Last September, while swimming against a tidal wave of negative public opinion, I predicted the BC Liberal Party led by Premier Christy Clark would win the May 2013 election. Understandably, most readers scoffed.

I can assure you that I am no Nostradamus. Don't bother asking me which stock...

It was crisp and gloriously bright day in early January in Vancouver — the perfect conditions for outdoor chores like taking down Christmas lights.

Or, in my case, it also meant grabbing tongs and a pail to scour my block for coffee cups, bus tickets, plastic packaging, as well as...

The news of the demise of the Waldorf Hotel was described by one Vancouver journalist as being like a "small neutron bomb" going off. At least with real neutron bombs the buildings will be left standing, which is probably not the fate of the storied Waldorf Hotel...

"The NDP are portraying themselves as sugar-coated candy, but I'm finding that below the surface there's some real ugliness." — Green Party candidate Andrew Weaver in the Vancouver Sun

Welcome to B.C. politics, Mr. Weaver.

Who is Andrew Weaver? According to Wikipedia, he has been named a Guggenheim Fellow,...

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson recently marked the end of his first year of his second mandate, and I would like to congratulate him belatedly on his electoral success. As one of City Hall's close observers (and unabashed critics) I know the mayor is focused on taking the work of successive...

Is it time to sell your B.C. NDP stock and buy shares in the B.C. Liberals? It was an off-the-cuff remark by former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan during his interview with CBC radio host Stephen Quinn that prompted that question. Quinn asked why Sullivan would attach himself...

Last Friday evening, Sharon White, the BC Liberal Party's good-natured volunteer president, was smiling like a kid who just got a new bicycle for Christmas. The first full day of the 2012 B.C. Liberal convention (tagged #BCL12 on Twitter) was at an end, and she was standing in the...

If you are a B.C. political junkie, there was plenty to keep you engaged over the weekend — whether it was the contest in Penticton that attracted over 700 B.C. Liberals to choose one of four candidates to replace MLA Bill Barisoff, or the comparatively tame function in Vancouver-Fairview where...

I've got an idea - let's add the expression "civic engagement" to Vancouver's newspeak dictionary. "Newspeak" is the term George Orwell first coined in his novel 1984. In Orwell's tale newspeak is used by a totalitarian regime to discourage independent thinking. Today, newspeak is employed by political strategists and marketers...

The esteemed Vancouver Foundation is among our city's finest philanthropical organizations. For decades they have directed funds into worthy projects that have made Vancouver a better place to live. In the past year they have drawn attention to themselves by releasing the results of surveys on public engagement.

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You don't hear this stated much these days: The B.C. Liberals will win in 2013.

You heard it here first. In one of the great resurrections in B.C. political history, on the evening of May 14, 2013 premier-elect Christy Clark will be grinning from ear to ear in front of...

Close Robson Street first, then ask the public what they think afterward. That's what was announced this week in Vancouver.

City voters by now are used to the "act first, consult later" antics of the Vision government. On Wednesday a press release from the Vancouver mayor's office said the...