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B.C. Election: Parties hustle for advantage on key issues, leader momentum and credibility
Clark, Horgan in statistical tie on question of who would make best premier April 12, 2017 – The earliest days of the 2017 provincial election campaign in British Columbia are revealing a political landscape in which the incumbent faces a
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B.C. Election: Liberal economic message resonates; concerns over campaign finance and housing persist
Six-in-ten B.C. residents say opposition lacks a real plan to help the province March 24, 2017 – Investigations into campaign financing have commenced, tax cuts have been tabled, hacking allegations have flown (and apologies have been given), all this against
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Politics Electrified: Three-in-four Ontarians say their hydro bills are ‘unreasonable’; think they’ll rise further
Nearly eight-in-ten say hydro issues will be at the top of their minds during the next provincial election March 24, 2017 – As Premier Kathleen Wynne’s approval rating threatens to fall into the single digits – dropping to 12 per
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Premiers’ Performance: Wynne’s approval rating sinks to 12 per cent – an all-time low
Couillard the only Premier to see an increase in approval across Canada March 24, 2017 – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s slide towards single digit job approval continues. After another four-point drop in quarterly job performance approval analysis by the Angus
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Premiers’ Performance: As year ends, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne sees job approval drop to 16%
Nova Scotia’s McNeil bears scars from dispute with teachers’ union December 13, 2016 – Beleaguered by the fallout of her government’s sale of Hydro One and under pressure from the Ontario auditor general for not spending the proceeds of that
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Premiers’ Performance: Pallister and Clark climb; Wynne loses ground
Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall drops nine points to new low; but is still Canada’s most approved-of premier September 21, 2016 – In what had been the country’s most overheated housing market, BC Premier Christy Clark’s imposition of a 15% tax on foreign buyers
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