Opinion

With the boundless luxury of not having to worry about implementing any promises, federal Green party Leader Elizabeth May talked up her party’s version of a carbon tax this week. The more she talked, the more complicated it looks.

Canada’s links to Asia are deep and significant

Last week two Courier stories caught my attention. The first addressed the need for more family housing in the city.

Well. That was a wild ride. I was a little surprised by the reaction to my last column musing over whether it’s time to leave Vancouver . Housing is a hot-button issue in this town, of course, and bound to spur passionate debate.

The province of B.C. might be getting ready to climb down from its comfortable, non-committal perch above the pipeline fray and take a position on the topic, Jane Fonda and Elizabeth May be damned.

Some of you civic affairs watchers might already know this: Vancouver school board chairperson Christopher Richardson is a traffic cop.

I used to think I could resist digital-age distractions better than the average person, but I may have met my electronic Waterloo. I’m talking about listicles, the trivia links found on web portals everywhere from The Huffington Post to yahoo.com.

Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision supporting the sale and use of edible marijuana products will not change the City of Vancouver’s declared intention to have them banned for sale.

If you haven’t noticed, CBC has been in a bit of a tailspin as of late.

Reading the news, it’s hard not to feel a growing sense of unease.