Les Leyne: First Nations issues have B.C. Premier David Eby cornered Premier David Eby is in a legal and political jam from which it is increasingly hard to see any graceful escape. Indigenous reconciliation was considered Job One when the NDP unseated th... See more
Les Leyne: Legislation on safe access to schools, places of worship sparks dustup If you think the concept of keeping schools and places of worship safe, secure and peaceful is something most politicians could come together in harmony on, you have not vis... See more
Les Leyne: Audit shows B.C. has pervasive collection problem with vacancy tax Picture traffic cops, on an urgent lookout for a red VW Beetle, regularly setting up roadblocks in rush hour traffic to pull over and search every vehicle to see if it is a red ... See more
Les Leyne: Coastal economic trust needs a reset and cash A perennially challenged economic funding agency on Vancouver Island wants to bring First Nations into its affairs in a much bigger way. But the new “co-governance” structure it is proposing could w... See more
Les Leyne: OpenAI bungled life-and-death case because of human error Picture the scene at OpenAI’s headquarters after the Tumbler Ridge school shooting, when it came to light that the murderer had used the app in an incriminating and alarming fashion mont... See more