After almost a week of apologizing for ill advised comments on the wacky fun of renting, Andrew Wilkinson needed a good day.  He got one Tuesday, courtesy of the arbitrary, half-baked speculation tax. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

In a political bombshell, Treasury Board President Jane Philpott resigned from the Trudeau cabinet yesterday, saying she’d lost confidence in the way the government is handling the SNC Lavalin affair.  Is Justin Trudeau’s Moral authority diminishing?

And The debate over a simple bus route has triggered a wave of controversy in West Vancouver over the past four months, prompting protests from local residents and businesses over the route.  Why is a bus so controversial in West Vancouver?

Yesterday's resignation of Jane Philpott from Justin Trudeau's cabinet is certainly sending Trudeau's situation from bad to worse as Philpott was one of his steadiest ministers.  At the same time locally, Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is still apologizing for his "Wacky" comments about renting in BC.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

In her testimony last week to the Justice Committee, Jody Wilson Raybould recommended the conjoined cabinet posts of attorney general and justice minister be split.  Why were they joined in the first place and what’s the argument for the attorney general to not sit around the cabinet table?

Also during her testimony, Wilson Raybould revealed the PM’s chief of staff Katie Telford was willing to procure op-eds in support of the government’s legal position.  Does this make you more suspicious of what you read/hear/watch in the media?

Huawei’s CFO has launched a lawsuit against the Canadian government, RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency alleging a breach of her constitutional rights when she was detained at VYR on December 1. At first glance, the lawsuit may seem like a stretch, but what does it seek to do/accomplish?

Two prominent BC New Democrats have announce retirements in the wake of new leader’s by-election win.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Trudeau has experienced one of the toughest weeks of his prime ministership after his former attorney general dropped bombshell allegations he, and almost a dozen PMO officials pressured her to change her mind on the SNC Lavalin trial.  Has the PM lost control of his party.

During a session in parliament on Wednesday, the leader of the opposition rose and made some unfortunate statements on renting in British Columbia.  He’s since been ridiculed on social media for being “elitist” and “out of touch” with BC residents. So does the leader of the opposition stand by his comments?

Former CKNW reporter George Garrett drops by the show to talk about his new book "Intrepid Reporter".

SNC Lavalin is on the short list of qualified builders on the $1.377 billion Pattullo Bridge replacement and Premier John Horgan says that is not inappropriate.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

An absolute hand grenades thrown down by former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson Raybould to the Justice Committee yesterday. She alleged consistent and sustained effort by Trudeau and almost a dozen other officials to pressure her to intervene in the SNC Lavalin case.

And it’s Mayors Day on CKNW.  Joining me to co-host the show is North Vancouver District Mike Little.  We talk about the debate around the extension of the B-Line bus route, Affordable housing and why a below market housing project which would have featured ‘affordable’ rental housing and a seniors’ respite centre was given the thumbs down by the District’s council in November.

Former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould was very powerful in her testimony yesterday.  Her words were brutally damaging to Trudeau, of course, but he won't resign and he will try to ride out the storm.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

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