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#BCPOLI Hotstove: Budget Blues

#BCPOLI Hotstove: Budget Blues

Much spending, much discussion.
The big question

The big question

Rob Shaw: With an increased public tolerance for deficit spending, the NDP is missing its window to do something about mounting pressure on your wallet.
Budget Blues

Budget Blues

Budget 2022 leaves some of BC’s biggest questions unanswered.
Nothing new – not even the slogan

Nothing new – not even the slogan

Rob Shaw: The NDP’s new economic plan is a flashy and beautiful document, and very little else.
Still under water

Still under water

Dene Moore: What little aid has been available for farm flood victims is confusing, choked in red tape, and nowhere near enough.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 159

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 159

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.
Ask me no questions

Ask me no questions

Rob Shaw: Though the Speaker ruled he'd take her at her word, Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare’s credibility is ruined in the real world.
#BCPOLI Hotstove - The Beare Necessities

#BCPOLI Hotstove - The Beare Necessities

From allegedly misleading the legislature to COVID restrictions to construction, this week's ep is worth the wait
Which party owns ‘affordability?’ We’ll find out in a few years.

Which party owns ‘affordability?’ We’ll find out in a few years.

Rob Shaw: “The problem is, life isn’t more affordable for the middle class. Not in any possible way you want to measure it.”
BC's trades training system is overwhelmed - and about to get worse

BC's trades training system is overwhelmed - and about to get worse

Chris Gardner: "Construction contractors have been clear on what needs to be done, but once a 'we know best' mentality sets in with government, dialogue stops and lecturing starts.