promising there would be public consultation regarding the province's position on the CETA.