Ep 269: Who are you winning over?
Another potpourri episode
PolitiCoast · Ian Bushfield, Scott de Lange Boom
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Show Notes
The BCNDP is under internal pressure over RCMP action against protesters and land defenders in Wet'suwet'en territories. The government is also facing criticism over the increasing death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Across the aisle, the BC Liberal race has a new contestant. Federally, the opposition is pressing the government over Winnipeg lab documents and the handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan.
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Links
- CHEK News This Week in History: Premier Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
- Pattullo of BC | Maclean's | JANUARY 1, 1934
- George Abbott View of Duff Pattullo and the Coalition Controversy of 1941
- Pattullo suggested the Yukon should simply join BC
- Chinese-Canadian veterans Pacific Unit 280 called for Pattullo’s name to be removed from bridge when it’s rebuilt
- Academics assess Gordon Campbell’s run as B.C. premier in new book
Main segment
- BC greenlit more Mounties on Wet'suwet'en territory before 3rd raid
- Vaughn Palmer: Cullen taking RCMP to task over handling of Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters
- Cullen letter & reply from RCMP Commissioner Lucki
- NDP MPs press Singh to call on BC government to pull RCMP out of Wet'suwet'en territory
- BC experiences record loss of life due to drug toxicity | BC Gov News
- 2021 now deadliest year for illicit-drug overdoses in BC, after record 201 deaths in October, coroner says
- Government Policies Blamed as Toxic Drug Deaths Soar
- Jail is not the answer for people who deal fentanyl to support their own drug addiction, B.C. judge says
- Stan Sipos: Home
- Kevin Falcon on Twitter: "I fought to get the Canada Line built. Many municipal leaders opposed it at the time. It took vision and leadership to get the job done. BC deserves world-class rapid transit. As Premier, I will expand Skytrain to UBC, Langley, and the North Shore. #bcpoli #LetsWinBC #BCLib22"
- Gavin Dew Brews
- Tories reject proposed compromise to allow MPs to see documents on fired scientists
- Conservatives table counteroffer to Liberal proposal on ending standoff over virus lab papers
- Members of Parliament to probe government’s handling of Kabul evacuation
- Beijing Olympics: Canada announces diplomatic boycott
- Canadian spy agency targeted foreign hackers to 'impose a cost' for cybercrime - National | Globalnews.ca
Photo credit: flickr/bcgovphotos