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Les Leyne

Les Leyne

Les Leyne covers legislature sittings. He has written an opinion column since 1995 and was a political, municipal and general assignment reporter prior to that. He grew up in Qualicum Beach and worked on the West Shore and in Duncan prior to joining the Times Colonist.

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Les Leyne: Kevin Falcon folds party with last-ditch move to foil NDP

Les Leyne: Kevin Falcon folds party with last-ditch move to foil NDP

Instead of engineering a glorious makeover, Kevin Falcon oversaw the worst rebranding exercise since Twitter became 鈥淴.鈥
Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry

Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry

小蓝视频 Conservative leader said he鈥檚 offering a 鈥渃ommon sense鈥 approach to governing
Les Leyne: Could the upstart 小蓝视频 Conservatives swallow 小蓝视频 United whole?

Les Leyne: Could the upstart 小蓝视频 Conservatives swallow 小蓝视频 United whole?

Starting from nothing just 14 months ago, John Rustad now has four MLAs and a wide lead over 小蓝视频 United in the polls
Les Leyne: Retiring MLAs leave on high notes

Les Leyne: Retiring MLAs leave on high notes

The next legislature will look significantly different, no matter who wins.
Les Leyne: Unite-the-right idea is still on the table

Les Leyne: Unite-the-right idea is still on the table

小蓝视频 United and Conservative Party of 小蓝视频 are building separate teams to fight an election at the same time they are willing to listen to people urging them to come together
Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

Les Leyne: Tired of arguing, NDP cuts off debate on bill that reduces power of lawyers

The NDP have unilaterally declared debates over multiple times in the past few years.
Les Leyne: Conservatives ending legislature session with growth spurt

Les Leyne: Conservatives ending legislature session with growth spurt

Conservatives were a small club out on the fringes before 小蓝视频 United Leader Kevin Falcon decided one of his veteran northern MLA鈥檚 skepticism about the cause of climatechange was reason enough to escort him out the door.
Les Leyne: Health workers vaccine mandate back in play

Les Leyne: Health workers vaccine mandate back in play

Justice Simon Coval rejected arguments that the vaccination requirement violates people鈥檚 religious or conscientious beliefs
Les Leyne: IC小蓝视频 rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

Les Leyne: IC小蓝视频 rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

A cabinet order coming very shortly will send the rebate idea to the 小蓝视频 Utilities Commission and give it 10 days to review whether this is the best possible use of $400 million.
Les Leyne: 小蓝视频's drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Les Leyne: 小蓝视频's drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Taking action implies moving forward, but the 小蓝视频 government is going backward and capitulating on decriminalization
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