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#132 - Decrim backdown, premier vs social media companies
April 26, 2024 - Premier David Eby backs down on decriminalization in the wake of weeks of negative stories about its unintended consequences, plus, …
2 years, 4 months ago
#131 - Police on decriminalization, federal budget 2024
BC's police chiefs say they are largely powerless to respond to open drug use in many places, in the wake of decriminalization, once again raising qu…
2 years, 4 months ago
#130 - CleanBC grant scandal, more drug use in hospitals, Surrey policing
The BC government finds itself reeling on three fronts: A CleanBC grant scandal involving alleged conflicts of interest with a private company admini…
2 years, 5 months ago
#129 - BC Conservatives, carbon tax, hospital drug use, Haida title and NDP nomination fight
April 5, 2024 - Can BC continue to defend the carbon tax in the face of a political onslaught by federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who is…
2 years, 5 months ago
#128 - BC cracks down on social media and trucking companies
March 15, 2024 - The BC government is going after social media companies and the trucking industry, while extending a helping hand to the wine and fo…
2 years, 5 months ago
#127 - Selina Robinson's resignation
March 8, 2024 - The stunning resignation of Selina Robinson from the BC NDP caucus leads to questions about antisemitism inside the party and what Pr…
2 years, 6 months ago
#126 - $10-a-day child care troubles, flipping tax
March 1, 2024 - Can the NDP government ever fulfill its $10-a-day child care promise? More communities ask for exemptions from the new short-term ren…
2 years, 6 months ago
#125 - BC Budget, BC Builds, Land Act
The BC NDP drops its re-election budget, but there's not a lot of shiny goodies for voters -- what's going on and what does it mean for the governing…
2 years, 6 months ago
#124 - BC Builds vs BC United rent-to-own, Richmond safe injection site
Government-built rental apartments or a rent-to-own plan? That's just one of the main differences we discuss this week on the show as the BC NDP and …
2 years, 6 months ago
#123 - Selina Robinson removed from cabinet
Post-Secondary Minister Selina Robinson was removed from cabinet by Premier David Eby this week after hateful comments about Palestine -- how did the…
2 years, 7 months ago