Ep 232: Not doing better and not doing more

Shannon Waters returns to recap the most recent session of the legislature and then we look the Supreme Court of Canada’s finding that the federal carbon tax is constitutional. Links Politics Today | Canada’s Most Comprehensive Political Newsletter Publications Follow Shannon @BCTodayOfficial & @sobittersosweet Judgement Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act CBC Summary Supreme Court rules Ottawa’s carbon tax is constitutional Conservative delegates reject adding ‘climate change is real’ to the policy book Tasha Kheiriddin: The Conservative convention was a smashing success — for the Trudeau Liberals Change in leadership rules shows Conservative Party’s old fault lines haven’t gone away Public Health Agency was unprepared for the pandemic and ‘underestimated’ the danger, auditor general says Report 8—Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Border Control Measures (full report) Report 8—Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Border Control Measures (summary) Macleans Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada Canada joins U.S. and U.K. in imposing sanctions on China over treatment of Uyghur Muslims As diplomatic crisis deepens, Canada slaps sanctions on four Chinese officials over human rights abuses Canada’s envoy to Beijing summoned home for high-level talks as Western sanctions hit China Liberals to instruct staffers to not appear if summoned to testify before parliamentary committees: Rodriguez