Ep 176: Protesting the Throne

Solidarity protests with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs erupt across British Columbia and Canada. The Government was able to present its Speech from the Throne, which largely stayed the course the NDP has been plotting.Matthew Naylor fills in for Scott this week. Check out the latest Cambie Report for additional comments on the protests and Throne Speech from a Metro Vancouver lens.Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide to continue. Start your trial at politicstoday.news/free-trialFinal reminder to find us and Pop This! on Saturday, February 15 at 5:15 PM at Vancouver FanExpo for a live show about politics and pop culture.Image credit: Flickr/bcgovphotosLinksIdle No More Once MoreRCMP backtracks, says officers won't stop journalists from reporting on Wet'suwet'en raidStill reports of media having issuesMatriarchs arrested in exclusion zoneAre protests effective?Angus Reid: Coastal Gaslink Chaos: Two-in-five support protesters in natural gas project dispute; half support pipelineBC throne speech disrupted by Wet'suwet'en supportersVictoria councillor Ben Isitt calls protester assault allegations "fake news"Indigenous services minister offers to meet with protesters if they end blockade along CN tracksGlobe and Mail backgrounder: Beyond bloodlines: How the Wet’suwet’en hereditary system at the heart of the Coastal GasLink conflict worksFlurry of pro-pipeline Indigenous voices show up on Twitter feeds just as Royal Dutch Shell faces financial predicament2020 Throne SpeechLeadership roundupJohn Baird weighing Conservative leadership run, says party must be ‘modern’ John Baird ultimately decides not to runGreen party's leadership race rules, entry fee has some candidates balkingQuick takesTrudeau secures Senegal's vote for UN Security Council seatCanada’s military wants Trudeau to ban Huawei from 5G networks: report279 Canadians aboard cruise ship now in Cambodia after entry refused elsewhere