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Martyn Brown: Psst, Kevin Falcon—B.C. crime rates were worse when we were in power

The B.C. Liberal Leader's emphasis on "catch and release" could backfire if the NDP focuses on law-and-order statistics when he was in power.

Martyn Brown: I’m not missing the mysteriously mostly invisible Dr. B. Henry. You?

B.C.'s provincial health officer has managed to score well in public-opinion polls conducted by the Angus Reid Institute.

Martyn Brown: Four steps Horgan should take for a smooth transition of power to likely NDP premier-select David Eby

It's in the B.C. NDP's interest to make Eby premier in October if nobody else steps forward to compete for the party leadership.

Martyn Brown: Will David Eby’s expected coronation as NDP leader devolve into a red wedding? Let’s hope not

If the NDP had really wanted to open up the “race” to more candidates, more new members, and a genuine debate on its future fundamental direction, it would have made the rules and...

Martyn Brown: Horgan’s Johnny-come-lately health blame game rings hollow

This is not the best of times for patients in B.C. emergency rooms.

Martyn Brown: David Eby’s Towering Inferno—an NDP disaster film in the making?

How that movie unfolds is really an open question of Eby’s presumed leadership. One that will only be answered by his responses as premier to the alarm bells now ringing on so...

Martyn Brown: A leadership litmus test for B.C.’s would-be NDP premiers—so easy to ace and so guaranteed to fail

There will be no shortage of things that Emeritus Professor H will pass on to generations X, Y, and Z through his late boomer governorship.

Martyn Brown: Could Dr. Bonnie Henry be B.C.'s next commander-in-chief? In a COVID-crazed heartbeat

Does the provincial health officer have the right stuff to succeed John Horgan? Read what a former senior B.C. Liberal strategist thinks.

Martyn Brown: What fresh hell is this? Truth and consequences of Horgan’s health-forced early retirement

The departure of a popular leader creates risks for his successor and for the leader of the Opposition.

Martyn Brown: As B.C.’s health system death spiral revs up, the only thing sicker is governments’ feckless response

Even the premier has conceded that it's "crumbling". Here's why.