I’m Laila Yuile, and The Long View is where I bring together the full scope of my work — politics, people, and the deeper stories that live beneath the noise.
For more than a decade, I’ve written about power, policy, and the realities that shape life in Canada. Born and raised in northern British Columbia, I lived and worked in Metro Vancouver for more than twenty years before heeding the call of a quieter, simpler life much like my roots, and north Vancouver Island became my home. The unique perspective gained from my rural upbringing in a forestry family has always provided me with the foundation to understand and view politics in way that bridges the rural-urban divide.
I’m a former columnist for 24 Hours Vancouver ( The Dual & Civic Affairs) and have provided political commentary for radio, television and print media, offering clear-eyed analysis in a landscape that often rewards noise over nuance. I believe in government accountability, clarity, and digging into the hard issues— even when it’s uncomfortable. Especially when it’s uncomfortable…
But I’m not only a political observer and commentator. I’m a parent. A passionate photographer and avid gardener. A traveler of gnarly back roads and explorer of wild places. I went back to college and became a registered end-of-life guide and advanced care planner while employed as a former client care coordinator. I help people who are dying, and their loved ones. I’ve sat with people in their final moments, supported families through impossible choices, and witnessed the quiet truths that surface when everything unnecessary falls away. All those experiences have also shaped how I see the world now: with a fuller perspective, with honesty and compassion, and with a deep respect for what actually matters.
This site reflects all of that — the sharp and the soft, side by side.
Here you’ll find investigative pieces, pointed political analysis, human-centered storytelling, and reflections drawn from the thresholds of life and death. I don’t want to separate these parts of myself anymore, because they all inform each other. They’re all real. They’re all me.
If you’re here for deeper context, and a view that stretches beyond the headlines, you’re in the right place.
Welcome to The Long View.
The Long View 
