Ep 168: Scheexit
Scheer resigns as Conservative leader, BC cannabis sales and forestry woes
PolitiCoast · Ian Bushfield, Shannon Waters
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Show Notes
Andrew Scheer quits as Conservative Party leader as we learn that he was using party funds to put his kids through private school. Statistics Canada has released a report on the first year of cannabis sales and BC did poorly. And forestry workers on Vancouver Island paid a visit to the legislature to demand an end to a six-month long strike.
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Links
Segment 1: The Scheer Audacity
- Scheer allegedly used party funds to pay for kids’ private school education
- Abacus data poll on possible Conservative leaders
- Possible candidates for Green Party of Canada leadership
- Paul Manly's blog on why he voted no confidence
Segment 2: Betty in Sooke must be doing well
Segment 3: Can't see the workers through the trees
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