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Political Capital with Rob Shaw
Join CHEK News Political Correspondent Rob Shaw and a lively panel of guests for a daily 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.
Episodes
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#139 - BC NDP election launch, BC United/Conservatives pitch business community
June 21, 2024 - BC NDP leader David Eby launched his re-election bid this week, how did it land and what themes/messaging did he use both for himself and his…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#138 - BC United candidate controversy + Eby's equalization fight
June 14, 2024 The BC United party is hit by a candidate controversy involving Asad Gondal, the president of the BC Muslim Association, and the fallout affects…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#137 - Elenore Sturko defects to Conservatives, BC United child care plan
June 7, 2024 - The panel breaks down the stunning news of BC United's Elenore Sturko defecting to the BC Conservative party - what it means for all political…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#136 - BC Conservatives pick up a United MLA, and eject a candidate
May 31, 2024 - BC Conservatives gain a BC United MLA, who crosses the floor and kickstarts a panic inside the United caucus. Also, the Conservatives lose a…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#135 - BC Conservatives reject BC United's non-compete offer
May 24, 2024 - BC's surging Conservative party has rejected a non-compete offer from BC United, what does it mean, who would have benefited and lost from such…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#134 - ICBC rebate, decriminalization, abortion
May 10, 2024 - Premier David Eby offers up ICBC rebates but is it just a move to change the channel from negative performance? Plus, Ottawa grants B.C.’s…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#133 - Decrim debate goes national, STR rules kick in, pipeline politics
May 3, 2024 - BC's decriminalization request sparks a week of fiery national politics, so how does that filter back down to the provincial level and what are…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#132 - Decrim backdown, premier vs social media companies
April 26, 2024 - Premier David Eby backs down on decriminalization in the wake of weeks of negative stories about its unintended consequences, plus, the NDP…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#131 - Police on decriminalization, federal budget 2024
BC's police chiefs say they are largely powerless to respond to open drug use in many places, in the wake of decriminalization, once again raising questions…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#130 - CleanBC grant scandal, more drug use in hospitals, Surrey policing
The BC government finds itself reeling on three fronts: A CleanBC grant scandal involving alleged conflicts of interest with a private company administering…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#129 - BC Conservatives, carbon tax, hospital drug use, Haida title and NDP nomination fight
April 5, 2024 - Can BC continue to defend the carbon tax in the face of a political onslaught by federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who is touring…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#128 - BC cracks down on social media and trucking companies
March 15, 2024 - The BC government is going after social media companies and the trucking industry, while extending a helping hand to the wine and forestry…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#127 - Selina Robinson's resignation
March 8, 2024 - The stunning resignation of Selina Robinson from the BC NDP caucus leads to questions about antisemitism inside the party and what Premier…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#126 - $10-a-day child care troubles, flipping tax
March 1, 2024 - Can the NDP government ever fulfill its $10-a-day child care promise? More communities ask for exemptions from the new short-term rental law…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#125 - BC Budget, BC Builds, Land Act
The BC NDP drops its re-election budget, but there's not a lot of shiny goodies for voters -- what's going on and what does it mean for the governing party in…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#124 - BC Builds vs BC United rent-to-own, Richmond safe injection site
Government-built rental apartments or a rent-to-own plan? That's just one of the main differences we discuss this week on the show as the BC NDP and BC United…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#123 - Selina Robinson removed from cabinet
Post-Secondary Minister Selina Robinson was removed from cabinet by Premier David Eby this week after hateful comments about Palestine -- how did the premier…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#122 - Land Act changes, Sonia Furstenau's riding, BC United ads
February 2, 2024 - BC is facing criticism for a lack of communication on sweeping changes to BC's Land Act. BC Green leader Sonia Furstenau switches ridings…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#121 - Overdose crisis, social media bill, international student cap
January 26, 2024 - Premier David Eby and B.C.'s chief coroner disagree over what to do to curb a record number of deaths caused by toxic drugs. Plus, the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#120 - Cabinet shuffle, natural resources week
Premier David Eby shuffles out his children's minister, but why did it take so long and what happens now? Plus, it's natural resources week, and both the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#119 - Court ruling on drug use, health care polling, Surrey policing
Premier David Eby criticizes the BC Supreme Court on its injunction against his drug use restriction law, but what does the NDP's shifting position on…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#118 - A lookahead to BC politics in 2024!
Our last show of 2023 sees the panel dust off the crystal ball and look ahead to 2024 - where are BC's political parties right now, what do they need to be…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#117 -Top political stories of 2023
As a busy 2023 comes to a close, the Pod Squad takes a look at the top BC political stories of the year. Host Rob Shaw is joined by Allie Blades, Jeff Ferrier…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#116 - BC housing price drop, BC United/Conservative merger speculation
The BC government unveils new economic modelling that shows a potential price drop for housing due to its new laws, but is that realistic? And another poll…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#115 - NDP housing laws, legislative session, BC United fundraising
Premier David Eby passes his major housing reforms into law - what does this mean for his government? The legislative session ends, and we look at how the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#114 - Climate politics, speculation tax, homeless bill, Katrina Chen
A major week in BC climate politics as the opposition BC United and Conservative parties table their climate plans, and the NDP seeks to backstop their…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#113 - Labour rules for gig economy, anti-racism hotline, NDP convention, Surrey policing
The NDP government brings in long-awaited rules for drivers at Uber, Skip the Dishes and other gig economy roles - do they hit the mark? A new anti-racism…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#112 - Even more new housing legislation, BC Green deputy leader resigns, BC Conservatives call for Dr. Henry to be fired
Premier David Eby's government continues its rapid pace of housing legislation, with a new bill to allow condo tours around transit hubs. The BC Greens lose…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#111 - Housing sector reforms, provincial safe supply to reduce overdose deaths and changes to the carbon tax.
Premier David Eby tables huge reforms to the housing sector, BC's chief coroner wants to expand the provincial safe supply to reduce overdose deaths, and…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#110 - Ottawa stuns BC on carbon tax changes, BC debates short-term rental changes and Halloween ghost stories
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has left BC in a bind over changes to the carbon tax. The BC NDP debates (and then dismisses) Opposition amendments to its…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#109 - BC targets short-term rentals, police act changes, Lytton, one-year mark to next election
Oct 20, 2023 - Does BC's new legislation to crack down on short-term rentals hit the mark, and how has the NDP government handled the issue? Does a new bill…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#108 - Surrey police, BC Conservatives, decriminalization
The City of Surrey is taking the provincial government to court to try and stop its ordered transition to a municipal police force, continuing a long-running…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#107 - Masking/vaccines, housing targets, legislature lookahead, deficits
BC moves back to mandatory masks, the province unveils new housing targets for municipalities, and we look ahead to the fall session of the legislature…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#106 - Sept. 22, 2023 - NDP MLA fired from caucus, SOGI protests, UBCM, India
Premier David Eby boots an MLA out of caucus, and appears to draw a line in the sand on MLA behaviour - what does it mean for how MLAs treat their staff? Three…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#105 - BC Review Board, decriminalization and BC United defection
Premier David Eby launches a review into BC's Review Board, after a man accused in a Chinatown triple-stabbing had been granted an unescorted day pass from a…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#104 - July 14, 2023 - Wildfires, drought, summer predictions
BC is on track for its worst summer ever for wildfires and drought, what does that mean for political priorities and the issue of climate change in the next…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#103 - June 30, 2023 - Byelection results, public drug use
Why did BC United's vote collapse in the recent byelections and what does it mean for the fate of the Opposition party? Plus, a look at Port Coquitlam Mayor…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#102 - June 23, 2023 - Surrey policing, RBCM CEO, BC Hydro
The messy policing situation at Surrey gets even messier, with the mayor calling the solicitor general a misogynist, so now what does the government do? The…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#101 - Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection all-candidates debate
June 15, 2023: The candidates from BC's major political parties debate the issues on the minds of voters in the Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection. Host Rob Shaw…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#100 - June 9, 2023 - Surrey hospital, overdose crisis, anniversary guests!!!
BC's health minister unveils a plan to fix Surrey Memorial Hospital, health officials debate expanding provincial drug policy to address the worsening overdose…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#99 BC's housing naughty list, Alberta election lessons, BC byelections, Surrey policing and free teen transit
June 2, 2023 - The BC government has put out its list of 10 'naughty' municipalities it intends to pressure to speed up housing approvals, but what does it…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#98 - Hospital crisis, trade mission and BC United branding
Doctors are sounding public alarm bells in an unprecedented fashion about the state of BC's hospitals, what should the public make of this and how should the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#97 - Bail reform and U.S. cancer treatment
Ottawa delivers the bail reform on prolific offenders that B.C. wanted, so is this a win for the David Eby administration and what will it mean for the ongoing…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#96 - BC Housing scandal, museum politics, session-ender
The long-awaited forensic audit into BC Housing lands at the legislature, creating a flurry of political finger-pointing, but what does it mean for the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#95 - BC's new jobs plan, drug decrim, short-term rentals
The BC NDP government unveils its new jobs plan, to align the post-secondary sector with in-demand labour shortages - but is it enough and why didn't it look…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#94 - All Surrey, all the time. Debates rage over police and portables.
The BC government (sort of) makes a decision on Surrey's police controversy, but was it the right move? And the province find itself in a jam on Surrey schools…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#93 - BC's housing hammer, cities ban drug use in public spaces, fundraising numbers and credit rating downgrades
The BC government brings its first hammer down on housing with new legislation, is this the future of the government direction on housing? Plus, cities begin…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#92 - BC United, crime in Nanaimo and confusing new polls
The BC Liberals officially make the switch to BC United, how does it land and what are the pros and cons of such a risky move? The premier fumbles into a PR…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#91 - Federal budget, crime, and foreign interference in politics
What does BC think of the latest federal budget - not much, it turns out, as Ottawa fails to deliver on several fronts. A wave of disturbing violence on BC…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#90 - BC ends surplus spending spree, but affordability concerns persist
BC is wrapping up its massive surplus spending spree, but the premier still has a couple of billion of dollars left to spend within one week until the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#89 - LNG, TransLink bailout, Nanaimo crime
BC approves a new LNG plant in Kitimat, but starts to shut the door on new facilities with new rules and caps on the oil and gas sector -- is it the right…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#88 - Pay equity, intimate images, QP toxicity
The NDP government tables several bills around International Women's Day, including transparency on the gender pay gap and tools to crack down on…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#87 - Breaking down BC's new budget
Premier David Eby's first budget spends big on the areas of housing, healthcare and addictions, but what does it mean and how does it all land? Our panel does…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#86 - Melanie Mark's resignation, a four-day work week proposal, Surrey policing and legislature time mismanagement
How can we begin to reform BC politics to make it less toxic, after Melanie Mark, BC's first Indigenous female cabinet minister, resigned by equating the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#85 - John Rustad joins BC Conservatives, NDP addictions treatment, dumb backbencher gaffes
Former BC Liberal MLA John Rustad crossed the floor to join the BC Conservatives, giving the party its first MLA in a decade — what will the political…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#84 - Throne speech, healthcare deal and John Horgan retires
Premier David Eby delivers his first speech from the throne, but did it accomplish what he was intending? Ottawa offers healthcare funding that falls short of…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#83 - Eby in Ottawa, overdose deaths, throne speech
Premier David Eby visits the prime minister in Ottawa but doesn't emerge with any concrete promises, but does it matter? Another record year of overdose deaths…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#82 - Healthcare, LNG, special housing advisor
BC inches closer to a deal with Ottawa on healthcare, but it backs away from supporting an expansion to LNG Canada’s second phase due to climate concerns. The…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#81 - Forestry, natural resources and special health advisor
Premier David Eby finishes a week-long focus on forestry and natural resources, but what did he say and how did it land? Plus, there's a new special advisor…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#80 - Premier Eby's first 50 days in office, plus predictions for 2023
Premier David Eby reaches the half-way point of his 100-day action plan in office, how has he done and is he where he wants to be so early in his premiership?…