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Donations to B.C. parties show some are hedging their bets
Toronto :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Story Corporate donations accounted for about 50 per cent of contributions to the Liberal Party, slipping from about 55 per cent in 2011. For the NDP, corporate contributions rose to about 14 per cent of nearly $7-million in contributions, up from 5
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Documents show ministers met company that lost bid for big contract
Prince George :: Canada | 3 months ago
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The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Mar. 01 2013, 8:00 AM EST Last updated Friday, Mar. 01 2013, 8:00 AM EST B.C. cabinet ministers Pat Bell and Shirley Bond were aware of and appear to have played a role in the procurement process for a
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China's corruption crackdown hones in on B.C. pulp mill
Beijing :: China | 4 months ago
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Story Multimedia The Globe and Mail has previously reported that British Columbia's Jobs Minister, Pat Bell, forwarded an internal government e-mail discussing fraud allegations published in China against Ni Ritao, the Chinese businessman who
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Mulgrew: Fix to B.C.'s ‘drug problem' is easy -- legalize marijuana
Vancouver :: Canada | 8 months ago
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With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province to stop enforcing the federal criminal ban on pot. Several prominent cannabis crusaders have drafted
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B.C. looks to e-voting to increase turnout
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Story Only about 51 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2009 provincial election, according to Elections B.C. data a decrease of more than seven percentage points from 2005. Federal elections fare only slightly better: about 61 per cent
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Promise of democracy in B.C. senate
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 year ago
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A view of the Senate chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday Jan. 13, 2011...PM EDT B.C.'s next senator will be elected, Premier Christy Clark has vowed. Although legislation that would establish an electoral process was delayed this spring,
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Elections B.C. showed no bias in not hiring HST canvasser, rights tribunal finds
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint from a man who said he was denied a job with Elections B.C. because he was involved in a campaign to abolish the harmonized sales tax. Elwin Mowry filed his complaint in January, 2011,
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HST referendum result due in B.C.
Ottawa :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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British Columbians will find out today whether the province will keep or reject the harmonized sales tax. Results of the country's first referendum on a tax policy will be released Friday by Elections B.C. after B.C. voters cast their ballots earlier
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B.C. wants more native people on juries
Ontario :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Responding to concerns about chronic under-representation of native people on juries in the province, the British Columbia government has asked band leaders to provide the names of people living on reserves. Those names to be provided only with
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Cloudy picture emerges from HST voter turnout results
Toronto :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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Tuesday its preliminary numbers for British Columbia's harmonized sales tax referendum...The results of the long-running battle over the tax won't be announced until late August, so this week's figures will merely provide a chance to read the tea
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