We’re joined by comedian Katie-Ellen Humphries to (once again) recap the 2019 federal election. This episode was recorded Live at the Vancouver Podcast Festival.

We also discuss Elizabeth May’s resignation, Scheer surviving his leadership review and the slow march toward a more diverse Parliament.

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Alberta and Saskatchewan continue to be the focus of federal politics but does Western Alienation really apply to British Columbia as well? And what will the current round of efforts to placate the prairie demands mean for the West Coast?

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Segment: Wacky Wexit

This is hardball federalism, I suppose. Puts Scheer in a very difficult position, though. Does he endorse, push back, or lay low?

• Anne McClellan appointed as Trudeau’s Western Advisor

Quick Takes

• End of daylight savings bill introduced
• Ending bridge tolls to cost $1 billion
• ICBC considered selling domain to Chinese bank
• Recount in Port Moody-Coquitlam
• Peter MacKay criticizes Scheer’s campaign but still back Scheer
• Scheer looks to replace chief of staff
• Elizabeth May eyes speaker’s chair

The results are in and the Trudeau Liberals were returned with a Strong, Stable Minority Government . Ian returns from parental leave to break down the results with Scott. Plus a bunch of stuff is happening in BC.

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Main segment

• Official results
• Elizabeth May isn’t resigning yet, but soon

#bcpoli Quick Takes

• UNDRIP bill tabled and the text of the bill
• BC Green Party clothing store
• BC Liberals propose commercial property tax changes

In our final pre-election episode, we break down platforms of the four main national parties. The Cambie Report’s Matthew Naylor returns to discuss the highlights and lowlights of the platforms and what they tell us about the state of Canadian politics.

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Liberal Party Platform

Conservative Party Platform

New Democratic Party Platform

Green Party Platform

Call the Question’s Maria Dobrinskaya returns to discuss the Legislature’s busy first week and what effect the debate will have on the election.

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Segment 1: A Busy First Week

• Andrew Weaver says he’ll step down as B.C. Green Party leader
• B.C.’s former sergeant-at-arms lied multiple times during investigation: report
• LePard Report on Sgt At Arms Gary Lenz (pdf)
• Premier defends shredding of spending scandal document

Segment 2: The Election 

• English Leader’s Debate (YouTube)
• CBC Poll Tracker
• Singh sizzles in English debate, but will NDP momentum solidify, or ultimately fizzle?
• Canada election: Promises Trudeau, Scheer, Singh, May and Blanchet have made

On this addendum to Episode 158 Scott breaks down the two big news stories that broke after recording Ep 158, the resignation of Minister of Citizen Services Jinny Sim and the Conservative Party dropping their candidate in Burnaby-North Seymour.

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Segment 1: Jinny Sim Resigns

• B.C. MLA Jinny Sims resigns from cabinet after RCMP probe revealed
• Opposition Liberals send Minister Jinny Sims allegations to RCMP (May 2019)
• FOI minister Jinny Sims apologizes for using her personal email in government (May 2018)

Segment 2: Burnaby-North Seymour

• Conservatives drop Burnaby North-Seymour candidate Heather Leung after homophobic comments
• Opinion: Video shows Burnaby Conservative claiming ‘homosexuals recruit’ kids

BC Today’s Shannon Waters returns to discuss the Legislature’s return, why loggers and small towns are mad at the government, and what to make of the federal election campaign at the halfway mark.

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Segment 1: Back to the Leg

• ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: B.C. government funds $69M forestry support program by cancelling rural grants
• Rural B.C. mayors say loss of rural dividend fund is ‘devastating’
• Gary Lenz resigns as B.C.’s sergeant-at-arms, citing irreparable damage to reputation
• B.C. Auditor General Carol Bellringer resigns days after releasing audit into legislature expenses
• Legislation ending time changes expected ‘in the coming weeks’: Horgan

• Liberal Party Releases Platform
• Scheer promises to slash foreign aid spending by 25 per cent
• Scheer stands by vow to return to partisan Senate, make patronage appointments
• NDP promises $100M fund aimed at keeping youth out of gangs
• NDP’s Singh proposes $30M boost for B.C. Ferries to help reduce fares
• NDP commits to $10B over four years to create half a million new child care spaces
• Green party proposes a ‘robot tax’ when companies replace workers with machine

Quick Takes:

• Ontario Moves To Outsource Film Classification To B.C. Without Agreement In Place
• Task force recommends replacing Massey crossing with 8-lane tunnel, multi-use pathway
• ICBA Backstreet Boys Parody 

Erin Rennie returns to the podcast to discuss the Climate Strike and the lastest in the federal election.

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Segment 1: 

• How did Canadians react to Trudeau’s blackface photos? With a big meh, polls find
• Any province could veto a major pipeline under an NDP government, says Singh
• Scheer pledges to allow longer mortgages, remove ‘stress test’ for renewals
• Munk Debates cancels foreign-policy event because Trudeau won’t attend
• CBC Poll Tracker
• Green Party’s pharmacare plan would cost $27B in 2020-2021: PBO
• Green Party used Photoshop to add reusable cup and metal straw to photo of Elizabeth May

Segment 2: 

• Federal leaders invoke Greta Thunberg to sell their own climate change plans
• 3 In 4 Canadians Welcome Student Marches For Climate Change
• Canadians want to stop climate change — but half don’t want to pay an extra cent: Ipsos poll

Quick Takes:

• B.C. wins injunction blocking Alberta’s turn-off-the-taps legislation over oil

The Cambie Report’s Matthew Naylor joins the podcast to discuss the blackface scandal enveloping the Liberal reelection campaign and the latest in the Woodchipper Saga.

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Segment 1:

• Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School
• Langley Conservative candidate mum on connection to blackface performers
• Vox Explainer Video on Zwarte Piet
• Trudeau says he is ‘deeply sorry’ he appeared in brownface at school gala in 2001
• Rick Mercer lashes out at Burnaby Conservatives for posting fake endorsement
• Green Party platform aims to transition economy, protect consumers, promote tax fairness
• Canada election: Promises Trudeau, Scheer, Singh, May and Blanchet have made

Segment 2

• Auditor General’s Report
• Provincial auditor says B.C. Legislature needs tighter expense rules, oversight

Quick Takes

• Cameron Ortis has not co-operated with RCMP investigators in security-breach case, government officials say
• B.C. high court tells province to reconsider environmental approval for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

BC Today’s Shannon Waters guests to discuss the start of the federal election and the latest news from the BC government.

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Segment 1: Writs are dropping like they’re hot

• It’s official, Canadians: the 2019 federal election campaign is underway
• Two NElizabeth May Says Pierre Nantel Is Not A Quebec Separatist
• NDP candidates resign at start of federal campaign
• Elizabeth May Says Pierre Nantel Is Not A Quebec Separatist
• The bizarre backstory behind the great Green defection that wasn’t for NDP in New Brunswick
• Rhinoceros Party Running Candidate Named Maxime Bernier In Beauce
• Justin McElroy’s ranking of BC ridings

Segment 2: BC Politics News

• Budget Update
• Daylight Savings Time consultation
• Speculation Tax Numbers

Quick takes

• Environment Minister McKenna gets security detail as online threats against her and her children move to real world
• Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Manitoba election
• BC Humanists House of Prayers Report