Episode Details

Third quarter fundraising numbers aren't enough to save John Rustad or the ostriches. While David Eby puts his elbows firmly down in the trade war. Federally, the Budget lands with a thud but the opposition parties helped it pass its first confidence tests.

Links

• 2025 Third Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available | Elections BC 
• Letter from BC Conservative volunteers
• Hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm to be killed after top court dismisses appeal to stop cull | CBC
• Marksmen complete cull at B.C. ostrich farm, CFIA says | CBC News
• B.C. won’t run ads targeting U.S. homeowners after Ontario backlash - The Globe and Mail
• Rob Shaw: Eby's tariff task force ends in a shrug
• Budget 2025 - Canada.ca  
• We Expected Little in the Federal Budget on Housing. We Got Less Than Expected.
• Budget will scrap program to plant two billion trees, source says - The Globe and Mail
• NDP says abstention is an option on budget vote - The Globe and Mail
• NDP, Bloc will vote with government on first budget confidence vote
• Liberal budget clears second confidence hurdle as MPs head into break week | CBC News
• MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to Liberals - The Globe and Mail
• Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux denies coercion played a role in his resignation | CBC News
• Poilievre’s Conservatives struggling to stay united, source says, as Carney government survives a second budget vote
• Financial Returns of Registered Political Parties for the Third Quarter of 2025 Now Online
• Party supporters ‘tapped out’ as post-election donation dip deepens with Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter - The Hill Times