Jordan Bateman
Opinion: The bell tolls for drivers – again
Every time I think I’m off the TransLink file, they pull me back in. This time, you can blame B.C. Premier David Eby. At a news conference Wednesday announcing a half-billion dollar bailout for the...
Budget 2023: Another B.C. budget where the results aren’t there
Results matter, and by so many metrics, the BC NDP government is failing British Columbians. As I sat in the basement of the Victoria Convention Centre today, scrutinizing the seventh NDP budget, I...
Remembering Larry Fisher – a titan of B.C.’s construction industry
The construction industry, Surrey and B.C.’s free-enterprise movement lost a legendary figure this weekend, when Lark Group founder Larry Fisher passed away after a long, furious fight with cancer....
Jordan Bateman: NDP will have to choose between priorities
The unstoppable force of Indigenous rights has crashed into the immovable object of the NDP Government’s sweetheart deal with its union supporters – and it’s up to new Premier David Eby to fix...
Jordan Bateman: Bending about breaking the law
Premier David Eby’s affinity for yoga came in handy this week, as he tried to twist himself into a new “tough on crime” persona. But given his history, convincing anyone would be beyond even a master...
Jordan Bateman: Lions hope Rourke’s next pass falls incomplete
For the good of Canadian football, we need to find a way to keep Nathan Rourke playing Canadian football. Specifically, back in B.C. After watching the BC Lions quarterback tear up the league in...
Jordan Bateman: Advice for new mayors: remember the four C’s
First comes the swearing-in. Then, the swearing-at. Over the next week or so, hundreds of new mayors, municipal councillors, regional directors, school trustees and (for some reason, in Vancouver...
Jordan Bateman: The (new) housing facts of life
You take the good, you take the bad; you take them both, and there you have: the facts of another municipal election cycle. Okay, it’s not quite as catchy as the 80s TV theme song, but when it...
BC NDP prefers some hostile takeovers to others
Hypocrisy has always run rampant in politics. But as they work to oust upstart leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai and hand over the reins of government to their preferred choice, David Eby, the BC...
Jordan Bateman: Appadurai ousting just business as usual for the NDP
It appears we are in the final days of the Anjali Appadurai insurgency – er, BC NDP leadership campaign. The hot gossip out of Victoria says Premier John Horgan’s team has been busy scheduling exit...