United Conservative drama, a boring group of leaders, federal opposition jockeying and mandatory service is a bad idea. Links BC United posts their L’s Anonymous Website Calls for BC United’s Kevin Falcon to Resign – CTV News Resign Kevin.ca A New Leader Would Not Make BC United More Competitive – Research Co BC NDP maintains double-digit lead ahea…

United Conservative drama, a boring group of leaders, federal opposition jockeying and mandatory service is a bad idea. Links BC United posts their L’s Anonymous Website Calls for BC United’s Kevin Falcon to Resign – CTV News Resign Kevin.ca A New Leader Would Not Make BC United More Competitive – Research Co BC NDP maintains double-digit lead ahea…

Is the solution to the what ails Canada reforming the constitution? Stewart Prest joins to discuss. Plus a bit of the latest pre-election BC horserace. Links NDP First, Conservatives Rise, United Plummets in British Columbia – Research Co. Blast radius: Satisfaction with provincial governments crashes after years of COVID-19, cost of living crisis …

Is the solution to the what ails Canada reforming the constitution? Stewart Prest joins to discuss. Plus a bit of the latest pre-election BC horserace. Links NDP First, Conservatives Rise, United Plummets in British Columbia – Research Co. Blast radius: Satisfaction with provincial governments crashes after years of COVID-19, cost of living crisis …

Will they? Won’t they? Within 48 hours we went from the chance of BC United and BC Conservatives merging, to Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West taking over to it all crumbling apart. And this all took place against the final week of the BC Legislature’s sittings before the fall’s election. So we naturally have a number of MLAs retiring. We also learned…

Will they? Won’t they? Within 48 hours we went from the chance of BC United and BC Conservatives merging, to Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West taking over to it all crumbling apart. And this all took place against the final week of the BC Legislature’s sittings before the fall’s election. So we naturally have a number of MLAs retiring. We also learned…

Note: Apologies for the delay on this week’s episode. We completely blanked on uploading it over the weekend. David Eby distributes ICBC earnings in advance of the election. Only Victoria is set to meet its housing targets. Our province’s IT is under cyber attack. And we have the interim report of the foreign interference inquiry. Links ICBC announ…

Note: Apologies for the delay on this week’s episode. We completely blanked on uploading it over the weekend. David Eby distributes ICBC earnings in advance of the election. Only Victoria is set to meet its housing targets. Our province’s IT is under cyber attack. And we have the interim report of the foreign interference inquiry. Links ICBC announ…

Ottawa struggles with whether or not to have people give guns to the post office and here in BC Eby asks the Feds to roll back decriminalization in public places. Links 2024 First Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available | Elections BC Bill banning transgender athletes from publicly-funded sports quashed in B.C. | Globalnews.ca B.C. moves to ban…

Ottawa struggles with whether or not to have people give guns to the post office and here in BC Eby asks the Feds to roll back decriminalization in public places. Links 2024 First Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available | Elections BC Bill banning transgender athletes from publicly-funded sports quashed in B.C. | Globalnews.ca B.C. moves to ban…

The sue all the companies bill gets paused. BC’s poverty reduction minister bemoans the lacklustre Disability Benefit without critically analyzing her government’s own ability to end poverty for disabled people. The province adds more cities to the housing naughty list. Federally, the NDP are stomping their feet. And Saskatchewan, Bombardier and Ho…

The sue all the companies bill gets paused. BC’s poverty reduction minister bemoans the lacklustre Disability Benefit without critically analyzing her government’s own ability to end poverty for disabled people. The province adds more cities to the housing naughty list. Federally, the NDP are stomping their feet. And Saskatchewan, Bombardier and Ho…

The Federal Budget is out. We break down what is in it and what it means for BC and Canada. Re-upload. Apologies, an incorrect version with an old episode’s audio went out. Links Former B.C. minister Mike de Jong seeks federal Tory nomination | CBC News Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation Matt Gurney: What happens when Trudeau can’t blame th…

The Federal Budget is out. We break down what is in it and what it means for BC and Canada. Re-upload. Apologies, an incorrect version with an old episode’s audio went out. Links Former B.C. minister Mike de Jong seeks federal Tory nomination | CBC News Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation Matt Gurney: What happens when Trudeau can’t blame th…

A kickback scandal, more bills, fundraising data, defence policy and the foreign interference inquiry. Links Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP forced to admit its opponents got it right on kickback allegations Investigation launched into CleanBC grant program kickback allegations | Vancouver Sun What you need to know about the B.C. clean energy grant controv…

A kickback scandal, more bills, fundraising data, defence policy and the foreign interference inquiry. Links Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP forced to admit its opponents got it right on kickback allegations Investigation launched into CleanBC grant program kickback allegations | Vancouver Sun What you need to know about the B.C. clean energy grant controv…

Spring break is over and the BC Legislature returns with a raft of major bills: Housing, renter protections, a flipping tax, First Nations land ownership and Police Act reforms. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau is doing a major pre-budget tour, possibly violating parliamentary privilege, to promote housing programs to mirror BC’s recent changes. And NDP M…

Spring break is over and the BC Legislature returns with a raft of major bills: Housing, renter protections, a flipping tax, First Nations land ownership and Police Act reforms. Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau is doing a major pre-budget tour, possibly violating parliamentary privilege, to promote housing programs to mirror BC’s recent changes. And NDP M…

Trudeau wants rent to count toward credits scores, meanwhile Health Minster Dix is frustrated at his own ministry for the inability to keep ERs open full time. Links ‘I’m frustrated, too,’ health minister Adrian Dix says of Prince Rupert ER closures BC denies Prince George’s request to opt out of short term rental bans Some strata hotels, motels to…

Trudeau wants rent to count toward credits scores, meanwhile Health Minster Dix is frustrated at his own ministry for the inability to keep ERs open full time. Links ‘I’m frustrated, too,’ health minister Adrian Dix says of Prince Rupert ER closures BC denies Prince George’s request to opt out of short term rental bans Some strata hotels, motels to…

Both David Eby and Pierre Poilievre are riding high on the polls but 6/18 months is an eternity in politics.By Leg-in-Boot Media

David Eby is winning the latest polls but we take a look down memory lane to another NDP leader who looked destined to win. Maybe he can maintain his lead by going after the federal Conservative leader who’s spending his days screaming Axe the Tax like he’s an even earlier BCNDP leader. Meanwhile, the federal Liberals & NDP mark two years since sig…

It's Spring Break for teachers and the BC Leg. Ottawa is a silly place.By Leg-in-Boot Media

The BC Legislature is on break for two weeks, so we look back at the bills the government has passed and introduced so far. Then in Ottawa, things aren’t going great as we’re losing count of how many civil servants are moonlighting as government contractors. Links Progress of Bills this session B.C. takes action to hold companies accountable for hu…

Selina Robinson leaves the NDP, a nomination battle in Little Mountain and should local governments have more say in immigration? Links Ex-minister Selina Robinson quits B.C. NDP, citing antisemitism in caucus – Victoria Times Colonist Full text of Selina Robinson’s resignation letter to B.C. NDP caucus | National Post Eby defends NDP against Robin…

Selina Robinson leaves the NDP, a nomination battle in Little Mountain and should local governments have more say in immigration?By Leg-in-Boot Media

The Online Harms Bill, the PharmaCare Bill and more news from federal politics. Links Brian Mulroney, former prime minister who reshaped Canada, has died Government Bill (House of Commons) C-63 (44-1) – First Reading – Online Harms Act – Parliament of Canada Long-awaited online harms bill proposes higher sentences for spreading hate online | CBC Ne…

The Online Harms Bill, the PharmaCare Bill and more news from federal politics.By Leg-in-Boot Media

A mini-cabinet shakeup preceded another near substance-less Speech from the Throne. We also got Eby’s pre-election budget but you wouldn’t know that an election was coming up given how otherwise unremarkable it also was. But most controversially, the government shelved its planned amendments to the Land Act that were starting to attract significant…

The Throne Speech, the Budget, the Land won't changeBy Leg-in-Boot Media

BC Builds is officially announced and we’re underwhelmed. But not as underwhelmed as we are at BC United’s attempt at delivering its own housing plan. Plus Mike de Jong retires, ArriveCan is a mess and telling people you don’t want to fund roads might be the right policy but it’s definitely going to get people upset. Links BC Builds will deliver mo…

What's old is new but is still better than the other guys. BC Builds is here.By Leg-in-Boot Media

Selina Robinson is out as Minister of Post-Secondary Education. David Eby has strong words for Bell’s layoffs (but maybe little action). And a Throne Speech and Budget are coming up. Federally, Pierre Poilievre seems eager to shore up his right flank. This is Vancolour’s Mo Amir fills in for Scott this week. Links Find Mo: This is Vancolour | Twitt…

This is Vancolour's Mo Amir joins Ian to discuss the resignation of Selina Robinson and more.By Leg-in-Boot Media