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#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.
BC tries to walk a tightrope in its throne speech between a raging COVID-19 crisis and plotting a post-pandemic plan; a somber fifth anniversary for …
5 years, 2 months ago
#8 - Those dang youths not following COVID restrictions, Greens propose a lockdown and restaurants get a partial bailout.
Premier John Horgan struggles to get out from under criticism for blaming young people about COVID-19 spread two weeks later, the BC Greens propose a…
5 years, 3 months ago
#7 - Homelessness, expensive toilets and advice to political parties at the half-way point of the spring legislative session.
BC's new aggressive stance on housing and homelessness, questions swirl around Vancouver's $645,000 toilet, and our panel gives BC's political partie…
5 years, 3 months ago
#6 - BC picks essential workers for vaccines, hikes assistance rates, and fights with Penticton over housing.
BC decides who is 'essential' enough for an early vaccine, the largest hike to assistance rates in history falls flat and the case of David Eby VS th…
5 years, 3 months ago
#5 - Vaccination call-centre collapse, the ups and downs on the pandemic, and more
What should the public make about a wild week of ups and downs on BC's pandemic response? Rob, Katy, Jillian, and Maclean break it all down, includin…
5 years, 3 months ago
#4 - BC’s new vaccine rollout plan, pandemic politics, a new renters’ law, and more...
Rob, Katy, Jillian and Maclean tackle BC’s changes to its vaccine rollout strategy, the difficult line politicians have to walk in pandemic politics …
5 years, 4 months ago
#3 - Site C gets approved (again), the legislature is set to return amid confusion, and housing prices continue to soar.
Premier John Horgan doubles down on the Site C dam with a controversial decision to approve a new $16 billion budget, but did he have any other choic…
5 years, 4 months ago
#2 - BC loses to churches in court, Site C, and the Liberal leadership race.
B.C. gets dealt a major blow in its pandemic enforcement with an interesting court ruling in favour of churches. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resi…
5 years, 4 months ago
#1 - Pandemic politics, ICBC and the overdose crisis.
For our first show, host Rob Shaw is joined by Maclean Kay, Jillian Oliver and Katy Merrifield to discuss the government's response to COVID-19, ICBC…
5 years, 4 months ago