Provincial Politics

Special interests driving NDP agenda

Chris Gardner: Fairness, balance, and even-handedness is being replaced by an agenda tilted against taxpayers and small business.

Oct 7, 2019 10:55 AM Read more >

Legends of the fall session

Big news from both the Greens and NDP sets the stage for a suddenly much more consequential fall legislative session.

Oct 5, 2019 10:02 AM Read more >

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 39

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.

Oct 5, 2019 8:00 AM Read more >

Three platforms for a healthy construction industry

Construction is the province’s economic backbone – but needs the right policy framework.

Oct 3, 2019 2:44 PM Read more >

The numbers are clear: private auto insurance is less expensive

Mark Milke: The only way to claim public insurance is cheaper than private insurance is to ignore what people actually pay elsewhere. For almost 50 years, that’s exactly what has happened.

Oct 2, 2019 3:24 PM Read more >

#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Orca turns 1 and the NDP struggle at UBCM

The Orca turns 1, which means the best goody bag of all: the (early) return of #BCPOLI Hotstove. Of all the political podcasts in BC, this is among them.

Oct 1, 2019 3:00 PM Read more >

A far cry from 'goody bags'

At UBCM, John Horgan not only passed up an opportunity to reset tense relations with rural BC, but might have made it worse.

Oct 1, 2019 1:36 PM Read more >

No bridge at the end of the tunnel

Jordan Bateman: By now, the Massey Tunnel replacement project would have been half completed. Instead, there’s no end in sight to gridlock across – and under – the Fraser River.

Sep 30, 2019 3:29 PM Read more >

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 38

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.

Sep 27, 2019 6:45 AM Read more >

NDP wins argument to keep oil flowing – wait, what?

If Alberta must ship oil to BC, then Alberta must be permitted to ship oil through BC.

Sep 26, 2019 9:45 AM Read more >