John Horgan’s NDP effectively killed Vancouver’s chance to be a part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Was it an epic save or an own goal?

Then we follow up last week’s conversation with a look at the results of the Ontario PC leadership contest. It was a mess and Doug Ford won.

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Segment 1: At least we won’t have World Cup Riots

* Vancouver loses World Cup bid after BCNDP waffling

* Chicago also pulls out

* From the Backline episode 220 for soccer fan analysis (discussion starts at 43m20s)

* Mike Smyth and Jon McComb think it was the right decision

Segment 2: A Wynne for Ford Nation

at 11m32s

* We didn’t actually put any links in our script, we just wrote “Doug Ford huh”

Quick Takes

at 21m45s

* Andrew Weaver proposes lowering voting age to 16 in BC

* BC’s basic income pilot won’t happen until at least 2020

* Competing Kinder Morgan protests (note CBC’s clarification)

* Joe Arvay appointed to dilbit reference case

* Alberta minister calls BC “shitheads” and apologizes

* Singh under fire for attending Sikh separatist rally in 2015

#bestofbcpoli

at 35m07s

A sure sign that spring has returned to Victoria, the Green leader has been spotted in his summer plumage #bcpoli https://t.co/2jRHqNfxSk

— Shannon Waters (@sobittersosweet) March 11, 2018

After 5.1π years of neglect in BC, we’re working hard to turn it π radians. ?

Happy #PiDay. #bcpoli #SorryNotSorry

— Bowinn Ma (@BowinnMa) March 15, 2018