Ep 16: The O’Leary Factor

Sick of President Trump already? Let’s talk about who everyone’s calling Canada’s Trump instead: Kevin O’Leary! Yes, he’s finally entered the Conservative Party leadership race, but will he get eaten in the shark tank? Next, a real newspaper – The New York Times even – noticed BC politics. Will their expose on BC’s “Kafkaesque” fundraising rules swing the election? And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a storytime tour to connect with real Canadians but seems to only be running from gaffe to gaffe. Will this harm his next term? And in our quick takes, we look at a lawsuit launched by First Nations groups against the Kinder Morgan pipeline, a Mainstreet poll showing Gregor Robertson is the least popular mayor out of 10, a curious shakeup in the military and whatever the hell is going on in Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party leadership race. All this and more on this week’s PolitiCoast. Links The O’Leary Factor http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oleary-conservative-leadership-race-1.3940596 http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senate-seats-for-sale-o-leary-says-he-d-consider-it-1.3240864 http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/01/26/news/real-and-shocking-story-kevin-olearys-business-career Someone noticed us! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/canada/british-columbia-christy-clark.html http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/01/18/ny-times-reporter-story-on-bc-kafkaesque-political-donations.html http://www.straight.com/news/856611/bc-green-party-sets-record-fundraising-despite-banning-corporate-and-union-donations Trudeau storytime https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2017/01/15/on-tour-justin-trudeau-makes-a-welcome-promise-on-tax-editorial.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/justin-trudeau-sherbrooke-french-quebec-town-hall-1.3940629 http://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/justin-trudeau-raked-over-the-coals-for-french-answers-to-english-questions http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/18/justin-trudeau-mocked-for-baffling-immigration-comment http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics-watchdog-trudeau-aga-khan-1.3937269 Quick takes http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-nations-legal-action-federal-government-kinder-morgan-1.3939441 http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/love-him-or-hate-him-new-poll-shows-gregor-robertson-has-narrowest-approval-rating-of-canadian-mayors http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-military-relieved-1.3937401 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norman-shipbuilding-leak-1.3939685 http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/braid-faced-with-the-end-of-their-party-pcs-ponder-kicking-out-jason-kenney http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-pc-party-civil-war-descends-to-new-depths-of-incivility