Jordan and Maclean tackle John Horgan’s itty bitty cabinet shuffle, the BC NDP’s loss in Supreme Court, Swartz Bay and Huawei protestors, deficit budget balloons, the future of the Manning Institute, and a rant on nanny statists wanting mandatory snow tires.
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NEW from ICBA's Jock Finlayson & @KenPeacock14:
B.C.'s private sector has shed 59K jobs this year — a 3.1% ⬇️.
That's the largest (non-COVID) 3-month drop since the late 1990s — worse than the 2008-09 global financial crisis.
Alberta's construction sector grew 19.4% from 2021 to 2025. B.C.'s grew just 5.2%.
Residential construction tells the real story — Alberta UP 18.9%, B.C. DOWN 13.4%.
ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson on why he's more optimistic about Alberta than B.C. over the next two years: