Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour is live.. - Keith Baldrey: Eby's Billion-Dollar Question and Findlay's Okanagan Reset - Bailout or Affordable Housing? ICBA's Chris Gardner Weighs In - Made in China: Zack Spencer Drives His First Chinese EV #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Political Happy Hour is live. This week… → MP Jamil Jivani: men in crisis, Restore the North → Min. Mike Farnworth on the Massey Tunnel mess → Keith Baldrey: room for a centrist party in BC? And is the World Cup a political lift or liability? #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

LISTEN: Here’s my interview on the big need for a new and smarter conversation about street transformations into people-places here in Vancouver, fuelled by the already clear success of the Granville Street #WorldCup transformation. Thanks @jasjohal.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Political Happy Hour is live. 🍸 BC Conservatives are polling ahead of the NDP. Also could we see the resurgence of a centrist BC Liberal party? Keith Baldrey, Brad West, and Harley Chappell on the backroom moves that pushed Norm Lipinski out. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Political Happy Hour is live. 🍸 BC Conservatives are polling ahead of the NDP. Also could we see the resurgence of a centrist BC Liberal party? Keith Baldrey, Brad West, and Harley Chappell on the backroom moves that pushed Norm Lipinski out. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Five candidates. One week. Here are the rough voter numbers for the BC Conservative leadership race. Voting opens Saturday May 23 at 8am, closes May 29. New leader announced May 30. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Political Happy Hour is live! 🥃 Alberta edges toward a separation vote and Premier Smith is pointing fingers at BC. Pipelines shift from climate debate to national security argument. And Carney draws a line in the sand with Premier Eby. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

NEW (1/2) - The UDI, BC Business Council, BCREA, ICBA, LandlordBC, HAVAN, BC Construction Assoc. and CanadianHome Builders have sent a joint letter to Minister Boyle demanding GST rebate parity with Ontario. 7 weeks of silence and they've had enough. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanre

Hosting the 2026 World Cup will cost governments across Canada more than a billion dollars, putting the cost per game at $82 million, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO). #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This week on the Jas Johal Political Happy Hour: A pipeline deal BC wasn't part of. A wastewater lawsuit settled. Four new wind farms, and a hint that Site C won't be the last big dam in BC. @keithbaldrey ⁦‪@timhodgsonmt‬⁩ #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

1/3 We're at that part of the BC Conservative leadership campaign where the culling of new South Asian members begins, for a variety of manufactured reasons. (What a vague email). Once the race ends, the pandering to the community will resume right on schedule. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

BC Conservative leadership signup numbers by riding are out. West Van-Capilano (1,091) and Surrey-Serpentine River (1,050) lead the pack. Surrey has multiple ridings in the top tier. Important to remember ridings with low signups always play a big roll in these races #bcpoli

I’m a bit surprised the Whitecaps were so forthcoming about today’s news in the Athletic. “No viable offer has emerged to keep the club in Vancouver.” 100 conversations. Zero takers. If local money doesn’t show up fast, this team is gone. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #bcpoli @WhitecapsFC

MLS owners talk potential Vancouver relocation, with Las Vegas a top option: Sources #vanpoli #bcpoli #whitecaps @WhitecapsFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

ResearchCo: British Columbians Ponder Future of Provincial Conservatives More than half think the province needs a centre-right party to serve as an alternative to New Democrats and Conservatives. #bcpoli #cdnpoli researchco.ca/2026/04/27/b...

Daniel Yergin, one of the world's foremost energy experts, on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and why the global power balance is shifting. Plus AI's growing electricity demand and what it means for energy security. Essential listening. #bcpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/sXj4ahKtrTk?...

This week’s Political Happy Hour - The pipeline fight. Ottawa, Alberta & BC. @keithbaldrey breaks it down. - Former BC Premier Christy Clark on getting big infrastructure built -DRIPA: where do we go now? The Agenda Panel weighs in. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Vaughn Palmer: “As for the premier, I have to think that Sunday was the day he discovered who was really running this province — and it was not David Eby” #bcpoli #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

NEW (1/3)- Premier’s office confirms BC will NOT introduce DRIPA suspension legislation this session. Premier to address next steps at a press conference tomorrow. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

NEW - Former NDP minister and BC’s first First Nations woman elected to the legislature, Melanie Mark, says legislation to suspend DRIPA is coming,and she’s breaking with her own party to say it. #bcpoli #dripa​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #cdnpoli

1/2 Fulmer has experienced South Asian organizers working on his campaign (many who worked previously on the Kevin Falcon campaign). That goes a lot further than any endorsements. Also hearing rumours BCC party membership may reach as high as 40K to 45K members. #bcpoli #vanpoli

Jas Johal Political Happy Hour. 🍸 * 5 candidates left in the BC Conservative race. ⁦‪@keithbaldrey‬⁩ joins us * Is it over for David Eby? With @richardzussman * Carney’s trillion-dollar bet. @gray_mackenzie ##bcpoli #cdnpoli​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result #bcpoli #cdnpoli apnews.com/article/hung...

BREAKING: Mark Werner stepping down - meaning dumped as campaign manager of the Peter Milobar campaign after recent news of BC United dirty tricks campaign. It was the right thing to do. Good for the campaign. Pity they missed a sunny Friday to do it like I had suggested. #bcpoli

Could the DRIPA confidence vote lead to a Premier Halford? How will independents like @elenoresturko and @amboultbee vote if the NDP come up short. Plus an update on the BC Conservative leadership race on this weeks Political Happy Hour. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The Political Happy Hour Podacast 🍸 Will a DRIPA vote trigger an election? @keithbaldrey drops by @Gray_Mackenzie on rumours of more floor crossings. Foreign Affairs Minister @AnitaAnandMP on steering Canada through a world on fire. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

A certain BC Conservative leadership campaign is telling MLA's they should do everything to avoid an election over a DRIPA confidence vote. It's landing like a lead balloon with elected members. It reeks of arrogance. #bcpoli #vanpoli

If you’re running a flailing BC Conservative leadership campaign, today’s your day. Take out the trash. A sunny Friday’s a terrible thing to waste. #bcpoli #vanpoli

Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March apnews.com/article/infl...

You can’t gain votes on social media, but you sure can lose them. What’s going on over at Team Elliott? #bcpoli #vanpoli

BREAKING - Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu crosses floor to Liberals from Conservatives #cdnpoli #vanpoli #bcpoli

NEW (1/4) - Elections BC numbers are out. BC NDP raised $3.98M in 2025. BC Conservatives raised $2.35M. NDP outraised them by $1.6M. Let’s drill a little deeper. #bcpoli #vanpoli . 🧵

BREAKING: TACO! Trump agrees to a 2 week ceasefire. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The Political Happy Hour is live. 🍸 * Premier David Eby discusses DRIPA suspension. * The BC Conservative leadership race is thinning fast. @keithbaldrey breaks it down. * And could Avi Lewis actually hurt Poilievre more than Carney? #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Ten major industry groups are calling on Premier Eby to match Ontario's housing deal, a GST rebate on new homes under $1.5M and development charge cuts of 30-50%. Ontario has it. BC doesn't. #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli

S&P just downgraded BC's credit rating from A+ to A, with a negative outlook. Persistent deficits, rising debt, no clear plan to balance #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/r...

Full interview with Premier David Eby about DRIPA suspension and the upcoming confidence vote. #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

NEW - Carney & Ford are removing GST on new homes and cutting DCC in Ontario. In BC? Port Moody staff just recommended a 167% increase in DCC’s, making new housing unviable. Metro Vancouver pre-sales are 95% below the 10-year average. Check out the letter from Wesgroup. #bcpoli

NEW: BCC leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer and OneBC’s Dallas Brodie have signed a Unite the Right Accord. If Fulmer wins the BCC leadership, OneBC stands down in 88 of 93 ridings. Five seats cleared for OneBC. Confidence and supply on the table. #bcpoli​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #vanpoli

Closer to home, when will climate campaigner Anjali Appadurai announce her run for Vancouver Mayor under the COPE banner? Also, interesting to see BC Green Party Leader Emily Lowan at this event, considering Pete Fry is the Green candidate for Mayor. #vanpoli #bcpoli

Avi Lewis is the new federal NDP leader. AB’s Nenshi says the party’s direction isn’t in his province’s interests. SK’s Carla Beck calls Lewis’s oil and gas stance ideological and unrealistic, and won’t meet with him until he reverses it. David Eby? Wab Kinew? #cdnpoli #bcpoli

Wow. Here we go! David Eby? #bcpoli #cdnpoli

NEW - Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership in Winnipeg. The party he inherits has just six seats, no official status in the House of Commons, and $13 million in debt.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #cdnpoli #bcpoli

KPU hired a new president in Sept. By January he was on confidential leave. By March, dismissed. Nobody heard from Bruce Choy, until now. Check out the last paragraph. The reason for his departure has never been announced, and I’m not convinced this is the full story. #bcpoli

Political Happy Hour is live 🍸 DRIPA amendments + pipelines. GM Canada country head Jack Uppal on the road ahead. Ian Black wants to gut Metro Vancouver’s structure. And BC’s farmland watchdog is losing staff when it matters most. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

NEW (1/2) - Wesgroup CEO Beau Jarvis just told me Metro Vancouver presales YTD, projects not yet in construction or with a financing commitment, total 87 units. The entire region. 87! Governments keep promising more homes, yet the market is barely breathing. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanre

Let me explain: Ms. Yuan, a well-known organizer, wanted to run in Richmond Centre but wasn’t given the channce, many believed Ms. Wat saw her as a threat when it comes to influence in the Chinese community. The BC Conservatives chose Hon Chan. The rest is history. #bcpoli

NEW - BC Prosecution Service says MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking, and uttering threats tied to alleged Jan. 12, 2024 incident. Special prosecutor appointed June 2025; charges laid yesterday. Election was Oct. 2024, were any records available during vetting? #bcpoli

NEW - The Agricultural Land Commission is cutting staff to stay within $5.5M budget, after years of expanded responsibilities without funding. More work, fewer people. Expect delays, and questions about how B.C. protects its farmland. #bcpoli

NEW (1/2) - George Duncan is appointed to the Surrey Police Board. He was last in the news as the $403K per year CEO of the Richmond Olympic Oval. The controversy raised concerns about oversight, transparency, and public dollars. #bcpoli #vanpoli www.richmond-news.com/local-news/b...