Hotel Pacifico

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC , and BCGEU . This week, Geoff welcomes Judy Darcy , feminist, union leader and then cabinet minister, who got her start in politics infiltrating a beauty contest on behalf of the women’s movement. She went on to lead CUPE, Canada’s largest public sector union, negotiated with Premie...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC , and BCGEU . Mike & Geoff welcome Don Wright back to Hotel Pacifico.  The former head of BC’s public service has unleashed his views on his substack, Blindingly Obvious .  The hosts discuss Wright’s hot takes on how Canada’s immigration levels have come at a cost to the economy,...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC , and BCGEU . Pollster and veteran campaigner Dimitri Pantazopoulos joins Mike for a rare 1:1 interview. He shares his perspective based on over three decades in national and provincial politics, including playing key roles in major political victories for Christy Clark, Stephen Harp...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 Mike & Kate are joined by Skeena MLA Claire Rattée, a first-term MLA serving as the Conservative Mental Health & Addictions critic.  Rattée discusses her background as someone who battled and overcame addiction, and her journey that led her to northern BC and into muni...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 Award-winning CBC Indigenous Affairs Reporter Wawmeesh Hamilton joins Kate and Mike to talk about his career and his indirect path to journalism, those who inspired him along the way, the evolution of Indigenous journalism, and reflections on the debate around the recent Cowic...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 Geoff, Kate, and, even, Mike, welcome back the 31st Premier of British Columbia Glen Clark. The hosts and Clark talk about the parallels running a big business and government, the challenge of reducing government costs, whether or not an oil pipeline makes sense, the situation...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 This week at Hotel Pacifico, we explore the growing political consensus in BC to crack down on gender-based violence. Angela Marie MacDougall, a leader in that battle and head of Battered Women’s Support Services, takes Geoff through the latest developments.   In the strategy...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 This week, something completely different. As British Columbians head into the annual BC Day weekend, Mike & Geoff invite BC Press Gallery legend and hallway haunter Keith Baldrey (Global News),  and data loving, BC nerd, cult favourite Justin McElroy (CBC) to face off in...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 It’s ‘Hotel Pacifico Rim’ this week as Mike and Geoff welcome Canada’s Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay.  Ambassador McKay discusses the importance of Canada-Japan trade, especially for BC which sends minerals, lumber, LNG, propane and other goods across the Pacific.  McKay highl...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . BREAKING NEWS: Join Mike and Geoff for a special "Emergency Cabinet Shuffle Reaction" episode. 🏨🌄 Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 Mike and Geoff welcome Kim Haakstad, president and CEO of the Council of Forest Industries, to Hotel Pacifico. They discuss the troubling state of the industry, impacts of government policy, low harvest levels, and other factors leading to job losses and mill closures. Haaksta...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC . 🏨🌄 North Island-Powell River Conservative MP Aaron Gunn joins Kate, Geoff, and Mike for a wide-ranging discussion that includes his Langford origins, the pathway he followed to become one of BC’s top political influencers in social media, the events that led to him reviving the B...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC , the Health Sciences Association of BC , and the British Columbia School Trustees Association . 🏨🌄 Kate and Mike interview First Nations leader and president of Nanwakolas Council Dallas Smith. Smith discusses the progress of reconciliation, Bill 14 and 15 and the importance of be...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC , the Health Sciences Association of BC , and the British Columbia School Trustees Association . 🏨🌄 Kate, Mike, and Geoff were joined by Vancouver Kingsway MLA and Minister of Energy & Climate Solutions Adrian Dix for a long-form interview. The trio explored with Dix, a former...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC and the Health Sciences Association of BC . 🏨🌄 Surrey’s Mayor Brenda Locke joins Kate, Geoff, and Mike to talk about meeting the needs of her growing city, specifically discussing gaps in health care delivery and school facilities. Locke also touches on policing in Surrey and recen...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC and the Health Sciences Association of BC . 🏨🌄 Geoff and Mike welcome Sean Holman to Hotel Pacifico.  Holman, a former member of the BC press gallery and pioneer in online journalism, is now a professor in Environmental and Climate Journalism at UVIC and leading the Climate Disaste...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 Mike and Geoff welcome BC Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu (Langley-Abbotsford) to Hotel Pacifico.  The first-term MLA discusses how the BC Conservative team is taking shape, his motivations for seeking office, and his priorities as Transportation critic.   Kate joins Strategy...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 Kate, Mike and Geoff welcome Stewart Muir, Founder and CEO of Resource Works, to the Hotel for a discussion on natural resource development and the policy pivots taking place with the new Mark Carney administration and David Eby government. In the strategy suite, the hosts di...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 Kate, Mike and Geoff welcome Jatinder Rai, CEO of Response Advertising, to Hotel Pacifico to discuss BC’s growing diverse communities and how political and media strategies play out differently, including why the Conservatives have increased support provincially and federally...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 This week we've got a crossover pod of sorts, with the hosts of Alberta's "The Discourse" with Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes, to discuss a serious and hot topic... Western Alienation. Consider it a second in a row #SuperStrategySuite with our special gue...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 This week Mike and Kate are away, so Geoff takes over the pod with all-star players! Joining Geoff is a panel of politicos for this post-election super strategy suite episode: Bob Dewar, Caroline Elliott and Brittney Kerr . They'll break down the results from the perspec...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 This week Mike, Kate and Geoff welcome David Herle, host of The Herle Burly and Curse of Politics podcasts, to mark the 100th episode of Hotel Pacifico and dive into a discussion about the federal election. In the Strategy Suite, the hosts break down the election results in B...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from BC Dairy , and the NFP . SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as FortisBC .  🏨🌄 This week Kate, Geoff, and Mike welcome five-term NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) to Hotel Pacifico. Mr. Davies makes the case for the NDP amidst challenging poll results, and discusses how the NDP has influenced federal policy, the importance of having an “orange door...

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from BC Dairy , and the NFP . SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia...