Vaughn Palmer
The Vancouver Sun
Victoria, BC, Canada
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Vaughn Palmer: Premier David Eby's housing announcement a rush job that leaves many questions
Opinion: Even government seems unable to say how many units could be acquired under $500M plan that has an overly ambitious timeline → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Unless there’s a great improvement in ICBC finances, Eby could be facing dumpster fire of his own
If ICBC doesn’t deliver sufficient financial results to justify rate freeze, then presumably they’ll have to find other ways to pay for it. → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Health Ministry continues eroding public trust
Opinion: Witless handling of news release on flu deaths has real downsides → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. COVID review finds ways to bypass NDP attempts to limit scope
Opinion: Circumstances of report's release ignores Eby's promise of openness and transparency → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Eby shows he's not afraid to reverse course on key issues
Opinion: But time will tell if he can change direction when he make his own mistakes → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Eby's rush to oust B.C. Housing directors appears political, not financial
Opinion: Ousted directors say they were already making fixes recommended by an auditor's report when the axe fell as Eby prepared to seek the NDP leadership → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Liberals rail at debate 'guillotine' that they used in government
Opinion: Mike de Jong attacks NDP for limiting debate, but when in government has was the one invoking closure → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: 'Seismic shift' makes B.C. family doctors the best paid in Canada
Opinion: Government left out, probably deliberately, any specific targets and thresholds for retaining family doctors or attracting new ones → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Eby only pretended to be at arm's-length from NDP probe of Appadurai campaign
It appears that the Eby complaints were instrumental in providing evidence against Appadurai. → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Cullen did his best to be fair and even-handed with money-laundering blame
Opinion: Inquiry concluded that with the information available before 2017, top Liberal ministers should have known they needed to do more to tackle money laundering → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP lauds Liberals ... of course, there was a catch
Opinion: The hidden subtext: Liberals brought in the successful low-carbon-fuel policy, but it's one (small) reason gas prices are so high → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: For B.C. forest companies and pension plans, the future is in the U.S.
Opinion: Agency that invests public-sector pension funds is following B.C. forestry companies to greener pastures of Texas and Louisiana → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Despite legislature rhetoric, Lytton no closer to knowing 'when'
Opinion: All parties professed support for Lytton, but opposition parties unable to get commitment on when rebuild starts → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. throne speech mostly reheated items from the past
In the throne speech immediately after the fall 2020 election, the Horgan government claimed to see “better days ahead” on the pandemic. → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Freedom of information? Who cares, says B.C. premier
Opinion: It's sounding as if John Horgan is happy to ram through a law gutting access to information → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: NDP should run FOI bill through the nearest shredder
Opinion: Information commissioner has laid out major concerns with proposed new law and hopes public opinion with quash it → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Horgan attacks public access to government information
Opinion: New rules would limit Information Commissioner's powers, exclude premiers office from FOI requests → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP helped by an opposition that can't shoot straight
Opinion: The B.C. NDP has grown adept at provoking Liberals into appearing divisive. → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: Horgan calls on celebs to back up call to save old-growth forest with cold, hard cash
Opinion: Province is working on protections for ancient trees, but needs about $500 million to supply options for forest-dependent communities, premier says → Read More
Vaughn Palmer: 'How many times do we have to stand here and defend our treaty rights?'
Blueberry River Chief Marvin Yahey agreed the deal was “huge,” citing terms that saw the province provide $65 million in the agreement. → Read More