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British Columbians call on new provincial government to deliver electoral reform, energy projects
New poll looks at key issues in the province after change in government September 26, 2017 – British Columbia’s first New Democratic Party government in 16 years debuted in the legislature this month with a bill that promised to make
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Bye bye, Brad Wall: Saskatchewan’s departing premier defied political gravity for years
By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director Bye bye, Brad. The people of Saskatchewan will miss you, but maybe not as much as they might have before. With Thursday’s announcement that he’s retiring from politics, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall ends a remarkable
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Premiers’ Performance: Ball and Wynne bounce, Wall and Pallister slide
Saskatchewan’s Wall remains most-approved of provincial leader but drops below majority endorsement June 22, 2017 – Canadians appear increasingly underwhelmed by the performances of their provincial premiers. While some are taking steps back from alarmingly low approval levels, others find themselves
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Focus Saskatchewan: Premier Brad Wall faces budget fallout, but his party leads over opposition
Saskatchewan Party holds seven-point advantage in vote intention June 19, 2017 – Brad Wall has referred to the past few months the most difficult of his career: declining resource revenues have led his government to pursue an unpopular austerity program
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Snap Election? Snap out of it, say majority of British Columbians
Division, uncertainty grips province; pessimism over standard of living in BC reaches seven-year high June 20, 2017 – As Members of the BC Legislative Assembly gather for an unprecedented 41st sitting of the House, they’ll do so with the knowledge
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B.C. Election 2017: Electorate underwhelmed, unexcited by the choices available in a tight race
Millennial turnout, soft voters to will be key to election outcome May 4, 2017 – With just five days left in the 2017 provincial election campaign, a new public opinion poll from the Angus Reid Institute finds the governing BC
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