Commentary
Lessons from The Burgundy Luncheon Club
by BLC Admin on February 14, 2011
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“Easing the burden of the dying”
by BLC Admin on November 15, 2010
Ian Bailey of The Globe and Mail’s Vancouver office is a Burgundy Luncheon Club member. Here is a story he wrote under the headline “Easing the burden of the dying” in The Globe’s excellent One Big Idea regular feature following (…)
Chantal Hebert on the Political Price of New Taxes
by BLC Admin on November 4, 2010
In September of 2009 the Burgundy Luncheon Club welcomed Brian Lee Crowley as a guest speaker to one of our sessions. Brian is the managing director of the Ottawa-based Macdonald Laurier Institute, a non-partisan policy research organization that is Canada’s (…)
“Why is good policy toxic politics?”
by BLC Admin on October 28, 2010
The Burgundy Luncheon Club is an excellent incubator of ideas. We’ve discussed, debated and learned about important issues at all levels of government since we began our sessions in May of 2009. Our discussions are private, and off-the-record, which is (…)
“Nanny-state” capital markets, Tory fortunes and a “Boomtown” mayor
by BLC Admin on February 20, 2013
A Burgundy Luncheon Club cheque for $4,233.41 was delivered to the Vancouver Sun “Adopt-a-School” program on Tuesday, February 19th. This amount represents the net proceeds of our recent “Politics NOT As Usual” event in The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, and will (…)
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