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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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