Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas! Who-who-who, deserves a candy cane or a lump of coal for 2025? The MMA Panel -- host Bob Mackin and Mario Canseco of Research Co and Andy Yan of the Simon Fraser University City Program -- made a list and checked it twice. Watch to find out who was naughty and who was nice ... CLICK HERE for the full story 

Mo Amir (VanColour): The BC Conservatives strike back! NOTE: Mario Canseco of Research Co. begins the program with a discussion on recent political polling in BC. The portion with newly minted Conservative Party of BC MLA Bruce Banman begins at the 8 minute mark CLICK HERE for the full interview

With CBC News reporting a poll from Mario Canseco of Research Company now showing the BC Liberal Party sitting at 30% support across the province, a 10% drop from the 2017 election, leader Andrew Wilkinson introduced legislation on Tuesday (May 28 th ) today that would ban foreign interference in British Columbia politics. In doing so, he stated, “ The serious issue of foreign money and influence in elections has been making headlines for years now and many countries have taken action. It’s time for B.C. to firmly protect the integrity of our elections .” The only problem is that BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkson is ‘ late to the party’ to quote an old saying. LONG before other political parties had decided to make electoral financing an issue of concern, BC Conservatives had already put policy in place that as government they would ... e nact legislation relating to political contributions to registered British Columbia political parties, limiting such...

Gavin Dew, founder of the Forum for Millennial Leadership (FML) On Thursday, at the UBCM annual meeting which was held in Whistler, Gavin Dew, founder of the Forum for Millennial Leadership (FML) spoke at a session entitled, “Engaging Millennials”.  At the session, he spoke of millennial leadership, polling on millennials in politics, why millennials are a growing electoral force, and why we should help. My nephew Steve Forseth, Cariboo Regional District Area “D” representative, attended the workshop session and when I asked him about the session he stated: “ The session Engaging Millennial's was an interesting one, lots of tips on how a local government can start up a youth council, and an engaging session on how to get more young people involved in local government .”   Young people in public leadership is not a new concept, but it is not an easy journey. Perhaps one of the very reasons the Forum for Millennial Leadership was formed, and why on Tuesday (S...