PolitiCoast: The BC Politics Podcast

Call the Question’s Maria Dobrinskaya returns to discuss the Legislature’s busy first week and what effect the debate will have on the election. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide to continue. Start your trial at briti...

On this addendum to Episode 158 Scott breaks down the two big news stories that broke after recording Ep 158, the resignation of Minister of Citizen Services Jinny Sim and the Conservative Party dropping their candidate in Burnaby-North Seymour. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode...

BC Today’s Shannon Waters returns to discuss the Legislature’s return, why loggers and small towns are mad at the government, and what to make of the federal election campaign at the halfway mark. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal...

Erin Rennie returns to the podcast to discuss the Climate Strike and the lastest in the federal election. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide to continue. Start your trial at britishcolumbiatoday.ca Register to vote Lin...

The Cambie Report’s Matthew Naylor joins the podcast to discuss the blackface scandal enveloping the Liberal reelection campaign and the latest in the Woodchipper Saga. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide to continue. S...

BC Today’s Shannon Waters guests to discuss the start of the federal election and the latest news from the BC government. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide to continue. Start your trial at britishcolumbiatoday.ca Link...

Stewart Prest joins Scott to break down the BC Utility Commission’s inquiry report on gas prices and kerfuffle between the NDP and the Green Party over 14-ish former New Brunswick NDP candidates. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription...

Ian and Scott go through the latest pre-election news before Ian takes off on parental leave. But before that they also answer listener questions in an extended AMA lightning round. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription deal if you decide t...

Call the Question’s Maria Dobrinskya and Lesli Boldt join us to talk about whether climate change is a partisan issue, the Liberals closing down the ethics committee again and whether politicians can change their mind. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an...

A new report from the Ethics Commissioner finds Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by pressuring former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to grant a deferred prosecution agreement to engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. Then we take a deeper look at the accusations that led to Ben Stewart stepping out of the BC Liberal caucus and which MLAs aren’t donating to their party. And...

We’ve made it to 150 episodes! Thanks to everyone who’s listened, shared and donated to help make this show what it is. Special thanks as well to BC Today for their continued support. For our 150th live show, we recorded with Nicola Spurling and Zoe Ferry at Creative Coworkers in Vancouver. We look back at the state of the BC Government after two years and then look ahead to how the el...

Speed cameras are now active at five intersections across Metro Vancouver and another 30 are on the way. Should the federal election be moved to accommodate a Jewish holiday? And the province passes the buck to the federal government to crackdown on conversion therapy. Final reminder: Our live show is next Thursday, August 8, 2019. Shout out to our beer sponsor: Strange Fellows. And our guests: Fo...

A new climate risk assessment for BC paints a bleak picture of our future. Plus there’s lots to catch up on from the latest federal appointments, TransMountain news, procurement news and BC’s most successful consultation ever. Get tickets for our August 8 live show Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week...

We look at the business case for a high speed train from Vancouver to Seattle and Portland. Plus, BC’s finances are in good shape and the Conservatives and NDP fall prey to pseudoscience. Make sure to get tickets for our August 8 live show at https://politicoast150.eventbrite.com Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free...

Policy researcher and writer Seth Klein joins us to talk about the book he’s working on that argues we need for a World War 2 level societal mobilization to tackle the climate crisis. Plus our usual round up of quick takes. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code fo...

The legislature has risen for the summer but there was one more meeting of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee or LAMC. Despite fireworks earlier in the year, the committee seems to have largely returned to its more boring character but a few notable events still transpired, including news that Speaker Darryl Plecas’ controversial Chief of Staff Alan Mullen will be taking a road tr...

John Horgan and Jason Kenney faced off in Edmonton at the Western Canadian Premiers meeting and the result was more dad jokes. So instead of fireworks, we look at what they agreed on and what else has been happening across the country. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your c...

The world is burning but don’t worry, the Liberals have approved the TMX pipeline and the Conservatives have A Real Plan for climate change. Also the NDP have a platform they’d really like you to read. We have an extra few minutes on the Conservative climate plan just for patrons. Unlock it now . Take our listener survey Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated...

We dig into the federal government’s bold report on pharamacare and speculate whether the Liberals will actually commit to implementing this plan. Plus, the PBO says we need to double the carbon tax, the Senate is being difficult and the BCTF clashes with the BC Government. Take our listener survey Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics....

The federal NDP released its climate plan. It’s bigger than the Greens but is it better? But first, we look at the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. Finally, our quick takes on the Northern Sea Wolf saga and kerfuffles at a federal hearing on online hatred. Help build our Facebook page – like us and share this episode. Check ou...

The BC Legislature’s spring session ends with a new round of fireworks as the BC Liberals accuse Speaker Darryl Plecas of stealing hard drives in the middle of the night and calling former Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin “stupid.” Plus the BC NDP’s efforts to block the TransMountain Pipeline expansion suffered a setback as the BC Court of Appeal rejected its reference quest...

With growing electoral success across the country, the Green Party of Canada dropped its climate action plan: Mission: Possible. We invite political scientist Stewart Prest ( @StewartPrest ) back for a deep dive into the plan and what we’d each want to see in an ideal plan to tackle climate change. Become a Patron to hear our full length conversation . Links Segment 1: The newer greener deal...

Two reports into money laundering lead up to the launch of an official public inquiry. The Legislature spending scandal is also back with former Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin’s report into the allegations of misconduct against the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms. And Jinny Sims is under fire again for FOI procedures. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively...

The Greens take Nanaimo-Ladysmith in a byelection upset. The government drops its case against Mark Norman and Darryl Plecas muses about the leadership qualities of Donald Trump and the Hell’s Angels. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscrip...

A federal byelection is happening in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, gas is expensive as Kenney and Horgan face off over who will turn off the taps first and the BC NDP rolls out labour law reforms. Matthew Naylor ( @naylor4x ) sits in for Scott this week. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode fo...