The Dash

With the Legislature back in session, David and Meghan debrief on the first week back including the recently tabled housing bill and the widely reported conflict with Penticton city council. They also look to the week ahead, discussing an upcoming townhall for Vancouver parents.

Journalists and co-authors of 'A Matter of Confidence', Richard Zussman and Rob Shaw join Meghan and David on podcast to discuss covering the legislature during Covid, the drama of political reporting and speculative plans for a second book.

In this special episode, The Dash goes on tour, accepting an invitation from Lex Gill, a lawyer who teaches Law and Poverty at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, to visit her class. David fields questions from the students about policy innovation, public interest lawyering and his career in politics.

David and Meghan discuss the evolving situation with encampments in Vancouver and Victoria and consider how partnerships and between municipal governments and the  province can help to accelerate the approval and construction of supportive housing.

David and Meghan are joined by Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, Rachna Singh. They talk about how the government is reorienting towards being actively anti-racist, about some of the challenges and opportunities Rachna sees in her work. 

Special guest Mo Amir joins Meghan and David to talk about cancel culture. Does it really exist, or is it just consequences? And if it does exist, can public figures ever really be cancelled? Plus, Mo brings some special intel to this week’s Falcon Report.

Meghan and David discuss the role of developers in building housing and bring you the latest dispatch from the Falcon Report. 

David and Meghan talk about the current approach to tent cities in B.C. and the short, medium, and long-term solutions for addressing homelessness.

David and Meghan talk about how they keep up to date with the latest news, about media and politics, and about how to explain to your six-year-old why their picture is in the newspaper. 

David and Meghan talk about the life of an MLA, being accountable to the community, the difference between federal, municipal, and provincial politics, and how David's life has changed since becoming the Attorney General.