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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

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

 

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 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

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



 

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.

Links

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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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.

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* ICBC announces $110 rebate to drivers, basic rates remain unchanged | BC Gov News

* B.C. municipalities fall short of province’s housing targets | Vancouver Sun

* B.C. government hit by ’sophisticated cybersecurity incidents’ | Vancouver Sun

* Initial report of the foreign interference public inquiry

* Five takeaways from the foreign-interference commission’s report – The Globe and Mail

* Former journalist drops out of Conservative nomination race, claims the process has been ‘corrupted’ | CBC News

* Sabrina Maddeaux allegations

* Conservative Party Response

* Government pitches foreign influence registry, new powers for CSIS in attempt to curb foreign interference | CBC News

* Foreign Agents Registration Act – Wikipedia

* Police make arrests in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar | CBC News

* What is the Bishnoi gang and how could it be linked to Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing? | CBC News

* India says Canada yet to provide evidence of its involvement in the killing of a Surrey Sikh leader Nijjar