Skip to content

Provincial Politics

Thoughts on paid sick leave

Thoughts on paid sick leave

Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock look at the numbers, nuts, and bolts of paid sick leave, how it will affect employers, and how its fits alongside existing programs.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 150

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 150

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.
Please continue to hold

Please continue to hold

Rob Shaw: Sitting on five days of urgent pleas for help from a flood-stricken regional district isn’t a good look for the NDP government.
Deliberate misdirection

Deliberate misdirection

Rob Shaw: If what Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare told the legislature about FOI fees isn’t a lie, it comes awfully close.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: FOI, flooding, and a new BC Liberal Candidate?

#BCPOLI Hotstove: FOI, flooding, and a new BC Liberal Candidate?

If this week's BCPOLI Hotstove were a Jane Austen novel, it'd be called Floods and FOIpability.
Political Capital 36 - Disaster response, sick pay, and more

Political Capital 36 - Disaster response, sick pay, and more

There's a storm coming - and we're not talking about FOI fees. (Okay, we ARE, but that's a different storm.)
Learning to hold each other up

Learning to hold each other up

Solomon Reece: Ellis Ross was the only BC Liberal leadership candidate asked about his expertise, and that’s a problem.
Members only

Members only

Rob Shaw picks his all-star performers from the fall legislative session.
UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 149

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 149

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.
Consultatio post facto

Consultatio post facto

Rob Shaw: The NDP has adopted a bad habit of going through the motions of consulting, only to plow ahead regardless of objection or concern.