We speak to Attorney General David Eby

The Conservatives gain a new MP through a surprise floor crossing from the Liberals. BC is going to have one single cannabis store open on October 17 but you’ll have to drive to Kamloops to visit it. But first, we respond to feedback around Doug Ford’s decision to invoke the notwithstanding clause (and why it’s off the table again).

Maxime Bernier’s launched his new party: The People’s Party of Canada and everyone’s already made the requisite PP jokes. Meanwhile in Ontario a court ruling invalidated Doug Ford’s attempt to halve the size of Toronto’s City Council, so naturally he is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to overrule the courts. And one former BC premier decided to weigh in with her thoughts on the matter.

Everything is seriously normal in Canadian politics.

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Links

Segment 1: Maxime unveils his PP

• People’s Party of Canada
• Maxime admits to speaking to Canadian Nationalist Party
• Play-by-play of Maxime’s announcement

Segment 2: If at first you don’t succeed, invoke Section 33
at 9m33s

• The ruling
• Christy Clark’s comments (video) and CBC article

Quick takes
at 28m17s

• Burnaby spent $1.1 million fighting Trans Mountain
• Horgan says LNG deal close at UBCM
• 4.5% rental increase approved
• Group uses Bowinn Ma office for allegedly partisan purposes
• Federal NDP wrap strategy session in Surrey
• People don’t know Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby South
• Saudi reduces arm’s deal size

We check in on Canada’s desperate attempts to save NAFTA and how BC’s paper industry narrowly avoided massive US tariffs.

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Links/Notes

Segment 1: Putting the No in North American Free Trade Agreement

There’s plenty of coverage of NAFTA out there and it’s changing constantly. Here are just a couple links we relied on or referred to.

• The Star coverage of Trump’s “off the record” comments
• The Star following up with more Trump stuff
• Trump’s comments at a rally
• Some details on agricultural debates
• Paper tariffs overruled

Quick takes
at 19m03s

• Sasquatch case judgment
• Vice-Admiral Norman trial date set
• New BC spill response on hold
• BC Organic certification rules in effect
• Meta-analysis suggests organic not necessarily better for environment
• Systematic review suggests no evidence organic foods are healthier
• Canada, BC governments were late on paying tolls
• Welcome the Rural BC Party