Political Capital with Rob Shaw

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Join CHEK News Political Correspondent Rob Shaw and a lively panel of guests for a weekly breakdown of all of the news in B.C. politics, with analysis and commentary that helps make sense of the latest stories in and around the B.C. legislature.

Episode Date
#134 - ICBC rebate, decriminalization, abortion
May 10, 2024
#133 - Decrim debate goes national, STR rules kick in, pipeline politics
May 03, 2024
#132 - Decrim backdown, premier vs social media companies
Apr 26, 2024
#131 - Police on decriminalization, federal budget 2024
Apr 20, 2024
#130 - CleanBC grant scandal, more drug use in hospitals, Surrey policing
Apr 13, 2024
#129 - BC Conservatives, carbon tax, hospital drug use, Haida title and NDP nomination fight
Apr 06, 2024
#128 - BC cracks down on social media and trucking companies
Mar 15, 2024
#127 - Selina Robinson's resignation
Mar 08, 2024
#126 - $10-a-day child care troubles, flipping tax
Mar 01, 2024
#125 - BC Budget, BC Builds, Land Act
Feb 23, 2024
#124 - BC Builds vs BC United rent-to-own, Richmond safe injection site
Feb 17, 2024
#123 - Selina Robinson removed from cabinet
Feb 10, 2024
#122 - Land Act changes, Sonia Furstenau's riding, BC United ads
Feb 02, 2024
#121 - Overdose crisis, social media bill, international student cap
Jan 26, 2024
#120 - Cabinet shuffle, natural resources week
Jan 19, 2024
#119 - Court ruling on drug use, health care polling, Surrey policing
Jan 12, 2024
#118 - A lookahead to BC politics in 2024!
Dec 22, 2023
#117 -Top political stories of 2023
Dec 16, 2023
#116 - BC housing price drop, BC United/Conservative merger speculation
Dec 08, 2023
#115 - NDP housing laws, legislative session, BC United fundraising
Dec 01, 2023
#114 - Climate politics, speculation tax, homeless bill, Katrina Chen
Nov 24, 2023
#113 - Labour rules for gig economy, anti-racism hotline, NDP convention, Surrey policing
Nov 17, 2023
#112 - Even more new housing legislation, BC Green deputy leader resigns, BC Conservatives call for Dr. Henry to be fired
Nov 11, 2023
#111 - Housing sector reforms, provincial safe supply to reduce overdose deaths and changes to the carbon tax.
Nov 04, 2023
#110 - Ottawa stuns BC on carbon tax changes, BC debates short-term rental changes and Halloween ghost stories
Oct 27, 2023
#109 - BC targets short-term rentals, police act changes, Lytton, one-year mark to next election
Oct 20, 2023
#108 - Surrey police, BC Conservatives, decriminalization
Oct 13, 2023
#107 - Masking/vaccines, housing targets, legislature lookahead, deficits
Sep 29, 2023
#106 - Sept. 22, 2023 - NDP MLA fired from caucus, SOGI protests, UBCM, India
Sep 22, 2023
#105 - BC Review Board, decriminalization and BC United defection
Sep 16, 2023
#104 - July 14, 2023 - Wildfires, drought, summer predictions
Jul 14, 2023
#103 - June 30, 2023 - Byelection results, public drug use
Jul 01, 2023
#102 - June 23, 2023 - Surrey policing, RBCM CEO, BC Hydro
Jun 23, 2023
#101 - Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection all-candidates debate
Jun 16, 2023
#100 - June 9, 2023 - Surrey hospital, overdose crisis, anniversary guests!!!
Jun 09, 2023
#99 BC's housing naughty list, Alberta election lessons, BC byelections, Surrey policing and free teen transit
Jun 02, 2023
#98 - Hospital crisis, trade mission and BC United branding
May 26, 2023
#97 - Bail reform and U.S. cancer treatment
May 19, 2023
#96 - BC Housing scandal, museum politics, session-ender
May 12, 2023
#95 - BC's new jobs plan, drug decrim, short-term rentals
May 05, 2023
#94 - All Surrey, all the time. Debates rage over police and portables.
Apr 28, 2023
#93 - BC's housing hammer, cities ban drug use in public spaces, fundraising numbers and credit rating downgrades
Apr 21, 2023
#92 - BC United, crime in Nanaimo and confusing new polls
Apr 14, 2023
#91 - Federal budget, crime, and foreign interference in politics
Mar 31, 2023
#90 - BC ends surplus spending spree, but affordability concerns persist
Mar 24, 2023
#89 - LNG, TransLink bailout, Nanaimo crime
Mar 17, 2023
#88 - Pay equity, intimate images, QP toxicity
Mar 10, 2023
#87 - Breaking down BC's new budget
Mar 03, 2023
#86 - Melanie Mark's resignation, a four-day work week proposal, Surrey policing and legislature time mismanagement
Feb 24, 2023
#85 - John Rustad joins BC Conservatives, NDP addictions treatment, dumb backbencher gaffes
Feb 17, 2023
#84 - Throne speech, healthcare deal and John Horgan retires
Feb 10, 2023
#83 - Eby in Ottawa, overdose deaths, throne speech
Feb 03, 2023
#82 - Healthcare, LNG, special housing advisor
Jan 27, 2023
#81 - Forestry, natural resources and special health advisor
Jan 20, 2023
#80 - Premier Eby's first 50 days in office, plus predictions for 2023
Jan 13, 2023
#79 - 2022 Year In Review
Dec 16, 2022
#78 - Premier David Eby's new cabinet
Dec 09, 2022
#77 - Health care, cabinet speculation and an interview with Premier Eby
Dec 02, 2022
#76 - David Eby hits the ground sprinting
Nov 25, 2022
#75 - Health care crisis: Doctor deal and overdose report
Nov 04, 2022
#74 - Eby's new swearing-in date, team and 100-day plan
Oct 28, 2022
#73 - Premier-designate David Eby, and DQ'd Anjali Appadurai
Oct 21, 2022
#72 - BC NDP blame Greens for 'hostile takeover,' prolific offenders, and Horgan exit interviews
Oct 14, 2022
#71- BC legislature returns, new NDP poll, and the legislature cat!
Oct 07, 2022
#70 - Prolific offenders report, Horgan's approval numbers and BC NDP leadership race
Sep 23, 2022
#69 - Queen's funeral holiday, UBCM, BC NDP leadership controversy
Sep 17, 2022
#68 - Premier's affordability package, tentative labour peace
Sep 09, 2022
#67 - Labour deals, BC's surplus, rural healthcare and toxicity in politics
Sep 02, 2022
#66 - BC NDP leadership, John Rustad, Surrey South and legislature CATS!
Aug 26, 2022
#65 - A deep dive into the premiership of John Horgan
Aug 05, 2022
#64 - David Eby enters (and already wins?) the BC NDP leadership race
Jul 22, 2022
#63 - Premier Horgan's fight for health care funding, inflation and NDP leadership
Jul 15, 2022
#62 - Is David Eby (unofficially) the next premier of BC?
Jul 08, 2022
#61 - Premier John Horgan resigns
Jun 30, 2022
#60 - Museum backtrack, Horgan's future, and housing affordability
Jun 24, 2022
#59 - Money laundering report and Premier Horgan's declining popularity
Jun 17, 2022
#58 - School deferrals, heat dome deaths and BC Liberal name change
Jun 10, 2022
#57 - Decriminalization, spring session ends, Premier Horgan's future
Jun 03, 2022
#56 - Royal BC Museum controversy continues
May 27, 2022
#55 - Museum backlash, Kevin Falcon's first week, royalty review, clerk verdict and more
May 20, 2022
#54 - Gas prices, US draft abortion decision, and BC legislature proposal
May 13, 2022
#53 - Falcon wins byelection, youth overdose bill and Maclean's last show!
May 06, 2022
#52 - The premier's f-bomb, the family doctor crisis and crime concerns
Apr 29, 2022
#51 - Vaccine cards lifted, card check legislation, byelections and LNG vs climate
Apr 08, 2022
#50 - Human Rights Commish on masks, cooling off period in real estate and federal CASA
Apr 02, 2022
#49 - BC's expert COVID review, minimum wage and daylight saving time
Mar 18, 2022
#48 - COVID masks dropped, gas prices and a new overdose report
Mar 11, 2022
#47 - BC's Ukraine/Russia response, COVID-19 reopening, BC Ferries
Mar 04, 2022
#46 - BC budget, minister pay, overdose crisis, new ministers
Feb 26, 2022
#45 - BC’s reopening, Ottawa’s state of emergency
Feb 18, 2022
#44 - Throne speech, reopening plans and Kevin Falcon
Feb 11, 2022
#43 - Erin O'Toole defeated, public pressure on vax mandates, BC Liberal leadership predictions
Feb 04, 2022
#42 - BC vax pass, trucker convoy, Fairy Creek, housing and BC Liberal leadership race.
Jan 28, 2022
#41 - COVID confusion and the final BC Liberal leadership debate.
Jan 21, 2022
#40 - Vax tax, BC Liberal leadership controversy, housing affordability woes.
Jan 14, 2022
#39 - BC is facing rising frustration and blowback to its decisions on rapid tests, booster doses and COVID-19 public health restrictions.
Jan 07, 2022
#38 - A 2021 year-in-review: Highs and lows, and top political players.
Dec 10, 2021
#37 - BC's disaster response criticized again, a missed deadline on old growth and more
Dec 03, 2021
#36 - BC disaster response, new provincial sick pay and the fall legislative session ends
Nov 26, 2021
#35 - BC devastating flooding, how did the province respond, and new legislation on bubble zones, childcare, and logging.
Nov 19, 2021
#34 - New old growth deferrals, BC's decriminalization application, autism funding, COP26, heat dome deaths, and sexism in the BC Liberal le
Nov 05, 2021
#33 - Premier's health, climate plan 2.0, FOI fight
Oct 29, 2021
#32 - FOI fees spark backlash, federal vaccine passports, and alternate COVID-19 briefings
Oct 22, 2021
#31 - BC's first mandatory vaccine requirement, and Aaron Gunn enters BC Liberal leadership race.
Oct 15, 2021
#30 - BC punts teacher vaccines to school districts, and week one of the fall BCleg session
Oct 08, 2021
#29 - Old growth logging, school masks and BC Liberal leadership debate
Oct 01, 2021
#28 - Winners and losers in the federal election, plus fights in BC over COVID-19 data
Sep 24, 2021
#27 - Federal election predictions and Alaska attacks BC on cruise ships
Sep 17, 2021
#26 - BC's new vaccine card system and the federal election debate.
Sep 10, 2021
#25 - BC vaccination protests, the overdose crisis and federal election week 3.
Sep 03, 2021
#24 - BC gets mixed reviews for its new mandatory mask and vaccine policies, plus the province's back to school plan.
Aug 27, 2021
#23 - The new federal election, plus John Horgan takes a holiday during BC’s wildfires.
Aug 20, 2021
#22 - Good news/bad news on COVID-19, BC posts a $5.5 billion deficit and would US-style cash incentive for vaccination work in BC?
Jul 30, 2021
#21 - Wildfire emergency, a top NDP strategist retires, and the federal Green implosion continues.
Jul 23, 2021
#20 - BC ambulance reforms, new safe drug supply and the return of US cruise ships.
Jul 16, 2021
#19 - Ottawa bails BC out on child care, Horgan gaffe on heat wave, NDP constituency assistants vote to strike.
Jul 09, 2021
#18 - BC rejects a new housing affordability report, and scandals mount in Ottawa amid early election speculation.
Jun 25, 2021
#17 - Spring legislative session, premier's office budget, and the imploding federal Greens.
Jun 18, 2021
#16 - First Nations and old growth logging, U.S. cruise ships and more.
Jun 11, 2021
#15 - Residential schools, BC's new forestry plan and the overdose crisis
Jun 04, 2021
#14 - A deep dive into B.C.'s restart 2.0 plan, plus old growth protests in the Premier's riding
May 28, 2021
#13 - Kevin Falcon leadership, BC vaccine passports and Alaska bypasses BC on cruise ships
May 21, 2021
#12 - B.C. hides COVID-19 data, Ottawa's confusion on vaccines and political parties debate public funding.
May 07, 2021
#11 - Sick pay delays, pop-up vaccine confusion and tent city deadline.
Apr 30, 2021
#10 - Dr. Bonnie Henry
Apr 23, 2021
#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.
Apr 16, 2021
#8 - Those dang youths not following COVID restrictions, Greens propose a lockdown and restaurants get a partial bailout.
Apr 09, 2021
#7 - Homelessness, expensive toilets and advice to political parties at the half-way point of the spring legislative session.
Mar 26, 2021
#6 - BC picks essential workers for vaccines, hikes assistance rates, and fights with Penticton over housing.
Mar 19, 2021
#5 - Vaccination call-centre collapse, the ups and downs on the pandemic, and more
Mar 12, 2021
#4 - BC’s new vaccine rollout plan, pandemic politics, a new renters’ law, and more...
Mar 05, 2021
#3 - Site C gets approved (again), the legislature is set to return amid confusion, and housing prices continue to soar.
Feb 27, 2021
#2 - BC loses to churches in court, Site C, and the Liberal leadership race.
Feb 19, 2021
#1 - Pandemic politics, ICBC and the overdose crisis.
Feb 12, 2021
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