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PolitiCoast
Leg-in-Boot Media
50 episodes
5 days ago
A Canadian politics podcast from the West Coast.
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A Canadian politics podcast from the West Coast.
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Government,
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Episodes (20/50)
PolitiCoast
It’s curtains for the Conservatives
5 days ago
56 minutes 10 seconds

PolitiCoast
Nation Building of Good Vibes and Sour Grapes
David Eby hopes to keep his job at the BCNDP convention, Mark Carney unveils the next set of major projects and Yves Engler finally attempts to join the NDP leadership race.
Links
BC
Rob Shaw: Eby working to shore up support ahead of leadership review
Rob Shaw: BC NDP policy buffet features everything from free transit to ICBC pet insurance
Canada
Carney unveils major projects he wants fast-tracked, including new mines, LNG and hydro development | CBC News? 
Projects referred to the MPO – Major Projects Office – Canada.ca
Major Projects Office: Second tranche of projects under consideration – Canada.ca
Prime Minister Carney announces second tranche of nation-building projects referred to the Major Projects Office
Canadian military will rely on public servants to boost its ranks | Ottawa Citizen
Top soldier has second thoughts about public servants in reserves | Ottawa Citizen
Carney government reduces savings targets for some departments, agencies | Politics | thecanadianpressnews.ca
Left-wing activist Yves Engler applies to join NDP leadership race – The Globe and Mail
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1 week ago
57 minutes 6 seconds

PolitiCoast
The Ostrich of Bay Street
Third quarter fundraising numbers aren’t enough to save John Rustad or the ostriches. While David Eby puts his elbows firmly down in the trade war. Federally, the Budget lands with a thud but the opposition parties helped it pass its first confidence tests.
Links

* 2025 Third Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available | Elections BC 
* Letter from BC Conservative volunteers
* Hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm to be killed after top court dismisses appeal to stop cull | CBC
* Marksmen complete cull at B.C. ostrich farm, CFIA says | CBC News
* B.C. won’t run ads targeting U.S. homeowners after Ontario backlash – The Globe and Mail
* Rob Shaw: Eby’s tariff task force ends in a shrug
* Budget 2025 – Canada.ca  
* We Expected Little in the Federal Budget on Housing. We Got Less Than Expected.
* Budget will scrap program to plant two billion trees, source says – The Globe and Mail
* NDP says abstention is an option on budget vote – The Globe and Mail
* NDP, Bloc will vote with government on first budget confidence vote
* Liberal budget clears second confidence hurdle as MPs head into break week | CBC News
* MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to Liberals – The Globe and Mail
* Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux denies coercion played a role in his resignation | CBC News
* Poilievre’s Conservatives struggling to stay united, source says, as Carney government survives a second budget vote
* Financial Returns of Registered Political Parties for the Third Quarter of 2025 Now Online
* Party supporters ‘tapped out’ as post-election donation dip deepens with Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter – The Hill Times

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2 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds

PolitiCoast
We’d all be speaking German now
BC’s strike ends with agreement, Alberta’s with animosity. David Eby threatens an election and Mark Carney mulls the inevitability of one.
Links

* Striking B.C. public service workers announce tentative deal with province | CBC News
* BCGEU says tentative agreement reached in historic strike | Globalnews.ca
* How an all-night mediation session sealed the tentative deal between BCGEU and province
* https://x.com/katiederosayyj/status/1983639248860541068?t=P7O51eDI34UB3ZAcuceebw&s=19
* B.C. premier prepared to call early election if bill for North Coast Transmission Line voted down | CBC News
* ‘No real recovery’ for John Rustad amid dwindling support: Poll | Vancouver Sun
* https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Media-Release-BC-Gov-Report-Card-Oct-2025.pdf
* Four psychiatrists in Vernon Jubilee Hospital tender resignation – Castanet.net
* B.C. Greens want to tie rent increases to units, not tenants – but face uphill battle | CBC News
* ‘Right now, we don’t have the votes’ to pass federal budget, says Liberal House leader | CBC News
* Conservative, NDP caucuses weighing a budget vote that could trigger an election: sources | CBC News
* Bloc Québécois candidate who lost by 1 vote loses bid to have result cancelled | CBC News
* MPs urge Carney government to release special agency governing documents | CBC News
* Carney saw Reagan anti-tariff ad before it aired, Ford says – The Globe and Mail
* Premier Eby says B.C.’s anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead | Vancouver Sun
* Is it time Canada had its own space launch capability? The military thinks so
* ‘Forever Canadian’ petition surpasses goal
* ‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 6 minutes 42 seconds

PolitiCoast
All my critics are crazy terrorists
John Rustad loses a caucus member and seemingly loses his senses. He refuses to resign as leader, even as his baord calls for his ouster. New bills come forward in the legislature and House of Commons touching on powerlines, employment standards and crime. But Pierre Poilievre is also facing rumours of dissension. All while Carney ties to position his upcoming budget.
Links
B.C. Conservative leader faces backlash over handling of MLA’s departure | CBC News
John Rustad hunkers down, again, as party board tries to force him out | Vancouver Sun
BC Conservative board letter
B.C. MLA’s bill to prohibit land acknowledgements in schools fails 1st reading | CBC News
CentreBC News Release – Northern Pipeline – FINAL – 251023.pdf
CentreBC Backgrounder – Northern Pipeline – FINAL – 251023.pdf
Five conditions secure coastal protection and economic benefits for all British Columbians
New legislation powers economy with clean energy, North Coast Transmission Line
New B.C. legislation promises power line to unlock northern development – The Globe and Mail
British Columbia proposes new power rules for AI, data centres
Job-protected medical leave lets workers return to work after serious illness  
Education minister ordered to hand over documents related to termination of Greater Victoria School Board trustees
Liberals table crime bill to restrict access to bail, impose tougher sentences
C-14 (45-1) – LEGISinfo – Parliament of Canada  
‘Pressure will mount in the coming days’ for Pierre Poilievre as signs of discontent emerge within the party following his RCMP claims
Poilievre backpedals on RCMP comments after days of pushback – The Globe and Mail
I’m a former senior aide to Stephen Harper. Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, trustworthy Conservative Party we tried to build
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1 month ago
55 minutes 59 seconds

PolitiCoast
What are you doing?
Mass resignations rock Kamloops hospital as a new medical school opens. Strikes continue, with BC’s ramping up as CUPW slows down. Federal parties position themselves ahead of the budget, trade is rocky and Canadians want to put nuclear reactors on the moon.
Links

* Seven OB/GYNs at Kamloops hospital resign, citing unsafe workloads, lack of support – The Globe and Mail
* Applications open, permanent location secured for new SFU medical school
* B.C. government’s professional workers to expand strike after talks break down – Victoria Times Colonist
* BCGEU strike: Restaurant wishes they could purchase alcohol from private store next door | Globalnews.ca
* BC General Employees’ Union BCGEU escalates job action across the province
* You can expect to see some mail in your mailboxes again, but not on a regular schedule
* Opposition parties are pitching their own ideas ahead of Carney’s first budget | CBC News
* Demandes budgétaires du Bloc Québécois : Les moyens pour prendre soin de notre monde
* Conservatives Announce Youth Jobs Plan, Urge Liberals to Act in Upcoming Budget
* Automatic tax filing, affordability measures coming in budget, Carney previews
* Carney hints at easing corporate tax burden in budget – The Globe and Mail
* The Government’s New Budgeting Approach – PBO’s Initial Assessment  
* Anand ties India trade talks with restoring Canada’s full cohort of diplomats
* Ottawa threatens Stellantis with legal action over Brampton plant reversal | CBC News
* ‘Now is the time to talk’: Carney rules out hitting the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs | CBC News
* Canada eyes putting nuclear reactors on the moon | CBC News

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1 month ago
1 hour 3 minutes 29 seconds

PolitiCoast
Should Be Digging Up

A bevy of bills get introduced in the BC Legislature, Rustad’s caucus troubles continue and Carney changes his signature legislation.



Links




* In John Rustad’s hunt for a leak, B.C. Conservative MLAs have their phones searched | CBC News 



* The NDP sets a trap. The B.C. Conservatives walk right into it | Vancouver Sun 



* B.C. bill that would have stopped puberty blockers defeated 





* White House talks ‘successful, positive, substantive,’ but no relief on steel just yet, says LeBlanc | CBC 



* Canada has been working for years to prepare for Golden Dome, Air Force general says – The Globe and Mail 



* Billionaire Chip Wilson fined $600 for unauthorized election sign targeting B.C. NDP | CBC News



* Elections BC Notice of Fine



* Fall federal budgets to become the norm, Champagne says – The Globe and MailLiberals in closed-door talks to boost NDP funding, claim it’s not related to upcoming budget vote



* Aspiring NDP leader who has raised thousands may be breaking party rules, official says 



* Yves Engler Fires Back at NDP CEO 



* Canadian residency, language provisions added to bill on citizenship by descent



* Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents  



* Public Safety Minister set to table new version of strong borders bill after slew of criticism – The Globe and Mail 



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1 month ago
1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds

PolitiCoast
Pipeline purity tests
The BC Legislature returns on Monday and the NDP aren’t giving us much to be excited about. However, the BC Conservative meltdowns continue with a high profile firing. Alberta is pushing through a pipeline that no one is really asking for, Carney faces budget vote challenges. What constitutes terrorism in the government’s eyes? Apparently Irish rappers and Indian gangs. And the NDP race has some candidates now.
Links

* NDP house leader says B.C. gov’t plans to pass 18 bills during fall session | CBC News
* Rustad Fires Lindsay Shepherd for Residential School Comments | The Tyee
* Rob Shaw: Local shipyards could have built some BC Ferries ships rather than China, says leaked report
* Alberta to draw up proposal for new oil pipeline to B.C. coast by May – The Globe and Mail
* David Eby response
* Blanchet says upcoming budget has ‘no legitimacy,’ Bloc unlikely to support it
* Davies meets with Carney as he calls on the Liberals to tackle ‘job crisis’ in upcoming budget – iPolitics
* Is Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap still banned from entering Canada? Were they ever? It’s unclear | CBC News
* Canada lists India’s Bishnoi Gang as terrorist entity – The Globe and Mail
* Ottawa launches Defence Investment Agency to streamline procurement – The Globe and Mail
* World’s first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania’s PM
* ‘Eat the rich’: Rob Ashton joins race to lead federal NDP
* Edmonton MP Heather McPherson enters NDP leadership race | CBC News
* NDP leadership candidate McPherson stands by ‘purity test’ remarks after criticism from fellow MP
* Heather McPherson
* Avi Lewis for NDP Leader
* Rob Ashton
* Tanille Johnston
* Yves Engler for NDP Leader
* Tony McQuail Green Progressive 2026
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1 month ago
1 hour 11 minutes 29 seconds

PolitiCoast
Our first zoomer leader
When it comes to leadership numbers, 70% is bad if you’re John Rustad but 60% is great if you’re Emily Lowan. Mark Carney is under fire for the gun buypack, recognition of Palestine and changes to Canada Post.
Links
John Rustad survives B.C. Conservative leadership review with 71% support | CBC News
‘No chains’: Elenore Sturko speaks out after ousting from B.C. Conservative caucus | CBC News
Inside the BC Conservative Crisis | The Tyee
Emily Lowan Elected Leader of the BC Green Party
BC Greens elect Emily Lowan as new party leader
Opposition leaders offer very different visions for B.C. at UBCM | CBC News
OneBC interim leader in favour of defunding non-profits to incentivize recovery focus – Castanet.net  
Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on ostrich cull
Ostrich farmers hope for ‘miracle’ as CFIA moves to cull flock over avian flu
Public safety minister’s ‘misguided’ comments in leaked audio undermined the Liberals’ gun buyback program, critics charge
Carney government cancels plan to send buyback rifles to Ukraine after ‘extremely limited interest’
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada’s recognition of the State of Palestine
Feds to launch review of Canada Post as Crown corp. continues to face financial hurdles
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
Canada Post workers on nationwide strike after government demands reforms | CBC News  
Photo credit: BC Green Party
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2 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds

PolitiCoast
This party contains dead people
Does foreign interference include the afterlife? Because dead people are signing up for the BC Conservatives, which really isn’t helping their reputation. Also Eby goes to Ottawa as our deficit climbs higher and higher. And in Ottawa, Carney shakes up our foreign affairs approach, launches a public sector builder and promises a new budget. But nothing ever changes with the Green Party of Canada.
Links
Rob Shaw: Phantom BC Conservatives cast shadow over Rustad’s leadership review – Business in Vancouver
Allegations of fake sign-ups, ballot stuffing cloud B.C. Conservative leadership review | CBC News
BC Conservatives treasurer resigns
B.C. economy in strong position to weather global trade uncertainty
B.C. budget deficit jumps to $11.6B, upward trend now expected to continue – Greater Victoria News
Eby travels to Ottawa to lobby Carney for B.C. major projects funding
Carney, Sheinbaum sign deal to deepen economic ties
Mark Carney set to shake things up with diplomatic appointments, staff moves
Former justice minister David Lametti to leave Prime Minister’s Office: sources | CBC News
Freeland to serve as Canada’s special representative for Ukraine, exit cabinet – The Globe and Mail
Build Canada Homes
Prime Minister Carney launches Build Canada Homes to supercharge homebuilding across the country
Carney allots $13-billion to build affordable housing under Build Canada Homes – The Globe and Mail
Carney government to table first budget on Nov. 4 | CBC News
May asks to stay on as Green leader after saying she would step aside – National | Globalnews.ca
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2 months ago
50 minutes 24 seconds

PolitiCoast
Only Moe can go to China
Who’s afraid of foreign interference? Apparently the BC Green Party. Plus Mark Carney launches a tariff response and picks his first major projects.
Links

* Verification woes cloud B.C. Green party’s leadership race – Business in Vancouver
* All eligible party members will be able to vote in leadership race: B.C. Greens – Mission City Record
* Kelowna conservative strategist behind AI news site targeting John Rustad | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan’s News Source
* Prime Minister Carney launches new measures to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries
* Carney unveils billions in funding, Buy Canadian policy to combat Trump’s tariffs | CBC News
* Canada delaying plan to force automakers to hit EVs sales targets | CBC News
* Prime Minister Carney launches new measures to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries
* Saskatchewan premier set to return from China trip this week
* Prime Minister Carney announces first projects to be reviewed by the new Major Projects Office
* Alberta premier says province is being heard by Carney
* Exclusive: Canada may drop oil emissions cap as part of new climate plan, sources say | Reuters
* Border security bill, budget could put Liberal minority government on the defensive this fall – iPolitics
* Conservatives will introduce a bail reform bill this fall, Poilievre says – The Globe and Mail
* Carney will introduce legislation next month to tighten bail system – The Globe and Mail

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2 months ago
47 minutes 25 seconds

PolitiCoast
Fast-track the office to build the things
Ian’s back from vacation – and there’s politics to talk about. BCGEU goes on strike, Poilievre and Eby take aim at the temporary foreign worker program, Poilievre wants stand your ground laws, Carney opens his Major Project Offices and the NDP launch their leadership race.
Links

* BCGEU says its members will begin walking picket lines Tuesday
* As BCGEU strike drags on, teachers’ union negotiations simmer in background | Globalnews.ca
* B.C. schools at funding ‘crunch point’ as districts cut millions from budgets | CBC News
* Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
* Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
* Bryan Breguet v John Rustad on TFWs
* Youth unemployment is now at level seen ‘during a recession,’ report shows – National | Globalnews.ca
* Poilievre calls for more legal protection for Canadians defending homes from intruders | CBC News
* Prime Minister Carney launches new Major Projects Office to fast-track nation-building projects
* Internal PMO polls show huge support for major hydro, road, port projects – National | Globalnews.ca
* Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts no longer attending cabinet forum – iPolitics
* Finance Minister announces 100-day plan to fix CRA service delays – The Globe and Mail
* NDP Leadership 2026 « Canada’s NDP
* Huron County farmer files application papers to lead federal NDP
* Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis prepare NDP leadership bids

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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 47 seconds

PolitiCoast
Ben Woodfinden

Ben Woodfinden, former Communications Director for Pierre Poilievre comes on the pod to discuss the 2025 election and the state of Canadian conservativism.



Links




* Ben Woodfinden’s Website



* Ben Woodfinden’s Twitter/X



* Ben Woodfinden’s Substack





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2 months ago
53 minutes 1 second

PolitiCoast
Green Party Leadership Interviews
We interview the candidates to lead the BC Green Party Emily Lowan, Adam Bremner-Akins and Jonathan. Find out why they are running and what their vision for the BC Green Party and the Province is.
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3 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes 49 seconds

PolitiCoast
The Greens’ Choice

Ryan Clayton joins the pod to discuss the BC Green Party leadership race and couple consequential court decisions.







 Links




* Ryan’s Substack



* B.C. to appeal landmark Aboriginal title ruling over Fraser River land in Metro Vancouver | CBC News



* Major land claims ruling says B.C. Indigenous group has claim to a portion of city and port lands – The Globe and Mail



* Canada’s voting system is constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules | CBC News

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3 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes 28 seconds

PolitiCoast
Blue Grit Honeymoon

David Moscrop joins the pod to discuss 100 days of Carney. What does the three and a third months since the election tell us about what kind of PM Mark Carney is and what does it mean for the future of Canada.



Links




* Carney suggests he’s considering rescinding Online News Act | National Post



* Write-in ballots to be used in Alberta byelection due to record number of candidates | CBC News



* David Moscrop’s Substack





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3 months ago
55 minutes 54 seconds

PolitiCoast
Let’s nuke Oak Bay
A mining rescue operation, ultimatums for Oak Bay & West Van, an even bigger ballot and First Ministers meet.
Links

* Rescue operation underway for 3 miners trapped underground at northern B.C. mine | CBC News
* Underground mine where workers trapped was on BC fast-track list | Canada’s National Observer: Climate News 
* Update (after recording): Rescued workers being reunited with families after 60 hours trapped in B.C. mine | CBC News
* Directives issued to get more homes built in Oak Bay, West Vancouver
* Drug body members quit after decision reversal on funding for treatment of girl with rare disease
* Data reveals dramatic spike in patients leaving B.C. emergency rooms without receiving care | CBC News
* MP wants passenger rail in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region as CN Rail pulls out | CBC News
* More than 100 candidates — most in Canadian history — to run against Poilievre in byelection | CBC News
* Poilievre calls for law to block long ballot protests that ‘abuse’ democracy
* Poilievre, Conservative MPs criticize Crown ahead of Freedom Convoy leaders’ sentencing | CBC News
* Toronto has 6 months to meet terms of housing agreement with Ottawa, minister says | CBC News
* Premiers push for more power over immigration as Ford takes aim at federal minister – The Globe and Mail
* After 2 days of trade talks, premiers wrap summit talking crime and health care | CBC News

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4 months ago
54 minutes 7 seconds

PolitiCoast
Feet in the file
A cabine shuffle, a drug decision flip-flop and Poilievre’s struggle for relevancy.
Links

* Updated cabinet sworn in to meet the needs of British Columbians in a changing world 
* B.C. cuts Metro Vancouver developers a break from soaring fees, backstopped by $250 million in federal cash
* B.C. quietly expands scope of Bill 14 to include all future wind and solar – Terrace Standard
* B.C. improves HOV-lane access for EV drivers
* Health minister upholds decision to deny rare-disease funds for B.C. girl – The Globe and Mail
* B.C.’s premiere responds to experts on treatment for Langford’s Charleigh Pollock
* Rob Shaw – drug coverage restored
* Ontario Progressive Conservatives schedule convention for same time as Poilievre’s leadership review – The Globe and Mail
* Poilievre adviser Jenni Byrne staying on, Conservatives confirm amid speculation of ouster – The Globe and Mail
* Poilievre calls for ‘very hard caps’ on immigration to better integrate newcomers | CBC News
* Poilievre slams Carney over investment disclosure, says PM needs to sell assets | CBC News
* Money for nothing? Feds’ failure to condemn Toronto’s breach of housing deal ‘concerning,’ say critics – iPolitics
* Toronto sixplex policy ‘disappointing,’ Federal Housing Minister says – The Globe and Mail

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4 months ago
55 minutes 55 seconds

PolitiCoast
The first rule of the BC Green Leadership race is don’t talk about the BC Green Leadership race
The BC Greens are actually having a leadership race with (at least) three candidates. FIFA is disrupting the courts and future community events may need risk assessments. BC’s urgent infrastructure act is going to a year-long consultation process while the feds eye projects for their act. Carney caves on digital services taxes and Trump threatens tariffs anyway. The Battle River-Crowfoot byelection has been called and so has the federal NDP leadership race.
Links
BC Green Party Leadership Race 2025: A New Era
Comox councillor steps forward as leadership candidate for B.C. Greens | Vancouver Sun
Adam Bremner-Akins
These are not normal times. Here in B.C., one-third of us can’t afford our bills. Rent and grocery prices are sky-high. Home-ownership and… | Instagram
All criminal trials in four B.C. courts to be rescheduled during FIFA World Cup
Report says all B.C. events should get risk review, in wake of Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy
REPORT OF THE STUDY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO COMMUNITY EVENTS SAFETY
Engagement begins to support implementation of Infrastructure Projects Act
Canada
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance trade discussions with the United States | CBC News
Trump threatening 35% tariffs on Canadian goods across the board | CBC News
Carney’s cabinet asked to find ‘ambitious savings’ ahead of fall budget | CBC News
Carney says it’s ‘highly likely’ an oil pipeline makes project list | Calgary Herald
Carney government’s nation-building projects list expected to draw from these five areas, says source
Carney calls mid-August Alberta byelection, clearing Poilievre’s path to a new seat
Liberal Party of Canada announces Darcy Spady as Liberal candidate for Battle River—Crowfoot
Katherine Swampy
Green Party’s Douglas Gook Launches By-Election Campaign with Focus on Local Empowerment
 NDP plans to launch six-month leadership race, choose leader in March 2026

* Heather McPherson
* Yves Engler for NDP Leader
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4 months ago
53 minutes

PolitiCoast
Quote-unquote blackmail
The BC Conservatives didn’t mean to politicize “blackmail” accusations against their political rivals. The BCNDP and federal government face further criticism over the BC Ferries order. And (most) NATO allies commit to spending unseen amounts on military build-ups.
(Sorry for the re-upload)
Links

* Rustad wonders if he should have made ‘blackmail’ claim after Opposition caucus meets | CBC News
* Rustad says staff won’t give RCMP ‘blackmail’ statement as leadership vote begins – Richmond News
* Federal infrastructure bank provided $1-billion in loans for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships – The Globe and Mail
* Tories call for hearing on $1-billion federal loan for BC Ferries’ purchase of Chinese vessels – The Globe and Mail
* FIFA World Cup hosting costs revealed by B.C. are up to $624 million | Vancouver Sun
* Senate passes controversial bill to fast-track major projects
* Bill C-5: Canadians support fast-tracking projects, but conflicted over individual elements of the legislation –
* Carney ready to dismiss top bureaucrats unable to meet his expectations, Liberal insiders say – The Globe and Mail
* The Hague Summit Declaration issued by NATO Heads of State and Government (2025), 25-Jun.
* Canada promises to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 in pact with NATO leaders | CBC News
* NATO’s 5% benchmark would cost Canada $150B a year, Carney says | CBC News
* Canada signs deal deepening European defence and security partnership | CBC News
* Carney says Canada will meet new NATO spending target by developing critical minerals
* Ottawa considering military equipment production deal with Ukraine, Defence Minister says – The Globe and Mail
* NATO’s new villain: Spain – POLITICO

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5 months ago
1 hour 28 seconds

PolitiCoast
A Canadian politics podcast from the West Coast.