Wolf Depner

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Wolf Depner

A far-reaching agreement knocking down inter-provincial trade barriers by July 1 as floated by Federal Leader Mark Carney is "100 per cent achievable," B.C. Premier David Eby said, adding that the country has never been more unified on the issue. But he also called on the future prime minister regardless of party colour to help push any final deal across the finish line and support workers impacted by current and future tariffs.

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Wolf Depner

A B.C. political scientist said Federal Liberal Mark Carney enters the English-language leaders debate relatively unscathed and in the lead in key parts of Canada after doing a rope-a-dope at yesterday's French-language debate. "Carney, to use an old boxing metaphor, he would be like a Muhammad Ali," Michael Prince, acting dean of Human and the Social Development faculty at the University of Victoria, said.

2 weeks ago | mapleridgenews.com | Wolf Depner

Health Minister Josie Osborne vowed to protect B.C.'s regulated overdose prevention sites following comments by federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to end what the party called "fly-by-night" operations. "They (overdose prevention site) continue to be an important service and something that we will fight for," Osborne said.

2 weeks ago | kelownacapnews.com | Wolf Depner

Federal Liberal Leader Mark Carney may have left B.C. after a two-day swing, including a stop in Richmond Monday night, but a poll released Tuesday points to solidifying strength in Canada's most western province not seen since the Trudeau-mania of the late 1960s. The Research Co. poll shows the federal Liberals (44 per cent) leading the federal Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre by six points in B.C. Nationally, the federal Liberals are leading the Conservatives 44 per cent to 36 per cent.

1 month ago | thenorthernview.com | Wolf Depner

As the federal election campaign has entered its first full week, federal Conservatives appear to have a preparation edge in B.C. where voters will elect 43 representatives to the House of Commons. British Columbians, along with the rest of Canadians, head to the polls on April 28. Federal Conservatives under the leadership of Pierre Poilievre have nominated 30 candidates in B.C. as per the party's website with 13 running as incumbents.