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Are You Ready To Rock? | Political Capital Daily · Political Capital with Rob Shaw

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  Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, September 9th, 2026, and this is Political Capital Daily.
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  Speaker 2: Well, good morning.
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  Speaker 1: Happy Wednesday to you as we make our way through
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  Speaker 1: this truncated week in BC politics. Rob Shaw joining you
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  Speaker 1: in Political Capital Daily as always. And also today, two
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  Speaker 1: days in a row, Aileen Machel, former Deputy Chief of
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  Speaker 1: Staff for Premier David Eby, joins me this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Aileen.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Rob. Great to be back.
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  Speaker 1: I have a question for you. In fact, the BC
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  Speaker 1: NDP government has a question for you. And that question is.
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  Speaker 3: Let's hear it.
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  Speaker 2: That question is... Are you ready to rock?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah! I said, are you ready to rock? Yeah! Ugh.
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  Speaker 3: That's going to be going through my head all day now, Rob.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: You might be wondering, what the sweet hell is that? Well,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to get into it later in the show.
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  Speaker 1: That was a press conference from Premier David Eby yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't fit the order of our show because we're doing
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  Speaker 1: what's happening today, not yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: But, oh, man. We got some thoughts on that. I
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  Speaker 2: got some thoughts. Aileen probably has the opposite thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: Disagreement with me on that. But we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: to that. It was a very interesting press conference for
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  Speaker 1: the color and the content.
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  Speaker 2: From Premier David Eby.
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  Speaker 1: But first, we want to tell you what's happening today
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  Speaker 1: to get you up to speed on the agenda in B.C.
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  Speaker 2: Politics.
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  Speaker 1: Run through a couple of things here in Shamanus. It's
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  Speaker 1: the land of the murals, I believe it is still
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  Speaker 1: called that. Ravi Parmar, the Forest Minister, is making an
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  Speaker 1: announcement about value-added manufacturing. That's this morning, 10.15 a.m. at
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  Speaker 1: a store in Shermanis. This is obviously value-added manufacturing jobs
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  Speaker 1: in the wake of the tariff dispute with the United States,
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  Speaker 1: something people are going to be keeping an eye on.
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  Speaker 2: Aileen, I'm sure a number of.
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  Speaker 1: Press conferences like this, the NDP are going to be
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  Speaker 1: planned in the days ahead to try and drive home
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  Speaker 1: a message of support in the wake of the tariffs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think you're right with the trade
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  Speaker 3: war heating up, as we heard lots about yesterday. I
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  Speaker 3: think the government is going to be looking for ways
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  Speaker 3: to support impacted sectors like forestry, help them innovate, protect
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  Speaker 3: and create jobs. And so I think this event and
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  Speaker 3: many others that we'll hear about in the coming days
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  Speaker 3: will be focused on doing just that in the community
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  Speaker 3: as part of those efforts to fight back.
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  Speaker 1: The premier, meanwhile, he's headed north into the Taltan territory,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, for tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: And then he's doing a bit of a northern.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to be opening the Stewart Port and meeting
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  Speaker 1: with the mayor at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The
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  Speaker 1: Taltan Nation and Aero Transportation Services actually bought the Stewart
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  Speaker 1: bulk terminals last year, which supports some precious metals and
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  Speaker 1: critical minerals exports. They're pursuing federal funding to grow that terminal.
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  Speaker 1: BC's offered $ 5 million to help get them some federal funding.
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  Speaker 1: So that's at 2 o'clock, a local event. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think the Premier's taking questions. But he's doing a northern tour, Aileen,
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  Speaker 1: which is interesting. this week in the wake of the
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  Speaker 1: tariffs as well.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he spends a lot of time in northern BC.
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  Speaker 3: I used to go on trips with him to Prince George,
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  Speaker 3: often also tariffs. We know that northern BC is really
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  Speaker 3: important for the entire province, and two trips in two
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  Speaker 3: weeks for the Premier shows that EB knows that well.
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  Speaker 3: Last week, of course, he had the groundbreaking for the
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  Speaker 3: North Coast Transmission Line, which is this enormous project that's
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  Speaker 3: going to support enormous economic activity in the north. So
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  Speaker 3: this week, sort of an extension of the Northern Tour
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  Speaker 3: with Stuart, the ribbon cutting. This port is really interesting
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  Speaker 3: and important. It's the northernmost deep water port. It's likely
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  Speaker 3: to be a strategic export location for critical minerals. This
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  Speaker 3: is an interesting fact. It also has the fastest travel
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  Speaker 3: time to Asian markets. And then it's also the only
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  Speaker 3: port in BC that's owned by First Nations, the Nisga'a
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  Speaker 3: and the Taltan. And so he'll be doing that and
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  Speaker 3: then I understand he's going to go to Dease Lake
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  Speaker 3: for a meeting with Tall Town Leadership. He'll be spending
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  Speaker 3: a couple of days visiting local communities, including Telegraph Creek, Iskut.
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  Speaker 3: And this is a really important trip because it all
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  Speaker 3: fits into the big project, which is strengthening and diversifying
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  Speaker 3: the economy, building up communities to make life better for people. Because,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we talk a lot about Trump on this podcast,
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  Speaker 3: but also just every day in BC in Canadian politics.
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  Speaker 3: And the easy thing for politicians is demonizing Trump. And
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  Speaker 3: I'm not criticizing that because I do it. I think
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  Speaker 3: Trump deserves it and it's how Canadians feel. But that's
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  Speaker 3: the easy thing. The harder thing for politicians and leaders
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  Speaker 3: is that tough long-term work to strengthen our economy. And
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  Speaker 3: so I think that's what we'll be hearing about from
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  Speaker 3: this trip and more in the weeks and months ahead.
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  Speaker 3: You know, next week he's also got that investment summit
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  Speaker 3: that he's going to in Ontario and which I think
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  Speaker 3: will be an important moment for this as well.
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  Speaker 1: He does have a busy schedule as we're back into
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  Speaker 1: the full flow of BC politics. So the premier up
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  Speaker 1: north for most of this week. Some other things just
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  Speaker 1: to keep an eye on today, there is an announcement
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  Speaker 1: in Coquitlam, local MPs and MLAs and the mayor of
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  Speaker 1: Coquitlam getting together for a federal and provincial and local meeting.
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  Speaker 1: housing announcement of some type, infrastructure announcement. So you can
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  Speaker 1: watch for that. And the Fraser Institute, very controversial. They'll
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  Speaker 1: have a new study that is out today. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see it in the news later in
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  Speaker 1: the day where they're talking about the percentage of students
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  Speaker 1: enrolled in public, independent, or home schooling.
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  Speaker 2: With some information.
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  Speaker 1: The Fraser Institute often out with studies on ranking schools
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  Speaker 1: and education, different things like that. So you can expect
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  Speaker 1: that to end up being a news item of some
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  Speaker 1: type for today. Just going to take a quick break
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  Speaker 1: All right, so as I mentioned off the top, Premier
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  Speaker 1: David Eby holding a very unique and colorful event in
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  Speaker 1: the inner harbor of Victoria to respond to the trade
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  Speaker 1: dispute yesterday with the United States. Came on the day
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  Speaker 1: Canada's counter tariffs kicked in, responding to the 50% American
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  Speaker 1: tariffs from President Donald Trump and the breakdown of trade talks.
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  Speaker 1: The event began with some of that aforementioned rapping, rock
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  Speaker 1: and or roll by Instagram famous musician OGR Scintilla.
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  Speaker 4: Aileen.
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  Speaker 2: Do you want to hear some more? Cause I, I do. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I got another one queued up here. Uh, it's just
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  Speaker 2: what we were listening to down.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Yeah, that occurred at the press conference. I haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen such a musical performance in the time that the
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  Speaker 1: NDP got those kids to dance for Daylight Savings Time,
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  Speaker 1: which was a few months ago. Nonetheless, who doesn't like
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of music? Port Hardy, Port Hardy's own,
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  Speaker 1: whatever his name was. I can't remember now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: He performed several songs. And the event had lots of
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  Speaker 1: color to it. There was a giant Canadian flag behind
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  Speaker 1: the premier. There were folks who were just passing by,
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  Speaker 1: German tourists, random people who got given flags sitting behind
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  Speaker 1: the premier, cheering away. He was talking about new signs
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  Speaker 1: British Columbia is going to put up at American border crossings,
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  Speaker 1: which read strong, proud, and will never be the 51st state, sorry.
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  Speaker 1: There's also a sign that converts miles per hour to
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  Speaker 1: kilometers per hour and also instructs people not to confuse
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  Speaker 1: Canadian kindness with weakness.
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  Speaker 2: Let's hear the Premier on that.
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  Speaker 5: As a reminder of who we are and what we
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  Speaker 5: stand for, BC will be unveiling new welcome signs at
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  Speaker 5: our border crossings. They carry a message that reflects the
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  Speaker 5: spirit of this moment. Welcome to BC, Canada. Strong, proud,
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  Speaker 5: and never the 51st state.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry.
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  Speaker 5: This is a uniquely Canadian message. It's confident, good humour,
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  Speaker 5: and it's unmistakably clear. British Columbia is part of Canada,
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  Speaker 5: and Canada is not for sale. We also won't rule
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  Speaker 5: out additional countermeasures, on top of continuing our ban on
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  Speaker 5: US alcohol products on BC liquor store shelves. We will
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  Speaker 5: continue to stand up for British Columbia and British Columbians
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  Speaker 5: and defend our economy against these unfair attacks.
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  Speaker 2: New signs, Aileen, what did you make of those?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think the signs are creative and I think that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it'll be something that people probably want to
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  Speaker 3: get photos of. But I think the event itself was also,
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  Speaker 3: it was very unique, right? Like this rapper guy, it
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  Speaker 3: turns out he's actually from my home in rural Alberta.
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  Speaker 3: I think we lived like a 25 minute drive from
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  Speaker 3: each other. And I didn't know that he's this rapper
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  Speaker 3: guy now.
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  Speaker 1: You never attended one of his underground rap events in
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  Speaker 1: rural Alberta?
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  Speaker 5: No, I didn't.
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  Speaker 3: So I didn't find out that he's this rapper guy
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  Speaker 3: until yesterday when I went to the event. and realized
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  Speaker 3: that he's internet famous. And I checked him out on YouTube.
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  Speaker 3: He's got 147,000 subscribers. So folks should go check out
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  Speaker 3: his YouTube. There are actually some really entertaining songs on there,
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  Speaker 3: despite Rob's critiques.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I'm not a music critic, so what do I know?
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, like there weren't a ton of
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  Speaker 3: announcements at the event, but the signs were good and
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  Speaker 3: the event had good energy. And so I think that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we're never going to be the 51st state
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  Speaker 3: is a really good slogan. And so I think the
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  Speaker 3: signs will be popular. Hanging over the event and the
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  Speaker 3: impetus for it, though, is a really serious topic. And
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  Speaker 3: that's that the counter tariffs on American goods came into effect.
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  Speaker 3: And so there is a reality there that people are
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  Speaker 3: going to start feeling the pain of the trade war more.
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  Speaker 3: And I think a really important call to action for
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  Speaker 3: all British Columbians to do what they can or what
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  Speaker 3: they feel that they can to help other Canadians and
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  Speaker 3: support businesses and buy Canadian in this moment.
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  Speaker 2: The premier also taken several shots at the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: President, including a question about the internet memes that Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump has been using, including one where he's a hockey
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  Speaker 1: player beating up Prime Minister Mark Carney, who's a fellow
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  Speaker 1: hockey player.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the premier on that.
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  Speaker 5: All I can say is that the president is clearly unhinged.
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  Speaker 5: Those memes are bizarre. They are disturbing. They are not
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  Speaker 5: befitting the leader of the world's largest economy, the world's
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  Speaker 5: largest army. It is bizarre. And it also tells me
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  Speaker 5: that as Canadians, if we want to have predictability, if
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  Speaker 5: we want to have stability, we need to have a
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  Speaker 5: diversified trade relationship around the world. We need to be
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  Speaker 5: our own best customers. And that's what today's message is
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  Speaker 5: all about.
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  Speaker 1: Getting an applause line there, which we'll come back to
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  Speaker 1: on that in a minute. But the president's unhinged is
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  Speaker 1: probably the toughest talk from premiers, with the exception of
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  Speaker 1: Doug Ford in Ontario. And I have noticed in the
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  Speaker 1: past from polling, the premier, David Eby, has never been
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  Speaker 1: more popular than when he attacks Donald Trump at the
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  Speaker 1: height of a trade war, the tariff beginning with the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: last kind of March. His approval rating was 53%. According
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  Speaker 1: to Angus Reid, it has come down since then to
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  Speaker 1: 31% this June. So there's definitely, I think, a popularity
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  Speaker 1: gain for the premier to come out as strong as
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  Speaker 1: he's coming on Trump. Do you think that's part of it, Aileen?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I do think that when Premier Eby is seen
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  Speaker 3: to be standing up for people in the face of
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  Speaker 3: a giant bully, that it helps him in the polls,
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  Speaker 3: of course. And I also think that when politicians use
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  Speaker 3: the Trump playbook in Canada... like we've seen from the
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  Speaker 3: BC Conservatives, Carrie Lynn Finlay, some of the MLAs who
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  Speaker 3: have left her team but are trying to pretend like
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  Speaker 3: they're not Conservatives when we know they are, they do
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  Speaker 3: badly in the polls when they are using the Trump
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  Speaker 3: playbook because Canadians don't like Trump-style politics and they don't
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  Speaker 3: like Trump because he's attacking our country's jobs, he's attacking
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  Speaker 3: BC forestry workers, and he's threatening to make us the
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  Speaker 3: 51st state. But I think, you know, the reason for
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  Speaker 3: the event is that it is about giving people something
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  Speaker 3: to rally around. Like people want to know that they
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  Speaker 3: have something that they can do in this moment to
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  Speaker 3: support other people. And I think the event is also
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  Speaker 3: an important reminder that we need to pull together through
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  Speaker 3: what is going to be a bumpy and challenging time
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  Speaker 3: for people because of these unjustified attacks that are coming
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  Speaker 3: from Trump.
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  Speaker 1: With all the cheering, there was like, it was a
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  Speaker 1: speech written for pauses for applause lines. Lots of high-fiving,
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  Speaker 1: hugs with a bunch of MLAs there, people in the
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  Speaker 1: background as the, you know, human kind of props, if
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  Speaker 1: you will. It, to me, had a vibe of almost
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  Speaker 1: kind of election rally type vibe for it. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't think, interested in your view on this, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to do anything to dampen the speculation
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  Speaker 1: ripping through the Capitol right now that the Premier, who
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  Speaker 1: did not rule out calling an early election last week,
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  Speaker 1: is considering it to take advantage of the woefully unprepared
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  Speaker 1: BC Conservatives and consolidate his majority this fall or next spring.
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  Speaker 1: Did you pick up any election vibes in a kind
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  Speaker 1: of rally like this?
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  Speaker 3: I can see why people might speculate about this. People,
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  Speaker 3: first of all, keep asking about it in press conferences,
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  Speaker 3: but also we're in a serious situation nationally and provincially
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  Speaker 3: as we deal with attacks from our largest trading partner
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  Speaker 3: and traditional ally. And I also think that Premier Eby
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  Speaker 3: has an ambitious agenda and the BC NDP are hoping
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  Speaker 3: to get through this fall and beyond, and they possibly
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  Speaker 3: need to make some changes to accommodate the shifting needs
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  Speaker 3: in response to the trade war. We know that the
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  Speaker 3: margin in the House is narrow, so he could be
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  Speaker 3: tempted to get a stronger mandate to deal with Trump,
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  Speaker 3: and he may need one to do the things needed
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  Speaker 3: to protect B.C. jobs and move us into a stronger position.
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  Speaker 1: We'll certainly try and argue that, although a majority is
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  Speaker 1: a majority. You can pass your votes. It's like, How
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  Speaker 1: much more majority does he need to execute what he
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  Speaker 1: needs to do, I guess would be the question from voters,
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  Speaker 1: because we're going to hit a bit of election fatigue
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  Speaker 1: with the municipal elections coming up. And, you know, there's
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  Speaker 1: always the prospect of a federal election. So I guess
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  Speaker 1: it will depend on what the premier is doing. But
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  Speaker 1: it is the buzz in and around B.C.
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  Speaker 2: Politics. Is David Eby going to go early?
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  Speaker 1: If he does, can he craft a question and a
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  Speaker 1: rationale for doing it? And what When does he do
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  Speaker 1: it is kind of the big question that everyone's asking.
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  Speaker 1: I will just point one more thing out from the
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  Speaker 1: press conference. One of the questions that came up, and
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  Speaker 1: it's echoed here by independent MLA Peter Millobar, is the
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  Speaker 1: question of the juxtaposition between the last budget in February
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  Speaker 1: that raises the PST or adds the PST to the
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  Speaker 1: first time for some BC professional services like engineering and
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  Speaker 1: accounting and speech where the premier... actually singled out accounting
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  Speaker 1: at one point and said, hey, make sure you get
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  Speaker 1: a local accountant. But that is now more expensive because
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  Speaker 1: of the budget adding PST to it. Here's Peter Milibar
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  Speaker 1: on that.
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  Speaker 4: I think it just highlights that this premier has kind
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  Speaker 4: of run out of ideas. You know, well wishes aren't
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  Speaker 4: going to cut it. And it's really a case now
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  Speaker 4: of how can we best support our local industries and
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  Speaker 4: actually figure out a way to try to come up
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  Speaker 4: with some of the measures that they're calling for.
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  Speaker 1: I think the question there is going to be, can
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  Speaker 1: anyone kind of turn around and pin rising costs back on,
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  Speaker 1: you know, government policy decisions? And is there any risk,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, to the premier on that from some of
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  Speaker 1: the budget implications? His answer was we need revenue from
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  Speaker 1: the rising amount of services that are done in British
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  Speaker 1: Columbia to fund our budget. And he's not reversing this
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  Speaker 1: PST decision from February. I don't know if that stood
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  Speaker 1: out to you at all.
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  Speaker 3: Well, What stands out to me about it is that
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  Speaker 3: Peter Milibar is actually, you know, he's trying to be
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  Speaker 3: a constructive and effective opposition member, which is sort of
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  Speaker 3: the opposite of what we've seen from a lot of
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  Speaker 3: the politicians on the right, and certainly what we've seen
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  Speaker 3: from the BC Conservatives lately, where they've been really kind
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  Speaker 3: of stuck in this internal turmoil and drama with the
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  Speaker 3: MLAs fleeing. And so I think that, you know, that
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  Speaker 3: is the job of opposition MLAs is to be trying
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: to find other paths or ideas for the government that
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: may be slightly different than what government is currently doing.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: And so I think that Peter Milibar is doing that,
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: and he's trying to be a constructive opposition member and
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: come up with ideas in a critical moment.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: I would have quoted the B.C. Conservative opposition MLA, or
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: any MLA, but the B.C. Conservatives, declined to comment as
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: part of Leader Kerry Lynn Finlay's spectacular media relations strategy,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: which continues to play out. However, if you are looking
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: for a very entertaining watch, I would recommend Carrie Lynn
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Finley's interview with Vashie Capellos on CTV yesterday, where some
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: very tough questions from Vashie, who's a very good host,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: grilled the conservative leader on some of the issues we've
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: been talking about on the podcast the last week or so.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: Check that out.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Just switching topics here, I just want to add one
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  Speaker 1: more thing, Aileen, and quickly go through this because I
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: know we're running Running out of time already on The
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Daily Show, but it was interesting. Got an email in
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  Speaker 1: my inbox from the organizers of the Recall Tara Armstrong
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: campaign in Kelowna, Lake Country Coldstream, who had been threatening
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: to recall Tara Armstrong, who obviously quit the BC Conservatives
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: and went very, very far right. Some might say ultra
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: far right in their views in the legislature, but all
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: sorts of things. Then had a big falling out with
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: 1BC and quit 1BC as well. But the recall organizers
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: saying they're actually... not going to recall her because triggering
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: a recall petition is not the most effective path. And instead,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: they are going to simply continue to tell residents that
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: she's a bad MLA in their mind rather than gather
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: the signatures to do it. And I have to think,
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: and I'm interested in your thoughts on this, I have
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: to think some of this must come from the spectacularly
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: failed recall campaign against Dallas Brody in Vancouver, Quilchena in June,
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  Speaker 1: which just came just bombed, did not even come remotely
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: close to the numbers that were needed, which is 40%
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: of registered voters in the last election in that riding.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: And it looks maybe like the Armstrong folks are giving
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: up as well, which might end the whole, you know,
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: movement to recall certain MLAs that some folks were talking about.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: It is a very high threshold. No one has ever
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: successfully recalled an MLA in BC history. And it doesn't
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: look like it's going to happen here. And I just
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: wonder if, you know, You think that's the end of
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: all the recall talk. If you can't recall Dallas Brody
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: or Tara Armstrong, I'm not sure who else anyone's tried
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: to recall out there that could possibly find a way
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: to do it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it is pretty much impossible to succeed
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: on one of the recall campaigns. But I also think
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: the real question is whether Carrie Lynn Findlay will bring
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: her and Dallas Brody back into her caucus. Like that
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: is a question that is out there floating right now.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: And then there's also this question, you know, will she
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: make the choice to not run someone against them in
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: the next election, which is the other thing she may consider.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: We know that Tara was elected as a BC Conservative
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: under the same banner as all these other folks on
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: the right, and that shows that you never know what
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: kind of extreme MLA you're going to get when you
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: vote for them.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: Well, you know, there is a live question about whether
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: the recall law should be changed in any way, but
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: I don't pick up any interest from the governing NDP
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: on doing that. And I don't actually pick up any
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: interest from the opposition conservatives on doing it either. So
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: I don't see any change to the recall legislation. And
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: the undefeated streak of BC's recall legislation continues with that
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: announcement from the Tara Armstrong recall campaign.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Man, we're already out of time. So much happening in
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: BC politics. Aileen, thank you so much for joining me
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: this morning to walk me through it.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Thanks, Rob.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: We'll chat next week.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: Thanks, everyone, for listening as well to The Daily Show.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: We appreciate you tuning in. Stay tuned for Political Capital
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: on Friday as well. We've got a couple more shows
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: left in the week.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: We'll see you tomorrow. Until then, take care.