by Charlie Smith on December 31st, 2020 at 9:59 AM 1 of 3 2 of 3
For the first two years since Kennedy Stewart was elected mayor, the council got along, for the most part.
There was significantly less partisan bickering than occurred in the old days when NPA councillor George Affleck and Vision Vancouver’s Andrea Reimer would consistently throw shade at one another.
Sure, the current crop has had their differences, but it’s usually been over policies and not so much over personality.
Some politicians have objected to NPA councillor Colleen Hardwick’s populism and periodic opposition to densification. Others have been irritated by Green councillor Michael Wiebe’s occasional willingness to side with the mayor rather than with members of his own party on densification.
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by Carlito Pablo on December 24th, 2020 at 9:53 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1
There’s an old saying that goes, “Fortune favours the bold”.
It means that those who take risks get rewarded.
One might be tempted to say that this adage applies to both B.C. premier John Horgan and his New Brunswick counterpart, Blaine Higgs.
They may not have much in common ideologically, but the two Canadian provincial politicians did a similar thing in the time of COVID-19.
In the middle of a pandemic and amid harsh restrictions, Horgan, a New Democrat, and Higgs, a Conservative, called snap elections.
Voters did not punish them for such audacity.
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