Provincial Politics

Sometimes, even popular policies land with a thud.

Rob Shaw: Threats from an angry mob forced Justin Trudeau to cancel a rally. Unfortunately, this wasn’t a unique event – regardless of region or party.

Dene Moore: “The feeling that B.C. has a Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island government was not helped by the glaring absence of the premier or cabinet ministers throughout our ordeal.”

Rob Shaw: “Apparently, everything changed. But also didn’t change, according to Dr. Henry, because it was always going to be this way. Maybe. Sort of.”

A very, very, very, very, very, VERY busy day. And week. Let's dive in.

Rob Shaw: A new passport system to enter non-essential events and services is the province’s way of trying to nudge along COVID-19 vaccine holdouts.

Rob Shaw: Never fans of the Massey Tunnel replacement project, the BC NDP are trying to take advantage of election promise-making season and snag a promise that Ottawa will chip in.

Daniel Marshall’s three-day flurry into the fire-stricken lands of the BC Interior.

Week One, or weak one? Depends on the question.

Rob Shaw: Even though the data says they’re not the issue, politicians keep blaming foreign buyers of real estate, because it’s what voters (apparently) want to hear.