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#172 - Carbon Tax, Bill 7, Fed Elxn, Centre BC, Penny Ballem
April 4, 2025 - The BC government cancels the carbon tax but faces tough questions about gas prices and climate change. The premier backtracks on an …
1 year, 1 month ago
Political Capital 171 - BC's sweeping new tariff legislation, Conservative dissent, carbon tax and involuntary care
March 14, 2025 - BC's new tariff legislation gives extraordinary powers to the premier and cabinet that bypass the legislature - is this appropriate …
1 year, 2 months ago
Political Capital 170 - BC's tepid budget, Eby counters Trump, Conservatives implode
March 7, 2024 - The BC NDP government tables its new provincial budget, drowning in red ink, and yet nobody pays much attention to it due to the cont…
1 year, 2 months ago
Political Capital 169 - Trump hits BC budget, BC Conservatives infighting, free votes and Opposition successes
February 28, 2025 - BC readies its provincial budget, but it faces major uncertainty as it is set to land the same day as US President Donald Trump's…
1 year, 2 months ago
Political Capital 168 - Safe supply, throne speech and first week of legislative session
February 21, 2025 - What is behind the BC government decision to roll back unwitnessed safe supply just before the start of the spring legislative se…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Capital 167 - Eby visits White House, NDP cancels grocery rebate, lookahead to legislative session
February 14, 2025 - Premier David Eby travels with the other premiers to Washington DC. The NDP cancels its affordability rebate. We look ahead to th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Capital 166 - Trump, new safe supply concerns, BC United leadership
February 7, 2025 - BC's premier says he's skeptical about a 30-day reprieve on tariffs from US President Donald Trump, so what should the province do…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Capital 165 - BC's evolving response to Trump + Green leader Sonia Furstenau resigns
January 31, 2025 - BC New Democrats and Conservatives continue to spar over how to respond to Donald Trump on tariffs, but who is making the bigger i…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Capital 164 - Donald Trump, resource development & public sector contract negotiations
January 24, 2025 - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat continues to alter BC's political agenda, including on how the NDP government approach…
1 year, 3 months ago
Political Capital 163 - Donald Trump sideswipes B.C. politics
January 17, 2025 - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's tariff threat would blow a multi-billion-dollar hole in the B.C. economy, according to new fig…
1 year, 4 months ago