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What next?

What next?

Canada’s 43rd election leaves questions for most of the major parties.
Affordability or environmental concerns?

Affordability or environmental concerns?

Trying to deal with both affordability and the environment is a challenge that most governments have been unable to solve.
Déjà vu all over again?

Déjà vu all over again?

Suzanne Anton on what may happen in the coming weeks, and how familiar it might feel to British Columbians.
Election night predictions

Election night predictions

Maclean Kay’s assessment of the major parties' (we’re being veeeeery generous with ‘major’) best- and worst-case scenarios for tonight.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck -- Episode 41

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck -- Episode 41

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.
A house divided

A house divided

Rex Murphy: The Prime Minister has quite explicitly and deliberately set one region of this country against another. The ramifications will be felt for years to come.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: Five days 'til the election

#BCPOLI Hotstove: Five days 'til the election

Thankfully, the election is nearing the finish line. But Hotstove is just warming up.
Conservative, Green, Liberal, NDP, Other – doesn’t matter. VOTE.

Conservative, Green, Liberal, NDP, Other – doesn’t matter. VOTE.

There is no Middle on whether you should exercise the enormous privilege that is casting a secret ballot in a free country.
Millennials and politics: more than meets the eye

Millennials and politics: more than meets the eye

Gavin Dew: The numbers are clear – Canadians want younger candidates. The question is how to recruit and elect them.
Jagmeet Singh is opposed to a coalition with the Tories…or is he?

Jagmeet Singh is opposed to a coalition with the Tories…or is he?

Singh could enter into an informal, rather than a formal, agreement with the Tories to create mutually beneficial policies.