Conservative Caucus Cracks

PolitiCoast

Tensions in the BC Conservative caucus spills out into public view. Plus a round up of BC politics stories and the latest from Ottawa on the GST holiday and the long delayed fiscal update.

Links

• Rift in B.C. Conservative caucus deepens as MLA defies party leader | CBC News
• BC Conservative MLA accused of being a Manchurian candidate, Rustad defends free speech amongst caucus
• Canadian premiers urge strong response to Trump tariff threat, minister says | Reuters
• Eby says ‘nothing’s off the table’ in responding to Trump’s tariff threats
• Premier David Eby vows accountability after Small Business BC bankruptcy
• Small Business BC files for bankruptcy
• B.C. announces 9 new wind projects to power equivalent of 500,000 homes | CBC News
• Wind energy in B.C. now exempt from environmental assessment | The Narwhal
• Trudeau’s office at odds with Finance Minister Freeland over GST holiday, $250 cheques, sources say – The Globe and Mail
• Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland – The Globe and Mail
• GST holiday would cost Ottawa $2.7-billion if provinces with HST asked for compensation, PBO says – The Globe and Mail
• The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday | CBC News
• 2024 Fall Economic Statement: Making it easier for homeowners to build secondary suites – Canada.ca
• Freeland doesn’t commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement – Lacombe Express