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#91 - Federal budget, crime, and foreign interference in politics
What does BC think of the latest federal budget - not much, it turns out, as Ottawa fails to deliver on several fronts. A wave of disturbing violence…
3 years, 2 months ago
#90 - BC ends surplus spending spree, but affordability concerns persist
BC is wrapping up its massive surplus spending spree, but the premier still has a couple of billion of dollars left to spend within one week until th…
3 years, 2 months ago
#89 - LNG, TransLink bailout, Nanaimo crime
BC approves a new LNG plant in Kitimat, but starts to shut the door on new facilities with new rules and caps on the oil and gas sector -- is it the …
3 years, 2 months ago
#88 - Pay equity, intimate images, QP toxicity
The NDP government tables several bills around International Women's Day, including transparency on the gender pay gap and tools to crack down on non…
3 years, 2 months ago
#87 - Breaking down BC's new budget
Premier David Eby's first budget spends big on the areas of housing, healthcare and addictions, but what does it mean and how does it all land? Our p…
3 years, 3 months ago
#86 - Melanie Mark's resignation, a four-day work week proposal, Surrey policing and legislature time mismanagement
How can we begin to reform BC politics to make it less toxic, after Melanie Mark, BC's first Indigenous female cabinet minister, resigned by equating…
3 years, 3 months ago
#85 - John Rustad joins BC Conservatives, NDP addictions treatment, dumb backbencher gaffes
Former BC Liberal MLA John Rustad crossed the floor to join the BC Conservatives, giving the party its first MLA in a decade — what will the politica…
3 years, 3 months ago
#84 - Throne speech, healthcare deal and John Horgan retires
Premier David Eby delivers his first speech from the throne, but did it accomplish what he was intending? Ottawa offers healthcare funding that falls…
3 years, 3 months ago
#83 - Eby in Ottawa, overdose deaths, throne speech
Premier David Eby visits the prime minister in Ottawa but doesn't emerge with any concrete promises, but does it matter? Another record year of overd…
3 years, 4 months ago
#82 - Healthcare, LNG, special housing advisor
BC inches closer to a deal with Ottawa on healthcare, but it backs away from supporting an expansion to LNG Canada’s second phase due to climate conc…
3 years, 4 months ago