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Mike is home alone at the Hotel this week and has hired temps to come in to keep the discussing going. He’s joined by Sitka Media’s Jarryd Jäger, formerly of the Western Standard. Jäger discusses the vision for the fledgling news service and where it fits between the echo chambers. The Maple Ridge product also discusses his advocacy for free speech and how generational frustration is expressed through commentary.

In the Strategy Suite, Mike is joined by Leah Holoiday, a veteran of the Notley government and BC Public Service, and Carling Dick, an experienced campaigner with the BC Liberals and BC Conservatives. The trio review the recent Canada-BC Prosperity Agreement (is it aging like a fine wine or a quart of milk?), the NDP’s voluntarily increasing involuntary care, a Carney insider makes his move on the North Shore, and does BC need its own Stampede to curry political favour?

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Geoff and Mike welcome BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan to Hotel Pacifico. The trio sustain a busy discussion touching on Oligarchs!, her critique of the Eby government, her admiration for Avi Lewis, her support of DRIPA, her poker face when Geoff and Mike put forward their guesses which seat she will contest in the next general election - if a byelection doesn’t happen first.

In the Strategy Suite, Geoff and Mike review the Canada-BC Prosperity Agreement and what it means for David Eby, the Massey Tunnel project, Boultbee bolting to the NDP, a nurses strike, and KLF’s second trip to Calgary in 35 days.

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A jam packed agenda on the pod this week for an extended Strategy Suite. Joining Geoff back at Hotel Pacifico is Dimitri Pantazopoulos! Dimitri is a politico vet and widely-respected Conservative organizer and pollster whose most recent project was the BC Conservative leadership campaign of Iain Black. Plus ... Kate Hammer returns to give us a reality check on the policy files while Mike is off gazing at the birds.

This week we’ll be digging into:

• Condo bailout fallout – a major federal-provincial housing announcement that triggered a major backlash
• Rare praise for a provincial crime initiative regarding repeat offenders
• David Eby’s China trip coverage – it’s been cut short to do and MOU with Prime Minister Mark Carney on major projects
• And Kerry Lynne Findlay has announced her new caucus leadership team – who’s on it and who’s not?

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