Federal Politics

BC unveiled its paid sick leave program today. Rob Shaw suspects those disappointed today will be pleased later – and vice versa.

Roslyn Kunin: Far more effective are carefully targeted programs specifically aimed at dealing with the issues that put people into poverty and keep them there

In which the panel wonders if bureaucrats really can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Welcome to Ellected – the podcast about women in politics, by women in politics, and for anyone who supports women in politics.

Sylvain Charlebois: The agri-food sector mostly did well in this week's federal budget - except for one massive target.

Roslyn Kunin: When governments try to play a direct role in increasing productivity by attempting to pick winners, or through regulation, the results are usually ineffective and costly.

Rob Shaw: Despite big promises and the opportunity to spend big, the NDP have been glacial on child care. Monday’s federal budget might just save them from themselves.

Plotting a peerless post-pandemic plan is the promise, and the point.

Dene Moore: Yes, MP Will Amos should have made sure his camera was off – but that doesn’t justify distributing naked photos without consent. Politicians deserve better treatment from the public, but also from each other.

Carbon pricing can be an effective incentive to eco-friendlier options – but those options actually have to be available. As Dene Moore knows only too well, in Rural BC, that often isn’t the case.