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...

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

This week on the Jas Johal Political Happy Hour • Eby’s polling slide vs Carney’s rise. What’s driving it? • Poilievre on Rogan • Two paths: Carney in Europe, Poilievre in the U.S. • Another BC credit downgrade #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Got to talk with @jasjohal.bsky.social about multiplexes, following on this morning’s @vancouversun.bsky.social article by @douglastodd.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2PQ2...

MLA Bruce Banman endorses Yuri Fulmer #bcpoli #vanpoli

On this week’s Jas Johal Political Happy Hour Indigenous title rulings and property rights in BC, an NDP MP crosses the floor boosting Mark Carney, a GoFundMe lawsuit targeting Mayor Ken Sim, and a new police academy coming to Vancouver. #bcpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

NEW - With the BC Conservative leadership race heating up, so is fundraising. I'm hearing the Caroline Elliott campaign has raised $500,000 so far. Strong numbers in a tight fundraising environment. It'll be interesting to see how the other candidates are faring. #bcpoli #vanpoli

Due to a temporary gap in obstetrician-gynecologist coverage at Peace Arch Hospital, a maternity diversion will be in place from Thursday, March 12 at 8:00 a.m. until Wednesday, March 18 at 8:00 a.m.

BREAKING - NDP Leader Don Davies issued the following statement #cdnpoli #bcpoli

BREAKING - Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to Liberals #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ken Sim is being sued for defamation as he sues for defamation. #bcpoli #vanpoli

NEW - With the municipal election campaign heating up, the Metro Vancouver Board is quickly becoming a political punching bag. Burnaby Councillor and former board chair Sav Dhaliwal has written to the Premier defending the board and its reform efforts. #bcpoli  #vanpoli

NEW - U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto hit by gunfire #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...