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The Big Budget
The Federal Budget is out. We break down what is in it and what it means for BC and Canada. Re-upload. Apologies, an incorrect version with an old episodes audio went out. Links
Quarterly repetitions
Another round of political party financing data, Alberta pauses renewables, Trudeau argues about housing but is getting trees planted
The Big Shuffle, Feat. The Boys in Short Pants
The Boys In Short Pants join to discuss the big federal cabinet shuffle and dissect what the Johnston Report says about the inner workings of government. Links
Beefcake realpolitik
The future of the RCMP and political aesthetics, with Stewart Prest
BC’s dirty little secret
Derrick O'Keefe breaks down how BC continues to facilitate a growing thermal coal export industry
Where’s the corporate subsidy for Taylor Swift?
Strikes at the ports and on Fraser Valley transit, ongoing C-18 fallout and subsidies for EV batteries
Bee Cee Who
Almost entirely unsurprising byelection results, media deathwatch and a growing population
Summer speculations
Byelections come, byelections go. Parliament rises with ample rumours. The Royal BC Museum is hiring, again, and Taylor Swift will be hearing from one MP.
Resignations and reports that won’t get read
BC needs more electricity and we look at a few prominent federal resignations
Won’t find us on Facebook
A potpourri episode on housing, social media, the federal budget, David Johnston and wildfires