Andrew Scheer quits as Conservative Party leader as we learn that he was using party funds to put his kids through private school. Statistics Canada has released a report on the first year of cannabis sales and BC did poorly. And forestry workers on Vancouver Island paid a visit to the legislature to demand an end to a six-month long strike.

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Links

Segment 1: The Scheer Audacity

* Scheer allegedly used party funds to pay for kids’ private school education

* Abacus data poll on possible Conservative leaders

* Possible candidates for Green Party of Canada leadership

* Paul Manly’s blog on why he voted no confidence

Segment 2: Betty in Sooke must be doing well

* Shannon’s thread on cannabis sales statitistics

* Statistics Cannabis

* Map of cannabis stores in BC

Segment 3: Can’t see the workers through the trees

* Forestry workers converge on BC Legislature

Quick takes

* Who’s who in the AggregateIQ report

* Opposition forces creation of China committee

* Jane Philpott can’t work for First Nation under ethics rules

* Jody Wilson-Raybould sets up camp in Parliament office