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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: Two accounts of the pause of social harms bill

Les Leyne: Two accounts of the pause of social harms bill

Government introduced a bill that was supposed to smooth the way for the province to sue the social media giants for the damage they are doing to society
Les Leyne: Aboriginal title for Haida Gwaii raises questions about private landowners

Les Leyne: Aboriginal title for Haida Gwaii raises questions about private landowners

All private land owners on Haida Gwaii will need consent from the Haida Nation, according to a law firm specializing in Aboriginal issues.
Les Leyne: Lawyers gearing up for fight over Legal Professions Act

Les Leyne: Lawyers gearing up for fight over Legal Professions Act

B.C.’s proposed Legal Professions Act cuts into lawyers’ lucrative turf and reduces their control over their own oversight. But the complaints go beyond that.
Les Leyne: An up-close look at drug safe-supply diversion

Les Leyne: An up-close look at drug safe-supply diversion

The two views of how safe supply actually works have been crashing into each other with increasing frequency lately in the political world.
Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

How will B.C.’s carbon tax weather the political storm that erupted this week?
Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

A consulting firm hired by the NDP to administer grants from its CleanBC program is accused of asking for a kickback to successfully process an application.
Les Leyne: Eby adviser deeply involved in online media world

Les Leyne: Eby adviser deeply involved in online media world

A key adviser in the premier’s office, Meghan Sali, is also on the board of directors of Constellation Media, a news organization run by a non-profit society with an acknowledged progressive bent
Les Leyne: MLA mom tells how working remotely could have saved a life

Les Leyne: MLA mom tells how working remotely could have saved a life

MLA Harwinder Sandhu was attending a sitting of the house remotely when her daughter went into a health crisis
Les Leyne: U.S. ambassador talks protocol, treaties and softwood lumber

Les Leyne: U.S. ambassador talks protocol, treaties and softwood lumber

Advice to Canada’s ambassador to Germany John Horgan is be yourself. On softwood lumber, U.S. sees Canadian practices as discriminatory, he says.
Les Leyne: Eby can't call the shots on antisemitism response

Les Leyne: Eby can't call the shots on antisemitism response

A judicious, rigorous, independent look at this would go a lot further in convincing people that the rubble from Robinson’s bombshell letter isn’t just being smoothed over.
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