Ep 174: BC also stands for birth control

Sonia Furstenau joins the race for leader of the BC Greens and other bcpoli stories, an interview with AccessBC for free birth control and does the next Conservative leader needs to be bilingual.

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Links

BCpoli roundup

• MLA Sonia Furstenau launches bid to lead Greens
• How a coordinated effort from the NDP failed to establish trust with Wet'suwet'en First Nation - BC Today exclusive 
• Premier appoints provincial liaison with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs (Nathan Cullen)
• Former Liberal Blair Lekstrom quits post as B.C. premier’s caribou liaison
• Government considers permitting “small secondary residence” on ALR land if local government approves
• ICBC to get boosted “fairness commissioner” and transparency reforms
• 9 Metro Vancouver cab companies file legal challenges to halt Uber, Lyft

AccessBC

• AccessBC.org

Cefferie Conservatrice 2020

• Yes, prime ministers should be fluently bilingual - because that's what Canadians expect
• Chris Selley: Canada’s bilingualism myths die hard — just ask Peter MacKay
• Opinion: Conservatives think the party’s next leader should be bilingual. They are wrong
• StatsCanada
• Cambridge, Ont. lawyer launches Conservative leadership bid
• Candice Bergen considering Conservative leadership bid after Ambrose, Poilievre drop out
• N.B. MP John Williamson considering Tory leadership
• Erin O'Toole launches Conservative leadership bid, promises to be the 'true blue' candidate
• Rick Peterson looks to shake up the Conservative leadership race with flat tax plan
• Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declines to address use of party funds for private school fees

Quick takes

• New Green leadership hopeful wants to become the first black woman to lead a federal party
• Green leadership candidates from Nova Scotia and Toronto join the race
• A Quebec businesswoman and disenchanted ex-Liberal enter the race to replace Elizabeth May
• Trudeau taps Quebec senator as Liberal government’s new representative in upper chamber
• Liberal plan to raise basic personal income tax deduction to cost $21 billion over 5yrs: PBO
• Feds rang up $1.4M in legal costs during failed prosecution of Mark Norman
• Independent panel report calls for more Canadian streaming content and an ad-free CBC