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Martyn Brown: Across the universe with Kevin Falcon, his guiding tune for his broken band is "Get Back"

Peter Jackson's docuseries will be released this week, but B.C. Liberal members will have to wait until 2022 to find out if Kevin Falcon will get back to where he once belonged.

Martyn Brown: A hideous display of wrong-headed hubris from B.C. politicians

They've offered up some good news for racists, homophobes, antivaxxers, pro-lifers, Trumpian “truthers”, carbon-tax haters and climate change deniers, NIMBYists, gun-toaters, and...

Martyn Brown: Former NDP finance minister Elizabeth Cull agrees—Horgan was wrong to cut COVID funds for the poor

Come on, Premier. Just do the right thing.

Martyn Brown: Horgan’s callous cut to the COVID income support supplement is unworthy of an NDP government

Antipoverty activists have been fairly quiet in response to the premier's hard-hearted gambit.

Martyn Brown: What’s wrong with this picture? Horgan forgot to adjust the white balance

The premier's focus on diversity is impressive, but is it matched by his government's appointments to key cabinet committees and the senior civil service?

Martyn Brown: Dr. Henry’s curious nod to Pericles—a timely call to arms that shouldn’t forget Plato’s dialectic method

A serious look at B.C.'s COVID-19 outbreak through the lens of Ancient Greece.

Martyn Brown: B.C. Liberals wise to select Shirley Bond as their interim leader

She has been a member of the B.C. legislature for 20 years.

Martyn Brown: Shirley Bond as interim B.C. Liberal leader? Damn right

A former B.C. Liberal insider says she's exactly the type of person and personality who can successfully lead the party through their existential crisis.

Martyn Brown: The strategic sweep of John Horgan’s historic electoral hustle

The NDP has the second-largest majority in B.C. history as a result—here's what it means going forward.

Martyn Brown: John Horgan’s NDP “total victory” wet dream

Fifty seats appear to be in easy reach, given the most recent Global-Ipsos poll.