Provincial Politics

The QPees: Take all the lessons

Celebrating the best and the best of the worst in B.C.’s Question Period - for the week of Nov. 25-28, 2019.

Nov 28, 2019 2:06 PM Read more >

#BCPOLI Hotstove: Laborious labour files, and taxes, taxes, taxes

The transit strike has been averted - onto the next labour dispute! Also, the airheadedness of taxing air above small business, the future of Andrew Scheer, and the NDP's second quarter budget update.

Nov 27, 2019 1:55 PM Read more >

The incredible shrinking surplus

The second quarterly budget update shows a slow slip-slide towards a deficit.

Nov 26, 2019 8:45 PM Read more >

Other people's money

Matthew Lau: Community Benefits Agreements are an old story – you tend to order steak when you don’t have to cover the whole tab.

Nov 26, 2019 2:00 PM Read more >

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 46

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.

Nov 25, 2019 6:56 AM Read more >

After the mill closes

Dene Moore: the provincial government’s support program for laid off forestry workers is restrictive, and not enough to put food on the table.

Nov 22, 2019 9:43 AM Read more >

The QPees: Talking Turkey

Celebrating the best and the best of the worst in B.C.’s Question Period - for the week of Nov. 18-21, 2019.

Nov 21, 2019 1:42 PM Read more >

Blame the Blob

Bob Price on the new reality for B.C.’s salmon fishery.

Nov 21, 2019 6:40 AM Read more >

#BCPOLI Hotstove: Of bus strikes, cabinets, turkeys, and councils gone bad

To quote one newsman: as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

Nov 20, 2019 3:58 PM Read more >

Unbuckled

Jody Vance: We make sure car drivers and passengers buckle up – because the statistics are clear that it’s much safer. So why not for kids on school buses?

Nov 20, 2019 6:40 AM Read more >