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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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Recent Work by Les

Les Leyne: Trump's incoherence makes responding to tariff wall tricky

Les Leyne: Trump's incoherence makes responding to tariff wall tricky

Trump’s announcement was so incoherent that much of the rest of the world had to scramble to grasp even the basic details
Les Leyne: Overnight argument puts carbon tax to bed

Les Leyne: Overnight argument puts carbon tax to bed

Taxpayers woke up to a bright new day featuring a dramatic drop in gas prices — for a while.
Les Leyne: Eby government abandons made-in-B.C. climate policy

Les Leyne: Eby government abandons made-in-B.C. climate policy

He’s moved from helping save the planet to saving his own skin.
Les Leyne: B.C. Premier David Eby grabs maximum power for tariff war

Les Leyne: B.C. Premier David Eby grabs maximum power for tariff war

When Bill 7 passes, Premier David Eby will be the most powerful premier in B.C.’s history for the two years the emergency measures are in effect.
Les Leyne: Columbia River could be the western front of Trump's attack on Canada

Les Leyne: Columbia River could be the western front of Trump's attack on Canada

International treaties are always complicated. Signing one in the midst of an all-out economic war verges on impossible.
Les Leyne: Latest episode confirms B.C. Conservatives' penchant for internal warfare

Les Leyne: Latest episode confirms B.C. Conservatives' penchant for internal warfare

Party members have a history of starting vicious internal arguments any time there’s more than one of them in a room
Les Leyne: Despite province's 'all-front attack,' housing starts dropped last year

Les Leyne: Despite province's 'all-front attack,' housing starts dropped last year

It comes down to the fact that you can’t build houses if you can’t hire builders. And you can’t force the private sector to build if the financing doesn’t work.
Les Leyne: Tariffs will ravage red-ink budget

Les Leyne: Tariffs will ravage red-ink budget

When tariffs slammed into place Tuesday, the immediate impact was to shred most of the forecasts in the budget before it was even introduced
Les Leyne: Conservatives rally in Nanaimo, fight among selves but back Rustad

Les Leyne: Conservatives rally in Nanaimo, fight among selves but back Rustad

Delegates at the B.C. Conservative AGM spent the day rallying against the NDP government, but also got feisty among themselves.
Les Leyne: Conservative critic forces new curbs on safe supply of drugs

Les Leyne: Conservative critic forces new curbs on safe supply of drugs

NDP Health Minister Josie Osborne announced a significant curtailment of the safe supply policy for dealing with opioid addiction — and it looks to be in direct response to concerns the Opposition started raising two years ago.
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