Description

Stewart Prest joins Scott to break down the BC Utility Commission's inquiry report on gas prices and kerfuffle between the NDP and the Green Party over 14-ish former New Brunswick NDP candidates.

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Links

Segment 1: Gas Price Inquiry

At 1:20

• Report
• Executive Summary

Segment 2: No Decent Prospects

At 12:45

• NDP Struggle to Nominate Candidates as Election Call Draws Near
• 14 N.B. New Democrats jumping ship to join Greens
• Following mass defections to Green party in N.B., ex-NDP official blames voter racism against Singh
  
  * List of 14 NDP defectors now at 8, Green Party confirms; Singh accuses May of misinformation
• Elizabeth May accuses NDP of using 'strong-arm tactics' to force defectors back into the fold
• CBC Poll Tracker
• Filings show NDP ended 2018 in rough financial shape

Quick takes

At 35:30

• Wilson-Raybould neck-and-neck with Liberal candidate in Vancouver Granville: Mainstreet poll
  
  * Court allows six Trans Mountain appeals focusing on Indigenous consultation
• Vancouver taxis ask Supreme Court of B.C. to quash ride-hailing rules