January 17, 2026

If I Go to China, I’m Going to See Some Sights

1 hour

More BC Conservative leadership candidates enter, BC Green leadership candidates fundraising, Centre BC leadership drama and Carney goes to China

Links

Former B.C. Liberal minister Iain Black enters B.C. Conservative leadership race | Maple Ridge News

Reconciliation critic Caroline Elliott seeks to head BC Conservatives | Vancouver Sun

‘I’m in’: Caroline Elliott confirms run for B.C. Conservative leadership – Richmond News

2025 BC Green Party Leadership Contestant Financing Reports Available | Elections BC

Minister’s statement on status of the decriminalization pilot program

Decriminalizing people who use drugs in B.C. (reports) – Province of British Columbia

B.C. officially ends decriminalization pilot project after concerns about public drug use

What Canada failed to learn from drug decriminalization in Portugal – Canadian Affairs

Carney’s 1st day in China secures agreement on energy — but no tariff breakthrough yet | CBC News

B.C. and feds sign lumber understanding with China, as province looks beyond U.S. | CBC News

Slim Majority of Canadians (54%) Support Stronger Trade Ties with China | Ipsos

Two Liberal MPs cut Taiwan trip short ahead of Carney’s China visit – The Globe and Mail

Canada not considering a ban on X over deepfake controversy, AI minister says

Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images | Grok AI | The Guardian

NDP leadership candidate apologizes for using AI to respond to Reddit questions | CBC News

r/ndp on Reddit: I’m Rob Ashton, union leader and candidate for Leader of the NDP — AMA

I’m Tony McQuail and an NDP Leadership Candidate, AMA! : r/CanadaPolitics

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