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They would make more, with less headache, by selling all the retail outlets (the interwebs says there are 198) and just concentrating on the distribution warehouses.$1B annual revenue to the Crown says otherwise
British Columbia NDP Majority Government 2024-(no later than) 2029
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The BCEGU doesn't give one shidt how their strike affects small business owners of restaurants/bars.
It's money, money, money for their mbrs and frick the taxpayer who pays their bloated salaries/benefits.
It's money, money, money for their mbrs and frick the taxpayer who pays their bloated salaries/benefits.
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I recall the ALCB retail workers union had a nice little gig going for a while in Alberta where they would go on strike just before summer, every year like clockwork, causing a beer shortage.
That worked until the Alberta government sold off the retail side of the liquor board. Never been a problem, since.
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Eby wants everyone dependant on the NDP, so he control.
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I have met David Eby. Nice enough human being, but without John Horgan’s touch. Trying to wrangle a caucus that has weird ideas about how economies actually work (and a “coalition-lite” with the BC Greens, who can break him in a second, if he even pretends to like resource extraction) in a minority situation with the opposition breathing down his neck.
Yeah, not great.
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What's an extra 0.5% across the board (all the contracts under negotiation) worth if they cave because of the indirect pressure from liquor-retailing businesses? Multiply by the actual number of 0.5s that result.$1B annual revenue to the Crown says otherwise
The cost of not being in the business is less than the cost of providing leverage to all unions (me-too) by providing leverage to one particular union. They all know how to whipsaw, and all the governing parties in BC know they know. If the unions believe BCGEU can pressure the government into going higher, they'll throw resources (eg. money for strike pay) behind the BCGEU to help it prolong the strike.
They (government) need to remove the pain point, immediately and permanently. Out of retail, out of wholesale. I suppose they could at least just remove all requirements for businesses to buy from their distributor.
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9 people randomly stabbed, 3 go to hospital, suspect known to police.
I can't believe they haven't let her go yet..
The suspect responsible for a string of stabbings in Yaletown last week has now been charged.
Tamara Jean Hamelin, 35, has been charged with one count of assault in connection with Friday’s Yaletown stabbings.
Vancouver police told Global News that more charges are likely.
Hamelin had a bail hearing at 5 p.m., but she was remanded in custody.
Police said in an update on Monday that they arrested a 35-year-old suspect in the Downtown Eastside at around 4:20 p.m.
globalnews.ca
I can't believe they haven't let her go yet..
Suspect in random Yaletown stabbings named and charged
The suspect responsible for a string of stabbings in Yaletown last week has now been charged.
Tamara Jean Hamelin, 35, has been charged with one count of assault in connection with Friday’s Yaletown stabbings.
Vancouver police told Global News that more charges are likely.
Hamelin had a bail hearing at 5 p.m., but she was remanded in custody.
Police said in an update on Monday that they arrested a 35-year-old suspect in the Downtown Eastside at around 4:20 p.m.
Suspect in random Yaletown stabbings named and charged - BC | Globalnews.ca
Police said they received 911 calls just after 7:30 a.m. on Friday reporting that multiple people had been injured in random stabbings along the seawall near David Lam Park.
globalnews.ca
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Oh BC ...
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I don't Reddit. Summary ?
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Jumping the gun, pretty much...
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Sounds like Rustad will be making a trip down to the river …
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Rustad needs to go if there is any hope of getting rid of Eby's NDP.
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The NDP have a habit of self-destructing too, as the more radical members mismanage and drag the rest of them into chaos, so it's a fun watch party all round
Eby is a first-rate lawyer with extensive experience in matters dealing with human rights and civil liberties.
Yet a training in law doesn’t guarantee the ability to manage large complex organizations.
By contrast, Eby’s predecessor John Horgan had no legal background, yet he excelled at running the province.
Perhaps this is being overly critical of the premier. An NDP caucus can be a fractious group at the best of times, as Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark can attest.
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There is not much correlation between outside expertise (lawyer, doctor, ex-general, businessman, financier, etc) and either electoral politics or statecraft. And since the former is the gateway to the latter, ending up with people good at statecraft is rare. Mostly what tells is character and sound moral and ideological premises.
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I meant to post this at the time. A good article summarizing Rustad’s and the BCCP’s tribulations. I’m not that surprised that the wheels are falling off this bus.
www.readtheline.ca
Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
As the Conservatives implode, the rest of the B.C. political spectrum is moving in to divide up the spoils.
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Legal summary from Cassels Brock law firm:
Aboriginal Title Supersedes Fee Simple: Landmark Ruling in Cowichan Tribes v Canada Creates Significant Uncertainty for Private Landowners in BC
Introduction On August 7, 2025, the British Columbia Supreme Court (BCSC) released its much-anticipated decision in Cowichan Tribes v Canada (Attorney
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The Supreme Court gets the final word....
There are volumes of legal and political arguments about the concept of bail, but where it all lands at ground level is in the B.C. Prosecution Service’s policy manual for Crown counsel.
The eight-page directive on bail, refreshed three weeks ago, illustrates how entrenched the preference — more like the legal requirement — is for releasing people on bail whenever possible.
It will have to be completely rewritten if the latest federal bid to restrict bail becomes law. That will amount to a big change in mindset.
The Criminal Code is federal law, but the provincial prosecution service administers it. B.C.’s 500 prosecutors are the key players in making the case to a judge on whether an accused person should be locked up.
The main point stressed in the policy — flowing from various Supreme Court of Canada decisions — is that “every person charged with an offence has the fundamental right to bail on reasonable terms and the right not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause.”
Les Leyne: Bail reform requires major change of attitude
The B.C. Prosecution Service’s policy manual for Crown counsel on bail illustrates how entrenched the preference — even the legal requirement — is for releasing people on bail whenever possible.There are volumes of legal and political arguments about the concept of bail, but where it all lands at ground level is in the B.C. Prosecution Service’s policy manual for Crown counsel.
The eight-page directive on bail, refreshed three weeks ago, illustrates how entrenched the preference — more like the legal requirement — is for releasing people on bail whenever possible.
It will have to be completely rewritten if the latest federal bid to restrict bail becomes law. That will amount to a big change in mindset.
The Criminal Code is federal law, but the provincial prosecution service administers it. B.C.’s 500 prosecutors are the key players in making the case to a judge on whether an accused person should be locked up.
The main point stressed in the policy — flowing from various Supreme Court of Canada decisions — is that “every person charged with an offence has the fundamental right to bail on reasonable terms and the right not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause.”
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