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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
#19 - Ottawa bails BC out on child care, Horgan gaffe on heat wave, NDP constituency assistants vote to strike.
Trudeau delivers funding to supercharge BC’s $10-a-day child care promise. The premier commits another gaffe on heatwave deaths but does it matter? And NDP…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#18 - BC rejects a new housing affordability report, and scandals mount in Ottawa amid early election speculation.
Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister is facing resignation calls for a racist text, BC's finance minister rejects major recommendations to cool the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#17 - Spring legislative session, premier's office budget, and the imploding federal Greens.
We review what was accomplished as the spring session of the B.C. legislature ends, kick around whether the rising budget of the premier's office is a big deal…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#16 - First Nations and old growth logging, U.S. cruise ships and more.
Rob Shaw is joined by Katy Merrifield, Maclean Kay and Jillian Oliver to discuss all the latest in B.C. politics, as well as this week's Hot Take question…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#15 - Residential schools, BC's new forestry plan and the overdose crisis
Green MLA Adam Olsen delivers a powerful speech to the legislature on residential schools, our panel analyzes Premier John Horgan's new forestry plan and we…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#14 - A deep dive into B.C.'s restart 2.0 plan, plus old growth protests in the Premier's riding
How does B.C.'s long-awaited restart plan change the political landscape? Premier John Horgan is facing heavy pressure due to protests in his riding against…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#13 - Kevin Falcon leadership, BC vaccine passports and Alaska bypasses BC on cruise ships
Former finance minister Kevin Falcon launches his leadership bid with a giant target on his back, what should he do next? BC confirms its developing a vaccine…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#12 - B.C. hides COVID-19 data, Ottawa's confusion on vaccines and political parties debate public funding.
B.C. is caught withholding vast amounts of COVID-19 data from the public - why would it do this? A federal advisory committee on vaccines embarrass itself by…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#11 - Sick pay delays, pop-up vaccine confusion and tent city deadline.
What's taking the Horgan government so long to come up with a sick pay plan? How did health officials so badly bungle pop-up vaccine sites in Surrey? And will…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#10 - Dr. Bonnie Henry
Dr. Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, joins host Rob Shaw to talk about the pandemic, new travel restrictions, how Vancouver Island is performing in the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#9 - BC's new throne speech is (deliberately?) boring, the overdose crisis hits year five and old growth logging protests.
BC tries to walk a tightrope in its throne speech between a raging COVID-19 crisis and plotting a post-pandemic plan; a somber fifth anniversary for the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#8 - Those dang youths not following COVID restrictions, Greens propose a lockdown and restaurants get a partial bailout.
Premier John Horgan struggles to get out from under criticism for blaming young people about COVID-19 spread two weeks later, the BC Greens propose a sweeping…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#7 - Homelessness, expensive toilets and advice to political parties at the half-way point of the spring legislative session.
BC's new aggressive stance on housing and homelessness, questions swirl around Vancouver's $645,000 toilet, and our panel gives BC's political parties some…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#6 - BC picks essential workers for vaccines, hikes assistance rates, and fights with Penticton over housing.
BC decides who is 'essential' enough for an early vaccine, the largest hike to assistance rates in history falls flat and the case of David Eby VS the City of…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#5 - Vaccination call-centre collapse, the ups and downs on the pandemic, and more
What should the public make about a wild week of ups and downs on BC's pandemic response? Rob, Katy, Jillian, and Maclean break it all down, including how the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#4 - BC’s new vaccine rollout plan, pandemic politics, a new renters’ law, and more...
Rob, Katy, Jillian and Maclean tackle BC’s changes to its vaccine rollout strategy, the difficult line politicians have to walk in pandemic politics at the…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#3 - Site C gets approved (again), the legislature is set to return amid confusion, and housing prices continue to soar.
Premier John Horgan doubles down on the Site C dam with a controversial decision to approve a new $16 billion budget, but did he have any other choice? Rob…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#2 - BC loses to churches in court, Site C, and the Liberal leadership race.
B.C. gets dealt a major blow in its pandemic enforcement with an interesting court ruling in favour of churches. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigns…
- Political Capital with Rob Shaw
#1 - Pandemic politics, ICBC and the overdose crisis.
For our first show, host Rob Shaw is joined by Maclean Kay, Jillian Oliver and Katy Merrifield to discuss the government's response to COVID-19, ICBC's rebate…