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PolitiCoast is the BC politics podcast. We cover British Columbia, Canadian and sometimes international politics from a West Coast lens. PolitiCoast was launched in October 2016 by Ian Bushfield & Scott de Lange Boom.
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F the drivers, build some homes
More candidates jump ship on BC United. Private money is funding attack ads. Open net salmon farming is being shut down…in five years. And the latest in foreign interference.
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* Eby’s baby countdown brings B.C. election campaigning forward – Coast Reporter
* BC United will fix affordability by unleashing economic prosperity
* BC United candidate Puneet Sandhar bows out
* BC United drops Chris Moore
* The Conservative Party of BC Welcomes Chris Moore to the Team
* Linda Hepner Nominated in Surrey-Serpentine River – Conservative Party of BC
* Mike Morden Nominated in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows – Conservative Party of BC
* It’s Open Season for Secretly Funded Political Attack Ads | The Tyee
* Secretive group target B.C. NDP rivals with attack ads | Vancouver Sun
* Feds delay closure of B.C.’s open-net salmon farms until 2029 | CBC News
* Judge allows MP’s lawsuit against Global News to proceed
* Quote from the judgement
* NDP leader says Han Dong shouldn’t be allowed back into Liberal caucus | CBC News
* Foreign interference commission to study NSICOP allegations -
May and Singh are the reasonable ones
BC United suffers another embarassment, as do the BC Greens. Meanwhile, Eby takes on the federal government over immigration funding (we recorded before he criticized equalization payments too). Federally, Elizabeth May and Jagmeet Singh read the unredacted NSICOP report on foreign interference and have diametrically opposed takes on it – presumably one of them is correct.
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B.C. United missteps divide Muslim community, strategist claims | CBC News
https://x.com/JasJohalBC/status/1800569776793874450 First Falcon statement
https://x.com/richardzussman/status/1800687998260142149 Falcon statement
Sonia Furstenau noir (reupload)
B.C. premier frustrated with Quebec immigration funding | CBC News
Marc Miller defends $750M in immigration funding for Quebec, says B.C. premier was ‘confused’ | CBC News
NDP’s Jagmeet Singh says report shows ‘a number of MPs’ have helped foreign states
Elizabeth May Shares Her Review of NSICOP Report – June 11, 2024 | Headline Politics | CPAC.ca
Jagmeet Singh Reacts After Reading NSICOP Report – June 13, 2024 | Headline Politics | CPAC.ca
Liberals support push to have public inquiry probe claims that parliamentarians helped foreign states | CBC News
Liberals refuse to say if current Cabinet ministers named in foreign interference report | Watch News Videos Online
Poilievre is the sole party leader forgoing access to classified report on foreign interference – The Globe and Mail
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a ‘job killer’ | CBC News -
A baker’s dozen
Two more MLAs and a candidate cross from BC United to BC Conservatives. And we look at some of their positions as BCU seeks relevancy and BC Conservatives chase the reactionary vote.
Federally, a new redacted report says various politicians have wittingly colluded with foreign governments. And the Auditor General criticizes the frequency of McKinsey contracts.
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B.C. United caucus chair Lorne Doerkson defects to Conservatives
BC United unveils historic fish and wildlife management plan
Rob Shaw: MLA Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives in stunning blow to BC United
Conservatives announce floor crossing
Coquitlam-Maillardville BC United candidate rejoins conservatives
Turns out they should have listened to their vetting committee
BC United releases ‘United to Fix Child Care’ plan to address the NDP child care crisis
B.C. Conservatives envision sweeping changes to schools, housing, climate and Indigenous policies if elected – The Globe and Mail
Haida Gwaii agreement poll
Murray Rankin retires
Government won’t commit to releasing names of MPs who allegedly conspired with foreign actors | CBC News
Opposition challenges Liberals to name parliamentarians allegedly colluding with foreign powers – The Globe and Mail
Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions
Liberals blocking access to 1,000-plus documents, says intel-oversight panel reviewing foreign interference
What the ‘inadvertent error’ in the PBO’s carbon tax analysis means, in as plain English as possible | CBC News
The carbon pricing debate is somehow getting worse | CBC News
Federal government flouted rules when awarding McKinsey contracts: AG report | CBC News
2024 Reports 5 to 7 of the Auditor General of Canada to the Parliament of Canada
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We’re being led by a bunch of dorks
United Conservative drama, a boring group of leaders, federal opposition jockeying and mandatory service is a bad idea.
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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 ahead of expected campaign; Rustad & Falcon lack appeal, trust on top issues – Angus Reid
Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives lose Courtenay-Comox candidate over social media posts
Jas Johal calls out conservative candidates
Ready set… – Ryan Clayton
Trudeau says housing needs to retain its value – The Globe and Mail
Bloc tables bill that would make it impossible for judges to throw out delayed violent crime cases
Private Member’s Bill C-392 (44-1) – First Reading – An Act to amend the Criminal Code to address the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Jordan
The list of crimes
Foreign interference bill
NDP wants Liberals to scrap proposed election date change that could secure pensions for many MPs
Newfoundland and Labrador launching court case against federal equalization program
Tasha Kheiriddin: Young people are taught to hate Canada. Mandatory service could fix that
Don’t laugh at the UK: Mandatory service for young Canadians might be just what we need -
Highlander Logic
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.
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* 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 – Angus Reid Institute
* There’s only one way to fix Canada. Everyone will hate it
* Justin Trudeau’s Last Stand | The Walrus
* Canada is careening towards a constitutional crisis in the Senate – The Hub
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Some kind of United Conservative Party
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 this week that the CRA is seemingly more interested in collecting taxes from renters than from the many delinquents in the real estate sector.
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Gordon Campbell urged to broker BC United-Conservative merger – The Orca
Former B.C. premiers join in calls for a right-of-centre party merger
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West considering leading merged BC United-Conservative party | Globalnews.ca
https://x.com/bradwestpoco/status/1790977293998756065
https://x.com/johnrustad4bc/status/1790969336691347583
https://x.com/richardzussman/status/1791174944627528132
Rustad quashes BC Conservative, United party merger rumours
BC United, BC Conservative merger shot down by Kevin Falcon
https://x.com/JasJohalBC/status/1790428285597614422
BC NDP leads by 6 over the BC Conservatives as the gap closes from 18 to 6-points – Abacus Data
Pallas British Columbia Poll: Conservatives 38, NDP 37, BC United 13, Green 9
Retiring incumbents
https://twitter.com/richardzussman/status/1791176479109451797?t=35_zsExFcMotLruBOW76SA&s=19
Taking action to help people the focus of final legislative session | BC Gov News
https://twitter.com/RobShaw_BC/status/1790122604453376047
https://twitter.com/RobShaw_BC/status/1790123146743284014
https://www.leg.bc.ca/content/data%20-%20ldp/Pages/42nd5th/1st_read/m222-1.htm
Joint statement: B.C.’s new online action table sets stage to help keep more people safe | BC Gov News
State actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems | CBC News
B.C. real estate: CRA audits uncover $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes | Vancouver Sun
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