PolitiCoast

03/24/2024

New episode out.

02/10/2024

Mo from This Is VANCOLOUR is on this week's episode with Ian to talk about the big resignation this week.

This is Vancolour's Mo Amir joins Ian to discuss the resignation of Selina Robinson and more.

12/15/2023

The podcast is on a break for December but we have some exclusive reporting for you on BC's second unexplained wealth order. It's a story involving a Bob Marley coffee company, a disbarred lawyer and $3-4 million that might become the property of the Government of BC soon.

A participant in a “pump and dump” scheme behind a Bob Marley-themed coffee company is the target of BC’s second unexplained wealth order, according to court records obtained by PolitiCoast.

08/26/2023

Pro-tip: You can still share PolitiCoast episodes on Facebook, including our newest episode

Temperatures are rising, metaphorically and literally, both in BC and federally

05/05/2023

The latest political party fundraising numbers are out and BC United still lags the governing BCNDP, but at least they're doing better than a year ago.

Look for our discussion on our next episode.

10/22/2022

Back to talk about the BCNDP leadership race

03/11/2022

We've reached the end of the Greatest BC Premier Bracket! To properly tee this up, we got the authors of the biographies of WAC Bennett & Dave Barrett to argue why their premier was the GOAT.

It's come down to this: Dave Barrett vs WAC Bennett. Plus COVID restrictions are easing, the Conservative race is heating up and dissecting a tweet.

01/14/2022

Ep 272: Our interview with BC Liberal leadership candidate Val Litwin.

Stewart Prest is back to discuss the latest & news.

09/09/2021

Our post debate live show is tonight at 8:30pm. Full details and link to the YouTube livestream here.

For PolitiCoast Ep 256, join Ian & Scott at 8:30 PM PDT for live reactions to the English language leader’s debate from the 44th Canadian Election.

06/11/2021

Extra length, wide-ranging episode this week. From trees to Greens to childcare to the notwithstanding clause.

Deferrals in old growth logging and Green fractures

06/05/2021

We reflect on the terrible discovery in Kamloops and check out the new forestry intentions paper.

05/14/2021

Too little, too late?

The end is nigh for safe BC Liberal seats in Northern BC and the BCNDP's paid sick leave policy seems like too little, too late.

04/23/2021

Trudeau makes up for lost time with $100B in new spending in his latest budget while Horgan opts to mostly stay the course.

We compare and contrast the new federal and provincial budgets and rant once more about the (non) response to COVID-19.

02/05/2021

This week we look at the latest BC fundraising data and how Canada's COVID vaccine rollout continues to flounder.

The latest fundraising data shows where BC’s political parties stand and continued vaccine rollout difficulties.

12/11/2020

The legislative session is already half over and we've almost forgotten that there was a Throne Speech on Monday. Probably also because COVID-19 vaccines are on their way! https://www.politicoast.ca/2020/12/11/ep-219-vaccines-for-christmas/

12/05/2020

Darryl Plecas has another string of recommendations to improve the BC Legislature. And Trudeau has warmed up the money printer once more.

Darryl Plecas' final report from the Speaker's Forum and Trudeau's fiscal update.

11/13/2020

A numbers episode!
The good numbers: BC's mail in ballots have been counted.
The bad numbers: COVID-19 case counts in the province.

A look at the final results of the 2020 BC Election and the latest COVID-19 lockdown in the lower mainland.

11/09/2020

With a more efficient mail-in vote the BCNDP could've picked up another 8 seats.

Digging into the performance of each party in the mail-in ballots.

11/06/2020

Did you know America had an election this week? We just heard about this and it's so fascinating we made it our lead segment.

We look at what the US election results might mean for BC and Canada, and what to expect when we finally finish counting our own votes here in BC.

10/30/2020

Our preliminary BC election debrief with Research Co's Mario Canseco is out.

ResearchCo pollster Mario Canseco joins us to review the results of the 2020 BC Election.

10/23/2020

Ian & Scott make their predictions for tomorrow's election (though Ian immediately amended his to include Ind Jason Lum winning in Chilliwack-Kent)

The campaign comes to an end, predictions, races to watch and how Parliament narrowly avoided dragging us into another election.

10/19/2020

Bonus podcast: The good, the bad and the meh of the BC Liberal & BC Green platforms.

And as a reminder, share our election coverage with any undecided friends and encourage them to vote!

We delve into the BC Liberal & BC Green pitches for your votes.

10/16/2020

We can barely keep up with the news but here's our takes from last night on the debate and Laurie Throness fiasco. Is the election already over for the BC Liberals?

Laurie Throness is out as the (almost) cap to an event week in the election. We look at how that happened, the controversy with fellow BC Liberal Jane Thronthwaite and each party's performance in the leader's debate.

10/09/2020

Our look at the BC NDP platform and the latest policy announcements from the BC Greens & Liberals. Plus we consider Annamie Paul's victory in the Green Party of Canada leadership race. Thanks to Stewart Prest for joining us once again.

Stewart Prest joins us to talk the latest policies from BC's parties, including the NDP's platform. Then we get into the results of the federal Green leadership race.

09/30/2020

Bonus appearance: Ian & Scott explain BC politics to Ontarians.

Ian and Scott from Politicoast join to talk about the "pandemic election fever" that seems to be sweeping the nation, to similar fanfare as the actual deadly fever sweeping the nation. Garima, Alvin, Chris and Alexi talk about the Throne Speech and the Ford government's COVID preparedness.