Dec 14 2024 48 mins 51
Tensions in the BC Conservative caucus spills out into public view. Plus a round up of BC politics stories and the latest from Ottawa on the GST holiday and the long delayed fiscal update.
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* Rift in B.C. Conservative caucus deepens as MLA defies party leader | CBC News
* BC Conservative MLA accused of being a Manchurian candidate, Rustad defends free speech amongst caucus
* Canadian premiers urge strong response to Trump tariff threat, minister says | Reuters
* Eby says ‘nothing’s off the table’ in responding to Trump’s tariff threats
* Premier David Eby vows accountability after Small Business BC bankruptcy
* Small Business BC files for bankruptcy
* B.C. announces 9 new wind projects to power equivalent of 500,000 homes | CBC News
* Wind energy in B.C. now exempt from environmental assessment | The Narwhal
* Trudeau’s office at odds with Finance Minister Freeland over GST holiday, $250 cheques, sources say – The Globe and Mail
* Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland – The Globe and Mail
* GST holiday would cost Ottawa $2.7-billion if provinces with HST asked for compensation, PBO says – The Globe and Mail
* The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday | CBC News
* 2024 Fall Economic Statement: Making it easier for homeowners to build secondary suites – Canada.ca
* Freeland doesn’t commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement – Lacombe Express
