A former cabinet minister for the BC Liberals is set to be the voice to bring renewal to the party as Kevin Falcon has a (relatively) decisive fifth ballot win in the party’s leadership contest. Meanwhile the BCNDP introduced a very stay the course Throne Speech.

And in Ottawa and across the country, protests are paralyzing the police and all levels of government and tearing the Conservative movement apart.

Links

* BC surpassed 5 million

* Vote in the Greatest BC Premier Bracket

Segment 1 Falcon has landed

* Results from wikipedia

* Vision – Kevin Falcon

* Former BC Liberal leader to vacate seat in Vancouver-Quilchena | CTV News 

Segment 2 The Throne Speech you forgot about

* Read the speech

* Throne speech lays out plans to build a stronger BC by putting people first | BC Gov News

* BC throne speech lays out post-pandemic plans, including child care and safe workplaces | Globalnews.ca

* Did the Minister of Citizens’ Services intentionally mislead the House? – Adam Olsen. MLA for Saanich North and the Islands

* Speaker to rule next week

Segment 3 Ottawacupation

* Ottawa police receiving fake 911 calls

* MPs get suspicious packages

* Ontario invokes emergency measures

* Ontario prepares fines, possible seizure of trucks to reopen Windsor bridge, sources say 

* US offers Trudeau government help to end border blockade | CBC News

* Auto plants close due to blockade

* How organizers with police and military expertise may be helping Ottawa convoy protest dig in | CBC News

* Liberal MP Joël Lightbound’s full remarks: ‘It’s time to choose positive, not coercive methods’ | National Post

* Quebec Liberal MP Robillard also breaks ranks, questions Trudeau government’s handling of pandemic, sides with Lightbound – The Hill Times