Jordan Bateman on BC’s Affordability Mess

British Columbians are feeling squeezed — by housing costs, taxes, government spending, red tape, and a growing sense that common sense has left the building.In this episode of Ship of Fools Podcast, Steven Malkowich sits down with Jordan Bateman, Vice-President of Communications and Marketing at the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, former B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, former Langley Township Councillor, journalist, writer, and longtime public policy commentator.They get into B.C.’s affordability crisis, government spending, housing supply, construction, public policy, entrepreneurs, local government, and what it would take to bring a more rational, common-sense approach back to the province.It is a thoughtful, direct, and wide-ranging conversation about how British Columbia got here — and what it might take to right the ship.Watch more Ship of Fools Podcast episodes on YouTube and follow the show on Spotify for new conversations on politics, public life, culture, media, business, and the people trying to make sense of it all.