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Political Capital with Rob Shaw — 266 episodes

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July 10, 2026 - Massey budget doubles, FIFA cost, BC vs OpenAI | Political Capital

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July 3, 2026 - West Coast pipeline lands, BC nurses strike | Political Capital

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June 26, 2026 - Bailout backlash | Political Capital

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Adios for summer break! | Political Capital Daily

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Should BC regulate e-scooters? | Political Capital Daily

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Why aren't Carney and Eby meeting? | Political Capital Daily

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C-3PO fights crime | Political Capital Daily

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Brace for the Alberta-BC pipeline | Political Capital Daily

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June 19, 2026 - BC housing fund, new polling, new dams | Political Capital

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Feds drop major BC housing cash | Political Capital Daily

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BC voters are very, very undecided | Political Capital Daily

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FIFAfafafa | Political Capital Daily

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Mo Massey, Mo Problems | Political Capital Daily

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Big Dix Energy | Political Capital Daily

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June 12, 2026 - Angus Reid poll shows Eby's approval rating drop to new low | Political Capital

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Bad polling numbers for premier | Political Capital Daily

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Eby blasts Trump on CUSMA | Political Capital Daily

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Don't cheat and drive | Political Capital Daily

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Ottawa's social media ban | Political Capital Daily

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NDP plan caucus and strategy retreats | Political Capital Daily

21

KLF's first week as leader | Political Capital

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MLA Jordan Kealy criminally charged | Political Capital Daily

23

Canada's new AI strategy | Political Capital Daily

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B.C. MAGA regional manager | Political Capital Daily

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BC has a new anti-racism plan | Political Capital Daily

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BC mines Ottawa for support | Political Capital Daily

27

Special Edition - BC Conservative Results!

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Spring session wrap, Halford out as leader | Political Capital

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10 LONG/MORE YEARS! | Political Capital Daily

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Warning labels on BC alcohol? | Political Capital Daily

31

BC LNG heading to Germany | Political Capital Daily

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Eby slams Alberta separatism | Political Capital Daily

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A tense Western Premiers' Conference | Political Capital Daily

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May 22, 2026 - Pipelines, dams and energy | Political Capital

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Site C becomes John Horgan Dam | Political Capital Daily

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Carney v Eby | Political Capital Daily

37

A BC MLA gets thrown out of the house! | Political Capital Daily

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The legislature returns! | Political Capital Daily

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Dallas Brodie recall campaign, BC nurses strike and BC Conservative leadership candidate controversy | Political Capital

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The anonymous campaign to recall Dallas Brodie | Political Capital Daily

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BC cries foul on unfair Alberta carbon price | Political Capital Daily

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Everything Is Coming Up Milhouse | Political Capital Daily

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BC gets its first major AI data centre | Political Capital Daily

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Findlay Targets Milobar’s Family | Political Capital Daily

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NDP approval numbers drop, DRIPA drama in Ottawa, FOI fight fest | Political Capital

46

Ottawa picks up BC's private property fight | Political Capital Daily

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All-Night #BCleg FOI Fight Fest | Political Capital Daily

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Kennedy Stewart = Wrong Again | Political Capital Daily

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Angry Eby slams Ottawa on missing softwood aid | Political Capital Daily

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Carney breaks silence on Cowichan — and backs property rights | Political Capital Daily

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May 1, 2026 - Soccer gets kicked around BC's political arena | Political Capital

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April 24, 2026 - DRIPA V6.0, majority peril, booze ban and Nazis | Political Capital

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April 17, 2026 - DRIPA confidence climbdown, BC Conservative snap elxn controversy and gas pricing | Political Capital

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April 10, 2026 - DRIPA, US coffee truck, Fire Rustad website, and Conservative debate | Political Capital

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March 27, 2026 - A BC MLA faces criminal charges, should he resign?| Political Capital

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Political Capital - B.C.'s credit and approval ratings take a tumble + Bhangu endorses Elliott + new political plays of the week

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Political Capital - March 13, 2026 - Aboriginal title on appraisals + new polling +HOODIE-GATE?!

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Political Capital - March 6, 2026 - Premier David Eby STOPS TIME (sort of) + Musqueam controversy + BC Conservative final 9 candidates

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Political Capital - Feb. 27, 2026 - Premier vs OpenAI; Businesses vs PST

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Political Capital - Feb. 20, 2026 - BC budget bellyflop

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Political Capital - Feb. 13, 2026 - Tumbler Ridge tragedy, throne speech, CARGA, budget

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Political Capital - Feb. 6, 2026 - Rustad Returns?! Spring session, extortion crisis, EV mandate, forestry report

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Political Capital - Jan. 30, 2026 - Treason! "Evil" Jimmy Pattison + more

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Political Capital 201 - Heritage Conservation Act, Natural Resources Forum, BC Conservative leadership rules

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Political Capital 200 - BC drops decrim, new BC Cons leadership candidates, and PM's deal with China

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Political Capital 199 - Bold predictions for 2026 in BC politics

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Political Capital 198 - Premier's "lines in the sand" on reconciliation, Conservative rebounding after Rustad departure

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Political Capital 197 - John Rustad forced out as BC Conservative leader

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Political Capital 196 - Oil pipeline-palooza

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Political Capital 195 - BC's new jobs plan, EV mandate stalled, BC Green's fight oligarchs

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Political Capital 194 - BC on PM's major projects list, UBCM urges pause to heritage changes and BC NDP convention

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POLITICAL CAPITAL 193 - Political summits galore - forestry, First Nations and more

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Political Capital 192 - Premier mulls early election, BCGEU deal, Cowichan Nation fallout, BC anti-tariff ads

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Political Capital 191 - Rustad leadership woes, Cowichan court case, OneBC and driver licence changes

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Political Capital 190 - Fall session, BC Conservatives crumbling

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Political Capital 189 - Alberta pipeline, Conservatives fire staffer, DTES advisor, fall session preview

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Political Capital 188 - LIVE at UBCM

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Political Capital 187 - BC's record deficit, Rustad on the ropes, Cowichan Tribes court ruling

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Political Capital 186 - Premier's approval falls, temporary foreign workers, major projects, BCGEU strike and BC Green leadership race

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Political Capital 185 - Top BC political stories so far in 2025

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Political Capital 184 - BC restores drugs for dying girl, cabinet shuffle

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Political Capital 183 - Trump tariffs sideswipe BC politics again, BC Greens, BC Ferries

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Political Capital 182 - BC Green leadership race, EV mandates, supportive housing review

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Political Capital 181 - BC Conservative drama; BC pulls medication from dying girl, BC Ferries fallout continues and natural resources.

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Political Capital 180 - BC Ferries and China, new OneBC party, tech and polling

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Political Capital 179 - Pipeline politics, special advisors galore!

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#178 - May 30, 2025 - Spring session ends, Bill 15, blur-gate

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Political Capital 177 - Michael Bryant fired, Western Premiers' Conference, Bill 15

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Political Capital 176 - Carney v Trump, Bill 15, pipeline politics

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Political Capital 175 - Election analysis, BC mental health tragedy, missed climate targets

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#174 - April 25, 2025 - Federal Election 2025: BC Breakdown

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Political Capital 173 - Fed Elxn Campaign, CentreBC, fudge-it Budget

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#172 - Carbon Tax, Bill 7, Fed Elxn, Centre BC, Penny Ballem

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Political Capital 171 - BC's sweeping new tariff legislation, Conservative dissent, carbon tax and involuntary care

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Political Capital 170 - BC's tepid budget, Eby counters Trump, Conservatives implode

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Political Capital 169 - Trump hits BC budget, BC Conservatives infighting, free votes and Opposition successes

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Political Capital 168 - Safe supply, throne speech and first week of legislative session

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Political Capital 167 - Eby visits White House, NDP cancels grocery rebate, lookahead to legislative session

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Political Capital 166 - Trump, new safe supply concerns, BC United leadership

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Political Capital 165 - BC's evolving response to Trump + Green leader Sonia Furstenau resigns

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Political Capital 164 - Donald Trump, resource development & public sector contract negotiations

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Political Capital 163 - Donald Trump sideswipes B.C. politics

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Political Capital 162 - NDP-Green deal, BC's growing deficit, federal implosion

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Political Capital 161 - BC's top political stories in 2024

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Political Capital 160 - Frightening stranger attacks raise political pressure, plus BC Conservative infighting

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Political Capital 159 - How BC is responding to Donald Trump's tariff threats

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Political Capital 158 - BC's new cabinet + Conservative shadow cabinet

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Political Capital 157 - A tribute to John Horgan

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Political Capital 156 - Elections BC ballot concerns, lessons from U.S. election

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Political Capital 155 - NDP majority, Speaker talks, David Eby's "bright line" on cooperation

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#154 - Post-election recounts, negotiations + power negotiations

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#153 - BC Election Results and Analysis!

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#152 - BC Election 2024 Recap: Who sucked harder?

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#151 - Election debate, candidate controversy

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Political Capital #150 - Elections platforms and populist promises

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Political Capital #149 - Breaking down BC Election Week 1

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Political Capital #148 - BC ELECTION BEGINS!

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Political Capital #147 - David Eby flip flops on the carbon tax

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#146 - Who's in and who's out in BC United/Conservative merger?

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#145 - The implosion of BC United

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#144 - Crazy Conservative candidate controversies continue, plus BC's huge deficit

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#143 - BC United tax cut, NDP tree fruit aid, plus safe supply class action lawsuit

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#143 - Vaccine mandate, TransLink cuts, and more

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#142 - BC fights equalization formula, Conservatives unveil healthcare plans

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#141 - Toxic drug report, NDP/Conservative tie poll, BC United/Green campaign resets

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#140 - BC party fundraising, NDP retirements

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#139 - BC NDP election launch, BC United/Conservatives pitch business community

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#138 - BC United candidate controversy + Eby's equalization fight

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#137 - Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives, BC United child care plan

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#136 - BC Conservatives pick up a United MLA, and eject a candidate

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#135 - BC Conservatives reject BC United's non-compete offer

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#134 - ICBC rebate, decriminalization, abortion

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#133 - Decrim debate goes national, STR rules kick in, pipeline politics

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#132 - Decrim backdown, premier vs social media companies

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#131 - Police on decriminalization, federal budget 2024

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#130 - CleanBC grant scandal, more drug use in hospitals, Surrey policing

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#129 - BC Conservatives, carbon tax, hospital drug use, Haida title and NDP nomination fight

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#128 - BC cracks down on social media and trucking companies

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#127 - Selina Robinson's resignation

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#126 - $10-a-day child care troubles, flipping tax

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#125 - BC Budget, BC Builds, Land Act

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#124 - BC Builds vs BC United rent-to-own, Richmond safe injection site

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#123 - Selina Robinson removed from cabinet

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#122 - Land Act changes, Sonia Furstenau's riding, BC United ads

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#121 - Overdose crisis, social media bill, international student cap

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#120 - Cabinet shuffle, natural resources week

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#119 - Court ruling on drug use, health care polling, Surrey policing

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#118 - A lookahead to BC politics in 2024!

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#117 -Top political stories of 2023

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#116 - BC housing price drop, BC United/Conservative merger speculation

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#115 - NDP housing laws, legislative session, BC United fundraising

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#114 - Climate politics, speculation tax, homeless bill, Katrina Chen

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#113 - Labour rules for gig economy, anti-racism hotline, NDP convention, Surrey policing

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#112 - Even more new housing legislation, BC Green deputy leader resigns, BC Conservatives call for Dr. Henry to be fired

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#111 - Housing sector reforms, provincial safe supply to reduce overdose deaths and changes to the carbon tax.

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#110 - Ottawa stuns BC on carbon tax changes, BC debates short-term rental changes and Halloween ghost stories

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#109 - BC targets short-term rentals, police act changes, Lytton, one-year mark to next election

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#108 - Surrey police, BC Conservatives, decriminalization

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#107 - Masking/vaccines, housing targets, legislature lookahead, deficits

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#106 - Sept. 22, 2023 - NDP MLA fired from caucus, SOGI protests, UBCM, India

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#105 - BC Review Board, decriminalization and BC United defection

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#104 - July 14, 2023 - Wildfires, drought, summer predictions

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#103 - June 30, 2023 - Byelection results, public drug use

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#102 - June 23, 2023 - Surrey policing, RBCM CEO, BC Hydro

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#101 - Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection all-candidates debate

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#100 - June 9, 2023 - Surrey hospital, overdose crisis, anniversary guests!!!

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#99 BC's housing naughty list, Alberta election lessons, BC byelections, Surrey policing and free teen transit

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#98 - Hospital crisis, trade mission and BC United branding

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#97 - Bail reform and U.S. cancer treatment

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#96 - BC Housing scandal, museum politics, session-ender

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#95 - BC's new jobs plan, drug decrim, short-term rentals

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#94 - All Surrey, all the time. Debates rage over police and portables.

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#93 - BC's housing hammer, cities ban drug use in public spaces, fundraising numbers and credit rating downgrades

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#92 - BC United, crime in Nanaimo and confusing new polls

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#91 - Federal budget, crime, and foreign interference in politics

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#90 - BC ends surplus spending spree, but affordability concerns persist

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#89 - LNG, TransLink bailout, Nanaimo crime

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#88 - Pay equity, intimate images, QP toxicity

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#87 - Breaking down BC's new budget

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#86 - Melanie Mark's resignation, a four-day work week proposal, Surrey policing and legislature time mismanagement

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#85 - John Rustad joins BC Conservatives, NDP addictions treatment, dumb backbencher gaffes

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#84 - Throne speech, healthcare deal and John Horgan retires

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#83 - Eby in Ottawa, overdose deaths, throne speech

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#82 - Healthcare, LNG, special housing advisor

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#81 - Forestry, natural resources and special health advisor

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#80 - Premier Eby's first 50 days in office, plus predictions for 2023

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#79 - 2022 Year In Review

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#78 - Premier David Eby's new cabinet

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#77 - Health care, cabinet speculation and an interview with Premier Eby

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#76 - David Eby hits the ground sprinting

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#75 - Health care crisis: Doctor deal and overdose report

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#74 - Eby's new swearing-in date, team and 100-day plan

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#73 - Premier-designate David Eby, and DQ'd Anjali Appadurai

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#72 - BC NDP blame Greens for 'hostile takeover,' prolific offenders, and Horgan exit interviews

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#71- BC legislature returns, new NDP poll, and the legislature cat!

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#70 - Prolific offenders report, Horgan's approval numbers and BC NDP leadership race

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#69 - Queen's funeral holiday, UBCM, BC NDP leadership controversy

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#68 - Premier's affordability package, tentative labour peace

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#67 - Labour deals, BC's surplus, rural healthcare and toxicity in politics

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#66 - BC NDP leadership, John Rustad, Surrey South and legislature CATS!

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#65 - A deep dive into the premiership of John Horgan

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#64 - David Eby enters (and already wins?) the BC NDP leadership race

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#63 - Premier Horgan's fight for health care funding, inflation and NDP leadership

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#62 - Is David Eby (unofficially) the next premier of BC?

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#61 - Premier John Horgan resigns

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#60 - Museum backtrack, Horgan's future, and housing affordability

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#59 - Money laundering report and Premier Horgan's declining popularity

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#58 - School deferrals, heat dome deaths and BC Liberal name change

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#57 - Decriminalization, spring session ends, Premier Horgan's future

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#56 - Royal BC Museum controversy continues

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#55 - Museum backlash, Kevin Falcon's first week, royalty review, clerk verdict and more

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#54 - Gas prices, US draft abortion decision, and BC legislature proposal

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#53 - Falcon wins byelection, youth overdose bill and Maclean's last show!

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#52 - The premier's f-bomb, the family doctor crisis and crime concerns

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#51 - Vaccine cards lifted, card check legislation, byelections and LNG vs climate

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#50 - Human Rights Commish on masks, cooling off period in real estate and federal CASA

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#49 - BC's expert COVID review, minimum wage and daylight saving time

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#48 - COVID masks dropped, gas prices and a new overdose report

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#47 - BC's Ukraine/Russia response, COVID-19 reopening, BC Ferries

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#46 - BC budget, minister pay, overdose crisis, new ministers

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#45 - BC’s reopening, Ottawa’s state of emergency

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#44 - Throne speech, reopening plans and Kevin Falcon

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#43 - Erin O'Toole defeated, public pressure on vax mandates, BC Liberal leadership predictions

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#42 - BC vax pass, trucker convoy, Fairy Creek, housing and BC Liberal leadership race.

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#41 - COVID confusion and the final BC Liberal leadership debate.

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#40 - Vax tax, BC Liberal leadership controversy, housing affordability woes.

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#39 - BC is facing rising frustration and blowback to its decisions on rapid tests, booster doses and COVID-19 public health restrictions.

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#38 - A 2021 year-in-review: Highs and lows, and top political players.

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#37 - BC's disaster response criticized again, a missed deadline on old growth and more

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#36 - BC disaster response, new provincial sick pay and the fall legislative session ends

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#35 - BC devastating flooding, how did the province respond, and new legislation on bubble zones, childcare, and logging.

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#34 - New old growth deferrals, BC's decriminalization application, autism funding, COP26, heat dome deaths, and sexism in the BC Liberal le

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#33 - Premier's health, climate plan 2.0, FOI fight

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#32 - FOI fees spark backlash, federal vaccine passports, and alternate COVID-19 briefings

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#31 - BC's first mandatory vaccine requirement, and Aaron Gunn enters BC Liberal leadership race.

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#30 - BC punts teacher vaccines to school districts, and week one of the fall BCleg session

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#29 - Old growth logging, school masks and BC Liberal leadership debate

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#28 - Winners and losers in the federal election, plus fights in BC over COVID-19 data

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#27 - Federal election predictions and Alaska attacks BC on cruise ships

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#26 - BC's new vaccine card system and the federal election debate.

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#25 - BC vaccination protests, the overdose crisis and federal election week 3.

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#24 - BC gets mixed reviews for its new mandatory mask and vaccine policies, plus the province's back to school plan.

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#23 - The new federal election, plus John Horgan takes a holiday during BC’s wildfires.

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#22 - Good news/bad news on COVID-19, BC posts a $5.5 billion deficit and would US-style cash incentive for vaccination work in BC?

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#21 - Wildfire emergency, a top NDP strategist retires, and the federal Green implosion continues.

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#20 - BC ambulance reforms, new safe drug supply and the return of US cruise ships.

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#19 - Ottawa bails BC out on child care, Horgan gaffe on heat wave, NDP constituency assistants vote to strike.

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#18 - BC rejects a new housing affordability report, and scandals mount in Ottawa amid early election speculation.

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#17 - Spring legislative session, premier's office budget, and the imploding federal Greens.

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#16 - First Nations and old growth logging, U.S. cruise ships and more.

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#15 - Residential schools, BC's new forestry plan and the overdose crisis

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#14 - A deep dive into B.C.'s restart 2.0 plan, plus old growth protests in the Premier's riding

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#13 - Kevin Falcon leadership, BC vaccine passports and Alaska bypasses BC on cruise ships

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#12 - B.C. hides COVID-19 data, Ottawa's confusion on vaccines and political parties debate public funding.

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#11 - Sick pay delays, pop-up vaccine confusion and tent city deadline.

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#10 - Dr. Bonnie Henry

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#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.

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#8 - Those dang youths not following COVID restrictions, Greens propose a lockdown and restaurants get a partial bailout.

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#7 - Homelessness, expensive toilets and advice to political parties at the half-way point of the spring legislative session.

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#6 - BC picks essential workers for vaccines, hikes assistance rates, and fights with Penticton over housing.

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#5 - Vaccination call-centre collapse, the ups and downs on the pandemic, and more

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#4 - BC’s new vaccine rollout plan, pandemic politics, a new renters’ law, and more...

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#3 - Site C gets approved (again), the legislature is set to return amid confusion, and housing prices continue to soar.

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#2 - BC loses to churches in court, Site C, and the Liberal leadership race.

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#1 - Pandemic politics, ICBC and the overdose crisis.

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