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BC War Room
by Sitka Media
This B.C. election, take a step inside the campaign. Two Strategists. Two sides. One Election. Welcome to the B.C. War Room. Hosted by NDP Strategist Michael Gardiner and Conservative Strategist Azim Jiwani. No scripts. No Talking points. Just raw insider Analysis.
Episodes
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Weapons Grade Normalcy With Angelo Isidorou
Ep 18 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media, brought to you by Westgroup Properties. On the last full day of the campaign, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Conservative strategist Angelo Isidorou, former executive director of the Conservative Party of BC. They talk about the party's...
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Raj Sihota: NDP Strategist
Day 31 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media, brought to you by Westgroup Properties. With advance voting closed and turnout down about 9%, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by veteran NDP strategist Raj Sihota to ask whether David Eby can pull off his early election call. The panel makes...
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Pete Fry: Sweating the Small Stuff
Day 30 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With both major parties promising SkyTrain expansions to Newton and three days left in the campaign, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Vancouver Mayor-elect Pete Fry. He talks about his path from reluctant candidate to record-setting win,...
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It Ain't Easy Being Green
Day 29 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With the campaign arguing over national unity and a new poll showing a three-point race, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by former BC Green MLA Adam Olsen. They talk about how the Greens have evolved, Emily Lowan's wealth tax, David Eby's...
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Under The Gunn
Day 28 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With the Conservative costings out and five days to go, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Aaron Gunn, Conservative MP for North Island–Powell River, for an extended conversation about David Eby's appeal to Green voters, how smaller parties...
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Bridging The Local Gap
Day 25 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With advance polls open and municipal elections a day away, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals candidate for mayor of Vancouver. They talk about running for city hall during a provincial campaign, why Allam...
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the Morning After
Day 24 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. The morning after the only televised leaders' debate, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by former BC health and housing minister Ravi Kahlon to debate who won, what each leader needs in the final stretch and what voters are saying at the door....
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Debate Night Hits The War Room
Day 23 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. On debate day, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Taleeb Noormohamed, MP for Vancouver Granville, to size up what's at stake in tonight's leaders' debate and the federal-provincial relationship to come. They debate who would be Ottawa's…
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Battleground Surrey
Ep 10 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. On the eve of the leaders' debate, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Barinder Bhullar of Mainland Strategies to break down Surrey: 10 ridings, a 22-vote margin that decided the last government and a city voting in both municipal and…
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Underdog Stories With Christy Clark
Day 18 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. Former Premier Christy Clark joins Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani at the campaign's halfway mark to talk about the snap election call, her 2013 comeback, what Lorne Doerkson and David Eby need to do at next week's debate, the battle for women voters…
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Campaign Gaffes
Day 8 of BC War Room. David Eby and Lorne Doerkson took competing economic plans to Surrey onthe same day, while Emily Lowan pitched a levy on fortunes over $50 million. Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani break down who each plan is built for, what the polls are saying six days before the debate…
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Master-Debaters
Day 16 of BC War Room. With the only leaders' debate of the campaign set for October 14, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani go inside the week before the debate: the prep, the mock sessions and the spin. Why does a three-leader stage squeeze David Eby? What should Lorne Doerkson and Emily BC War…
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Target Candidates Pt2
Day 15 of the BC snap election cycle. With 18 days until British Columbians vote on October 24, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani break down the target ridings that will decide the election, from the North and the Tri-Cities to Richmond, Delta and the battleground of Surrey. Plus, the NDP's tax...
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Target Candidates Pt1
Nominations are closed and the ballot is set: 355 candidates across 93 ridings. On Day 14, Azim Jiwani and Michael Gardiner work through the map region by region, from Kelowna Centre and Langley-Willowbrook to Vancouver-Yaletown and Vancouver Island. They pick out the swing ridings that will…
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BC's Favourite Mayor
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, chair of the TransLink Mayors' Council, joins the BC War Room on Day 11 of the campaign. West breaks down the NDP's rocky start to the snap election, the confusion of running a municipal campaign at the same time as a provincial one, and the welcome shift toward an...
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Housing Policy: You Can't handle The Truth.
It's housing day in the War Room — and the show's first-ever guest joins the desk. Beau Jarvis, President and CEO of Westgroup Properties, takes on David Eby's 2% unsold-condo tax (“political opportunism”), the collapse in Metro Vancouver pre-sales — from roughly 4,000 a quarter to just 62 — and...
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It's The Economy, Stupid.
Both leaders have promised to double resource production, David Eby on critical minerals and Lorne Doerkson on LNG, and Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani disagree on which promise is more achievable and whether Dirksen's plan to cut environmental standards helps him or Eby. They also cover…
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How Did We Get Here?
In the first episode of BC War Room, NDP strategist Michael Gardiner and Conservative strategist Azim Jiwani review the first week of the BC election campaign, from David Eby's rocky start to Lorne Doerkson rise. They break down the ballot box question, the fight for centrist and Green votes, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This B.C. election, take a step inside the campaign.
Two Strategists. Two sides. One Election.
Welcome to the B.C. War Room.
Hosted by NDP Strategist Michael Gardiner and Conservative Strategist Azim Jiwani.
No scripts. No Talking points. Just raw insider Analysis.
HOSTED BY
Sitka Media
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This B.C. election, take a step inside the campaign. Two Strategists. Two sides. One Election. Welcome to the B.C. War Room. Hosted by NDP Strategist Michael Gardiner and Conservative Strategist Azim Jiwani. No scripts. No Talking points. Just raw insider Analysis.
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