Issue 42:

The theme section of Inroads 42 casts a spotlight on British Columbia, where a new NDP-Green government faces numerous challenges. None is more urgent than the decision on whether to build the controversial Site C dam: Marvin Shaffer examines the government’s options. Also looming is a referendum on electoral reform: David Moscrop looks at what‘s at stake. Other features include Pierre Fortin’s assessment of Quebec’s 20-year-old universal childcare policy, Eric Shaw’s look back at Britain’s surprising election and ahead at the difficult Brexit negotiations, and reports on Catalonia’s standoff with the Spanish government and the Czech Republic’s embrace of a superrich populist.