EPISODE · Apr 16, 2021 · 50 MIN
#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.
from Political Capital with Rob Shaw · host CHEK Podcasts
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 the province's other crisis, the public health emergency on overdose deaths; Vancouver's new mayoral candidates emerge 18 months before the election; and First Nations politics complicates the ongoing old growth logging protests at Fairy Creek but also gives government an out on a difficult file. Host Rob Shaw is joined by Maclean Kay, Jillian Oliver and Katy Merrifield to discuss all BC's political news, plus our hot takes on an MP whose nudity was caught on camera in the House of Commons Zoom feed.
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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 the province's other crisis, the public health emergency on overdose deaths; Vancouver's new mayoral candidates emerge 18 months before the election; and First Nations politics complicates the ongoing old growth logging protests at Fairy Creek but also gives government an out on a difficult file. Host Rob Shaw is joined by Maclean Kay, Jillian Oliver and Katy Merrifield to discuss all BC's political news, plus our hot takes on an MP whose nudity was caught on camera in the House of Commons Zoom feed.
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#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.
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