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There is an election happening on the other side of the Rockies. Ian Bushfield and Scott de Lange Boom from the Politicoast Podcast join Dave in this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to help Albertans understand what is happening in British Columbia’s provincial election.
Thank you to Ian and Scott for joining us and sharing their wealth of knowledge and insight into BC politics.
And thank you to our producer Adam Rozenhart for making this – our 60th episode – sound so great! And thank you to our listeners for continuing to subscribe and download the podcast over the past few years.
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Recommended links:
- Politicoast Podcast
- A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC, by Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman (2019)
- John Horgan calls an election in British Columbia for Oct. 24 (Toronto Star, Sept. 21, 2020)
- BC NDP pledges net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if re-elected (Global, Oct. 2, 2020)
- Wilkinson promises to eliminate the PST for one year (Vancouver Sun, Sept. 29, 2020)
- Sonia Furstenau elected new leader of B.C. Green Party (CTV, Sept. 14, 2020)
- A BC Election? In this Pandemic? A Tyee Video (The Tyee, Oct. 2, 2020)
- Elections BC
- BC New Democratic Party
- BC Liberal Party
- BC Green Party
3 replies on “Episode 60: BC Election 101 for Albertans with PolitiCoast”
I am no fan of podcasts. Don’t have the time to listen to pontificators lugubriously develop their argument. If you can’t write a few to-the-point paragraphs, what’s the use of you? I used to follow your writings, but don’t bother with your podcasts. Got halfway through one and gave up. Spit it out on “paper”, or go home, I say. Podcasts are a sort of personal preening in my view.
Sorry, that’s just how I feel.
Interesting to compare the fates of two premiers – Horgan and Kenney. Horgan got into power with a razor slim minority and has calmed fears about his party pursuing an overly ideological or reckless agenda by governing steadily and without much drama. Now he looks like he will get a solid majority government. On the other hand Kenney got into power with a comfortable majority and seems to be burning through political capital quickly as his government bungles one thing after another or excessively irritates voters.
I went to BC in early September and it was a nice break from all the anger and despair that is Alberta, its politics and its economy, these days. Hopefully Alberta can eventually get to a better place too, but I think the current provincial leadership will not be the ones able to do that.
Notwithstanding your guest’s belief, which I am sure is sincere, the B.C. Ferries system was created as a publicly owned entity in 1958 by W.A.C. Bennett’s Social Credit government.