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United Conservative drama, a boring group of leaders, federal opposition jockeying and mandatory service is a bad idea. Links BC United posts their L’s Anonymous Website Calls for BC United’s Kevin Falcon to Resign – CTV News Resign Kevin.ca A New Leader Would Not Make BC United More Competitive – Research Co BC NDP maintains double-digit lead ahead of expec

Is the solution to the what ails Canada reforming the constitution? Stewart Prest joins to discuss. Plus a bit of the latest pre-election BC horserace. Links * NDP First, Conservatives Rise, United Plummets in British Columbia – Research Co. * Blast radius: Satisfaction with provincial governments crashes after years of COVID-19, cost of living crisis – Angus Reid Institu

Will they? Won’t they? Within 48 hours we went from the chance of BC United and BC Conservatives merging, to Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West taking over to it all crumbling apart. And this all took place against the final week of the BC Legislature’s sittings before the fall’s election. So we naturally have a number of MLAs retiring. We also learned this week that

Note: Apologies for the delay on this week’s episode. We completely blanked on uploading it over the weekend. David Eby distributes ICBC earnings in advance of the election. Only Victoria is set to meet its housing targets. Our province’s IT is under cyber attack. And we have the interim report of the foreign interference inquiry. Links * ICBC announces $110 rebate to

Ottawa struggles with whether or not to have people give guns to the post office and here in BC Eby asks the Feds to roll back decriminalization in public places. Links * 2024 First Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available | Elections BC * Bill banning transgender athletes from publicly-funded sports quashed in B.C. | Globalnews.ca * B.C. moves to ban drug use in

The sue all the companies bill gets paused. BC’s poverty reduction minister bemoans the lacklustre Disability Benefit without critically analyzing her government’s own ability to end poverty for disabled people. The province adds more cities to the housing naughty list. Federally, the NDP are stomping their feet. And Saskatchewan, Bombardier and Honda get special treatm

The Federal Budget is out. We break down what is in it and what it means for BC and Canada. Re-upload. Apologies, an incorrect version with an old episode’s audio went out. Links * Former B.C. minister Mike de Jong seeks federal Tory nomination | CBC News * Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation * Matt Gurney: What happens when Trudeau can’t blame

A kickback scandal, more bills, fundraising data, defence policy and the foreign interference inquiry. Links Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP forced to admit its opponents got it right on kickback allegations Investigation launched into CleanBC grant program kickback allegations | Vancouver Sun What you need to know about the B.C. clean energy grant controversy | CBC News Proposed changes t

Spring break is over and the BC Legislature returns with a raft of major bills: Housing, renter protections, a flipping tax, First Nations land ownership and Police Act reforms. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau is doing a major pre-budget tour, possibly violating parliamentary privilege, to promote housing programs to mirror BC’s recent changes. And NDP MPs jump ship. Links Christin

Trudeau wants rent to count toward credits scores, meanwhile Health Minster Dix is frustrated at his own ministry for the inability to keep ERs open full time.  Links * ‘I’m frustrated, too,’ health minister Adrian Dix says of Prince Rupert ER closures * BC denies Prince George’s request to opt out of short term rental bans * Some strata h