BC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHzlBSu_XI

We’ve heard of the rural shortage. But a suburban shortage?

Even an atheist like me would rather live in the year of the Lord.

BC’s Minister for Universities may have a very short tenure

Last-minute cuts incense hundreds of students

Elsewhere you will find a lengthy piece by me explaining why I support the electoral reform (STV) option in Tuesday’s BC’s referendum. But for those pressed for time, here’s the gist:

This is pretty cool. It simulates the voting process under BC’s proposed STV, using the actual proposed ridings and the current lineup of candidates — in other words, as if the current provincial election were being held under STV rules.

Did you know that STV is the system the Harper government envisages for electing members of a reformed Senate?

The biggest single knock against STV, the one that the critics have had the most fun with, is the elaborate system for counting the ballots — the basis for complaints that the system is too complicated for voters to understand.

I dunno. This makes no sense to me:

The RCMP took the credit, but the price of gas is the likely reason

But which province has it worse—B.C. or Alberta?