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Suzanne Anton

B.C. to change human rights code to protect transgendered people

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton says the code will be changed to include "gender identity or expression" among the protected grounds its covers.

PavCo names new board members

The Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, Pat Bell, appointed five new members and reappointed six existing members to the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) Board today. Among among the new board...

Head shaking polls got Vancouver voters so wrong

Polling is one of our great democratic tools -- unless it's used to confuse and mislead voters.

How the media and the NPA got it wrong in the Vancouver election

This is the fourth Vancouver election in a row where I have been a pollster (the last three for Vision Vancouver), and this was the oddest I’ve seen here – or anywhere else I’ve worked for that...

NPA got mad when they should have gotten smart

So it is over. And the result was predictable. Predictable, that is, if you don’t pay attention to the media’s predilection to focus on the small beer like the “Occupy Crisis”.  Polls over the...

The NPA headquarters on election night: slideshow

Scenes from a dramatic evening at the NPA camp.

Suzanne Anton concedes defeat at somber NPA headquarters

2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: City will have a "more balanced" council now, she assures party followers.

Mayor Gregor Robertson re-elected

2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: Another three years for Mayor Robertson.

NPA's Anton concedes election

2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: Failed mayoral candidate salutes party council winners, calls it a "more balanced council".

Vancouver voters face stark choice this election, Mayor says

Vancouver Civic Election 2011: Mayor pushes for re-election, pointing out rival party's inconsistencies.