Politics of British Columbia

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I'm Gregor Craigie and this is Vancouver Island, the BC Politics Edition.

From municipal to provincial, we've got the region covered when it comes to the political campaigns.

It is time for us to talk BC politics with the help of Von Palmer from the Vancouver Sun.

Good morning, Von.

Morning, Simi.

So I think this solution shows more signs of NDP desperation.

If this would have worked, John Horgan would have done it in 2019 when he claimed he had the proof of gouging and said he was going to deal with it.

Talking BC politics with Vaughan Palmer from the Vancouver Sun.

Vaughan, do you think that the campaign has passed now, this questioning of Lauren Dirksen's status?

Well, I had an interesting chat yesterday, phone call yesterday, from former premier, former NDP leader, Ujaldos Ange, who basically said, look, as a citizen, but a citizen who's a former premier and a former attorney general and former federal health minister, so a knowledgeable one, He said, I think the NDP has got to stop talking about this question.

No, no, no, no. Angelo's great too, but we're happy to have you back and thanks for doing the show.

And we will check in with you as well on everything that's occurring in BC Politics.

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We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest in BC Politics here on Political Capital Daily.

We will certainly go into what has happened to the BC Conservatives in recent months as well, but needless to say, it has been a rough ride for the party in recent days, which is probably the reason that NDP Premier David Eby called a snap election, though he explained the choice by leaning into Trump's threats against Canada and the province.

There's a lot to get into considering this election, and thankfully I have a guest who is well-versed in BC politics.

Jane St. Denis is a senior editor with the Ta'i with a focus on politics, justice, and a whole variety of topics considering BC.

Jen, welcome to the North State.

I think that's still to be seen what their role in this election has going to be.

I think that they have been, you know, a troubling place.

a troubling development in BC politics because, um, they were founded by Dallas Brody, who was, um, she was the MLA who was ejected from the BC conservative caucus for making these comments, mocking residential school survivors trauma in a video call, which was like, you know, you could get the footage of it.

And so after that she was ejected from the party.

We recorded this interview on Monday, September 21st.

And because BC Politics is moving so fast and the situation is so fluid, some things may have changed by the time you're watching this.

I don't think it will affect the overall information and insight that you're going to get from our guest tonight, but it may change some of the context.

With that in mind, enjoy the show with Alia Warbus.

So B.C. politics in a nutshell, kind of a show.

Yeah, I would say so.

This is said to be one of the most tumultuous times ever to be seen in BC politics.

And let's be clear, there have been a lot of ups and downs in our recent history.

You may not know him.

You'll hear more about him if you're watching BC Politics.

It's just wild.

BC Politics have always been wild.

I know Vash has been covering this, but man, this is just nuts.

New leader starts throwing out MLAs, starts basically a war from within.