Provincial Politics

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.

Rob Shaw: A fascinating debate in the legislature illustrates the difficulty of government trying to create and impose regulations where none existed before – in this case, trampoline parks.

Maclean Kay: The NDP's reasons to limit or charge for Freedom of Information requests don't seem to hold water. A 2019 attempt to deny requests from the Official Opposition may be more instructive.

Rob Shaw: The NDP’s hypocrisy on Freedom of Information is grotesque, but also coldly calculated. John Horgan understands only too well he’s undermining a system designed to hold government to account.

Improving transparency by...limiting it?

BC's first dip into MANDATORY mandatory shots. And speaking of shots, the BC Liberal leadership race grows by one.

Rob Shaw: BC’s 911 system is on the verge of collapse. The question is what the NDP government will do about it.

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.

Rob Shaw: Even with hospitals overflowing in Northern BC, areas like Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island could soon see arenas and stadiums full of people. For some, this will seem contradictory.

Rob Shaw: Canada’s public sector has never been so big, a trend that should continue under BC’s NDP government.