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About PolitiCoast
A Canadian politics podcast from the West Coast.
- Publisher
- Leg-in-Boot Media
- Category
- government · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
486 episodes in the feed.
3 Oct 2026
Voluntary Underdog
We have polls! So many polls that all say the same thing. We have policies! They’re… well maybe we’ll get something better. We’re getting a pipeline (dammit, that’s not what I meant). Links BC Conservative Support Rallies Without Kerry-Lynne Findlay | Ipsos (https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-conservative-support-rallies-without-kerry-lynne-findlay) BC’s Wide-Open Election – Innovative Research Group (https://innovativeresearch.ca/bcs-wide-open-election/) B.C.: Conservatives 40%, NDP 39% as Housing Mandates Collide (https://press.liaisonstrategies.ca/bc-conservatives-40-ndp-39-housing-frustration-runs-deep/) BC Election 2026: Dissatisfaction Is High, But Voters Remain Unsettled (https://leger360.com/in-the-news-bc-election-polling-september-2026/) 338Canada British Columbia | Poll Analysis & Electoral Projections (https://338canada.com/bc/) The Writ’s British Columbia Election Tracker (https://www.thewrit.ca/p/the-writs-british-columbia-election) British Columbia Election Projection | Poliwave (https://www.poliwave.com/ca/bc/projection) Eby to turn more empty condos into homes people can afford (https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/eby-turn-more-empty-condos-homes-people-can-afford) Eby to double critical mineral exports, expand Port of Prince Rupert (https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/eby-double-critical-mineral-exports-expand-port-prince-rupert) Eby’s plan will cut gas prices by up to 30 cents a litre, crack down on gouging (https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/ebys-plan-will-cut-gas-prices-30-cents-litre-crack-down-gouging) Conservative Party of BC Pledges No New Taxes on British Columbians (https://conservativebc.ca/conservative-party-of-bc-pledges-no-new-taxes-on-british-columbians/) Make British Columbia an Energy Superpower (https://conservativebc.ca/make-british-columbia-an-energy-superpower/) Conservatives to Remove PST from Canadian Alcohol (https://conservativebc.ca/conservatives-to-remove-pst-from-canadian-alcohol/) BC Greens announce plan to lift the freeze on $10-a-day daycare, with universal free child care by 2031, alongside new candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake (https://bcgreens.ca/announce-plan-to-lift-the-freeze-on-10-a-day-daycare-with-universal-free-child-care-by-2031-alongside-new-candidate-for-victoria-swan-lake/) BC Greens announce plan to support renters, unveil two new candidates for South Island (https://bcgreens.ca/announce-plan-to-support-renters-unveil-two-new-candidates-for-south-island/) BC Greens announce Toxic Drugs policy alongside former chief coroner and candidate for Saanich South, Lisa Lapointe (https://bcgreens.ca/announce-toxic-drugs-policy-alongside-former-chief-coroner-and-candidate-for-saanich-south-lisa-lapointe/) BC Supreme Court finds Drug Law Unconstitutional, Frees DULF (https://drugpolicy.ca/bc-supreme-court-finds-drug-law-unconstitutional-frees-dulf/) The ruling (https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/26/18/2026BCSC1855.htm) OneBC pledges not to run against eight ‘principled’ B.C. Conservative candidates (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/onebc-pledges-not-to-run-against-eight-principled-bc-conservative-candidates/) B.C.’s large parties on track to field candidates in all ridings as deadline looms (https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/10/01/bc-election-large-parties-field-candidates-deadline-looms/) Current candidate list (https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/GE-2026-10-24-Candidate-Website-Report.PDF) Criminally charged B.C. incumbent running for re-election, another ‘seriously considering’ candidacy (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/criminally-charged-bc-incumbent-running-for-re-election-another-seriously-considering-candidacy/) Recently-resigned Abbotsford-Mission MLA fails to land BC Conservative nomination | Saanich News (https://saanichnews.com/2026/09/28/recently-resigned-abbotsford-mission-mla-fails-to-land-bc-conservative-nomination/) No re-election bid for Conservative-turned-NDP MLA Amelia Boultbee of Penticton-Summerland – Castanet.net (https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/632275/No-re-election-bid-for-Conservative-turned-NDP-MLA-Amelia-Boultbee-of-Penticton-Summerland) Late Filing Deadline for 2026 Conservative Party Leadership Contestant Financing Reports | Elections BC (https://elections.bc.ca/news/late-filing-deadline-for-2026-conservative-party-leadership-contestant-financing-reports/) West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/west-coast-pipeline-national-interest-9.7365037) ‘We’ve got an important role to play,’ Eby says in response to pipeline (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/weve-got-an-important-role-to-play-eby-says-in-response-to-pipeline/) Conservative MP Scott Aitchison to resign by end of year: source (https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/conservative-mp-scott-aitchison-to-resign-by-end-of-year-source/)
26 Sept 2026
The Craziest Week in BC
In a wild week we have resignations, defections, defectors defecting again and an election call that may just backfire Register to vote: https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/register-to-vote/ (https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/register-to-vote/) Links B.C. Premier David Eby pauses PST expansion, adds $90M tariff relief package (https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/bc-premier-david-eby-pauses-pst-expansion-adds-90m-tariff-relief-package-12797470) Eby mum on snap election as Conservatives lose three more MLAs – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-david-eby-speech-kerry-lynne-findlay-september-18/) OneBC ‘overwhelmed’ with candidates but fails to get party status before B.C. vote (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/onebc-overwhelmed-with-candidates-but-fails-to-get-party-status-before-bc-vote/) B.C.: NDP Leads Conservatives 41% to 36% as Election Begins (https://press.liaisonstrategies.ca/bc-ndp-leads-conservatives-41-to-36-as-election-begins/) Ballot Backlash: BC Conservatives open 8-point lead after snap election call, but electorate far from locked in (https://angusreid.org/ballot-backlash-bc-conservatives-open-8-point-lead-after-snap-election-call-but-electorate-far-from-locked-in/) Confused by what’s going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-why-conservatives-resigned-9.7353012) Policy Announcements: NDP: Eby to triple U.S. health worker recruitment (https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/eby-triple-us-health-worker-recruitment) Eby pledges new “Built in B.C. and Canada” buying rules (https://www.bcndp.ca/releases/eby-pledges-new-built-bc-and-canada-buying-rules)
18 Sept 2026
Most improved premier
Sometimes a whole week of politics happens in a day and sometimes that day is the day after we record. Anyway, here’s our thoughts from Thursday night before three more Conservatives MLAs were dumped on the street and Peter Milobar inherited CentreBC. Election speculation runs rampant, Conservatives spy on themselves, Mark Carney flirts with Europe and investors. Links BC’s Political Orphans: Unhappy with NDP, wary of alternatives, half say they have no party to gladly support – Angus Reid Institute Canada (https://angusreid.org/election-speculation-bcndp-conservative-eby-klf/) BC Conservative Support Scatters Under Kerry-Lynne Findlay | Ipsos (https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-conservative-support-scatters-under-kerry-lynne-findlay) David Eby taps campaign manager as election speculation grows | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ndp-election-eby-9.7346183) Stewart Prest thread (https://bsky.app/profile/stewartprest.ca/post/3mvql3feljc2s) B.C. Conservatives hire private investigator to investigate CHEK’s Rob Shaw along with current, former MLAs (https://cheknews.ca/bc-conservatives-hired-private-investigator-to-investigate-cheks-rob-shaw-and-other-current-former-mlas-1348488/) Ex-B.C. Conservative MLAs and party president say a private investigator was hired to look into them | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-b-c-conservative-mlas-private-investigator-hired-to-look-into-them-9.7348861) At least 2 Con MLAs ask KLF to resign at caucus meeting Wed https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100481742163644610 (https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100481742163644610) The B.C. Conservatives must win. Here’s how. (https://clairerattee.substack.com/p/the-bc-conservatives-must-win-heres) – Claire Ratée BC Conservatives Are Not Far-Right, Findlay Says as Party Friction Continues | The Tyee (https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/09/17/BC-Conservatives-Not-Far-Right-Findlay-Says/) Milobar’s new party gains seventh B.C. legislator as Donegal Wilson joins (https://cheknews.ca/milobars-new-party-gains-seventh-b-c-legislator-as-donegal-wilson-joins-1347393/) Will Milobar do a deal with CentreBC to avoid vote split/beat registration rules https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100428728577020416 (https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100428728577020416) Canada Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament (https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/09/17/prime-minister-carney-delivers-address-european-parliament) Canada in talks to join EU’s Erasmus+ exchanges programme | Euronews (https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/16/canada-in-talks-to-join-eus-erasmus-exchanges-programme) @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu/post/3mvmprcyphk2d) What we know about the proposed partnership between Canada and the EU | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-speech-what-we-know-details-eu-parliament-associate-9.7342980) Prime Minister Carney delivers opening remarks at the Canada Investment Summit (https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/09/15/prime-minister-carney-delivers-opening-remarks-canada-investment-summit) Prime Minister Carney introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment (https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/09/15/prime-minister-carney-introduces-new-productivity-mega-deduction) Government of Canada introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment (https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/09/government-of-canada-introduces-new-productivity-mega-deduction-to-boost-canadas-advantage-as-the-most-competitive-g7-country-for-new-business-inve.html) (Backgrounder) ‘Mega’ tax writeoffs, private money for airports: How Carney’s investment summit unfolded | CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/carney-investment-summit-tariffs-trillion-protests-9.7344307) Canada Investment Summit: Browse the Dealbook (https://www.theenergymix.com/canada-investment-summit-browse-the-dealbook/) Canada’s 4 largest airports to be opened up to private investment, Carney says | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-airport-private-investment-9.7344327) Stephen Harper says Canada had ‘no choice’ but to walk away from U.S. trade talks | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-canada-investment-summit-us-trade-carney-9.7345557)
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- Sean Fraser
- Mark Carney
- Dominic LeBlanc
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- 1,684
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
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- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 27 ratings
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