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Maclean and Jordan chat about what to expect from the NDP's Throne Speech and Budget, offer unsolicited advice to Andrew Weaver, ponder the latest on James/Lenz, and predict the next Transportation Minister of the province of B.C.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial and federal politics, and much more. In this week's episode, Jody and George focus on ICBC’s dumpster fire that is still burning through the cash, the ongoing saga of the Plecas report, the “love” for speculation and empty homes taxes, the current strike and upcoming collective agreements in Vancouver and so much more.

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Jody Vance is a born and raised Vancouverite who’s spent 30 years in both local and national media. The first woman in the history of Canadian TV to host her own sports show in primetime, since 2011 she’s been working in both TV and radio covering news and current affairs.

George Affleck is a former Vancouver City Councillor, retiring in 2018 after seven years and two election wins. He has also owned his marketing agency, Curve Communications, since 2000 and works with a variety of clients in the private and non-profit sector. George is also a published author, a former CBC journalist and comedy writer, and an avid traveler, having lived in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Taiwan, and Israel.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial and federal politics, and much more.

In this week's episode, Jody and George focus on some crazy, expensive decisions at Vancouver City Council, the results of the Nanaimo by-election, the ongoing saga of the Plecas report, Skytrain to UBC, and a few other hot topics.

Maclean and Jordan break down the results from the all-important Nanaimo byelection, and offer free political advice to the Green Party and their leader, the Good Doctor.

He promised a bombshell, and Speaker Darryl Plecas certainly delivered: a 76-page report outlining some high flying expenses and other alleged shenanigans among senior staff at the Legislature. 

Within 48 hours, the accused – Clerk Craig James and Sargeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz – are scheduled to respond to a Legislative committee probing their behaviour. In the meantime, B.C. taxpayers are trying to figure out how this spending could happen.

Kris Sims is the BC Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and has dug deep into the report and background material. Kris joined Rick Cluff in studio.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial and federal politics, and much more.

In this week's episode, Jody and George focus on the Plecas report, MAGA Hat kid, Skytrain to UBC, and the VPD’s arrests of 47 men for trying to buy sex from underage teens.

SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMVY... *Stay updated!* Twitter: The Orca https://twitter.com/TheOrcaBC Jody Vance https://twitter.com/jodyvance George Affleck https://twitter.com/george_affleck UnSpun https://twitter.com/unspunpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theorcabc/ Listen to our podcast on your favourite podcast player. Search for “the orca media” This week's YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/mxPhMs0Vzuw

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Jody Vance is a born and raised Vancouverite who’s spent 30 years in both local and national media. The first woman in the history of Canadian TV to host her own sports show in primetime, since 2011 she’s been working in both TV and radio covering news and current affairs.

George Affleck is a former Vancouver City Councillor, retiring in 2018 after seven years and two election wins. He has also owned his marketing agency, Curve Communications, since 2000 and works with a variety of clients in the private and non-profit sector. George is also a published author, a former CBC journalist and comedy writer, and an avid traveler, having lived in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Taiwan, and Israel.

Unspun theme music written and performed by Piers Affleck Video and Podcast production by curvecommunications.com

Just before Christmas, Elections BC released the results of British Columbia’s third referendum on electoral reform. After months of predictions that the race would be close, it was anything but: voters voted 61% to 39% to stick with our current First Past The Post system.

It was a landslide, which has led to a lot of finger pointing and back pedaling among proportional representation supporters, including John Horgan, David Eby and Andrew Weaver.

So what happened?

Kent Verge was the campaign manager for the No Proportional Representation Society of BC, the group that led the winning fight against electoral reform. Kent joined Rick Cluff via Skype from Victoria.

B.C. just went through a referendum on electoral reform, and it looks like the City of Vancouver might be next. New Mayor Kennedy Stewart is talking about moving Vancouver from its current at-large system of electing City Council – in favour of wards, where councillors are elected to represent specific neighbourhoods.

Most other large Canadian cities use wards, but Vancouver has rejected the idea several times over the years. Is anything different today?

George Affleck is the president and CEO of Curve Communications, and a former two-term Vancouver City Councillor. George joined Rick Cluff in studio.