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Everything Is Coming Up Milhouse | Political Capital Daily

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

Findlay Targets Milobar’s Family | Political Capital Daily

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

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

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

Kennedy Stewart = Wrong Again | Political Capital Daily

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Capital 199 - Bold predictions for 2026 in BC politics

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

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

Political Capital 196 - Oil pipeline-palooza

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

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

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

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

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

Political Capital 190 - Fall session, BC Conservatives crumbling

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

Political Capital 188 - LIVE at UBCM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Capital 179 - Pipeline politics, special advisors galore!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Capital 157 - A tribute to John Horgan

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

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

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

#153 - BC Election Results and Analysis!

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

#151 - Election debate, candidate controversy

Political Capital #150 - Elections platforms and populist promises

Political Capital #149 - Breaking down BC Election Week 1

Political Capital #148 - BC ELECTION BEGINS!

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

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

#145 - The implosion of BC United

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

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

#143 - Vaccine mandate, TransLink cuts, and more

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

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

#140 - BC party fundraising, NDP retirements

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

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

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

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

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

#134 - ICBC rebate, decriminalization, abortion

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

#132 - Decrim backdown, premier vs social media companies

#131 - Police on decriminalization, federal budget 2024

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

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

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

#127 - Selina Robinson's resignation

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

#125 - BC Budget, BC Builds, Land Act

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

#123 - Selina Robinson removed from cabinet

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

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

#120 - Cabinet shuffle, natural resources week

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

#118 - A lookahead to BC politics in 2024!

#117 -Top political stories of 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#108 - Surrey police, BC Conservatives, decriminalization

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#89 - LNG, TransLink bailout, Nanaimo crime

#88 - Pay equity, intimate images, QP toxicity

#87 - Breaking down BC's new budget

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

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

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

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

#82 - Healthcare, LNG, special housing advisor

#81 - Forestry, natural resources and special health advisor

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

#79 - 2022 Year In Review

#78 - Premier David Eby's new cabinet

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

#76 - David Eby hits the ground sprinting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#61 - Premier John Horgan resigns

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

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

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

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

#56 - Royal BC Museum controversy continues

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#44 - Throne speech, reopening plans and Kevin Falcon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#10 - Dr. Bonnie Henry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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