Author: Ian

  • Ep 86: Emails in the pipeline

    The BC NDP are in hot water for deleted emails by senior staff and cabinet ministers. And the federal government looks to indemnify the Kinder Morgan pipeline from BC judicial actions. Check out our partner! BC Today is a brand new daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and…

  • Ep 85: A year for the books with Jillian P Stead

    Jillian P Stead (@JillianPStead), of the new podcast Majority of BC, joins us to look back at the year since the fateful 2017 BC election. Check out our partner! BC Today is a brand new daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your…

  • Ep 84: Buzz off Davidoff

    The rich are in revolt and some are calling for UBC to censor economist Tom Davidoff. So we brought Tom back to walk us through the school tax and how he’s coping. Plus we look at David Eby’s decision to cancel a town hall and Mike Harcourt’s decision to interject himself into the debate. So…

  • Ep 83: Breaking Betty

    The Government has filed its reference question with the BC Court of Appeal and dropped its new cannabis legislation. One question that we’re still waiting for is the electoral reform referendum, and it’s sounding like we’ll have to wait until the fall for it. Check out our partner! BC Today is a brand new daily newsletter…

  • Ep 82: The drain the swamp model of the constitution

    The Supreme Court of Canada has returned its ruling in the Comeau beer case, so we invited Micah back on the show to help us break it down. That leads us into the constitutional questions that surround the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline. Finally we get into the latest pipeline politics. Find Ian Cromwell on Facebook and…

  • Ep 81: Pipeline pause puts provinces in a pickle

    The Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline debate finally exploded. Kinder Morgan announced a pause on all non-essential construction and will cancel the project by May 31st if it doesn’t extract guarantees from the federal and provincial governments. Naturally, everyone responded calmly and rationally – just kidding! Then, we take a diversion from pipelines to talk with…