Latest Episodes
Ep 132: The BC Liberals score a win
The BC NDP lose its first vote and 2 MPs are expelled from the Liberals over the SNC scandal.
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Ep 131: What are they, the Alberta NDP?
Ridehailing is coming to BC… eventually. LNG is really coming though. And SNC continues to engulf the PMO.
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Ep 130: David Moscrop wrote a book
Recorded over beers at Big Rock Urban, we talk to friend of the pod, David Moscrop, about his new book Too Dumb For Democracy. We also look at the federal budget and the litany of news around the SNC Lavalin affair. Plus our usual quick takes. And let us...
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Latest Articles
My CPC Leadership Ballot
On Tuesday night at our PolitiCoast Election Night Party and Politics Pub night (which was a lot of fun and everyone reading this should definitely come out to the next one), several people asked how I was going to be voting. I have also been asked by a few people who are new members to...
Why I am Voting for Michael Chong (And you should too)
“Elections have consequences”. It is a saying often repeated but the events of the past year have really driven it home. The leaders we collectively choice have a substantial impact on the direction of the nation and the tenor of our national and civic discourse. Had a few hundred thousand people in the American Midwest...
Looming Fiscal Crisis? Why the Latest Finance Report is Neither a Harbinger of Doom Nor Cause for Complacency
Last week the Toronto Sun published article with the alarming, but not out of character headline Buried government report reveals looming fiscal crisis about the Update of Long-Term Economic and Fiscal Projections report from the Department of Finance Canada, which was released just prior to Christmas. The Department of Finance’s report projects the federal budget will...
Debate: Is social media destroying democracy?
Thanks to SFU Public Square for allowing us to share the audio from their recent debate. Here’s their information: Is Social Media Destroying Democracy? A Debate on Social Media in the Age of Disinformation Democracy, the fundamental idea that an...
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