Columnists Rob Shaw and Vaughn Palmer break down Health Minister Adrian Dix’s push to raise immunization rate in British Columbia
Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer subs in for Mike Smyth and discusses with Rob Shaw the B.C. government’s new poverty reduction plan, measles vaccination programs, the election call in Alberta and the new federal government budget.
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