Hotel Pacifico (Air Quotes Media)

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

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Originally recorded Thursday, October 19, 2023 for The Herle Burly podcast.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. To get the Telus exclusive offer for Hotel Pacifico, call 1-877-274-6408 and use the code: DCC6292.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes a guest who needs no introduction to British Columbia politics... Andrew Weaver! Dr. Weaver was Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA (2013-2020) and leader of the BC Green Party, lifting John Horgan’s NDP minority government into power in 2017. Weaver discusses his candid views on Premier David Eby, Conservative leader John Rustad, and which party he thinks will win the next provincial election in BC. 

In the strategy suite, Mike & Geoff are joined by “BC Bob”, Bob Kronbauer, the founder of Vancouver is Awesome and a ‘viral’ presence on Instagram and TikTok.  Mike, Geoff, and Bob discuss the aftermath of the Trump assassination attempt and how US politics could influence this fall’s BC election.

Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes BC Green Party MLA Adam Olsen.  Kate & Geoff interview Olsen, who announced recently he was retiring from provincial politics. He is one of three First Nations MLAs in the BC Legislature, and shares his views on making a difference as part of a 2-member caucus, the Confidence & Supply Agreement, and his proudest moment as MLA.

Mike catches up with Kate & Geoff in the Strategy Suite.  They debrief on last week’s Andrew Weaver episode and President Joe Biden’s announcement to withdraw from the US election. They also discuss the worsening wildfire situation,  the BC Conservatives’ health care plan, and some of this week’s candidate announcements. 

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes BC's Housing Minister, the Honourable Ravi Kahlon! Mike and Kate talk with the Minister about the coming election, housing issues, and his reflections as a two-time Olympic athlete.

Then in the Strategy Suite, Geoff, Kate and Mike talk about the latest Conservative floor crossing, the latest opinion poll showing a tightening race, and a review of recently announced NDP candidates.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.  

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes polling legend Angus Reid, founder of the Angus Reid Institute! We'll discuss the evolution of polling, how Canadian society has changed, and the probability of NDP re-election in BC. 

In the strategy suite, Mike, Kate and Geoff delve into vote splits, survey the candidate match-ups in key BC ridings, and take a bite out of the tree fruits issue. 

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS.  

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes award-winning, Vancouver-based author John Vaillant whose book, Fire Weather: the Making of a Beast, is a bestseller that follows the aftermath of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.  #FireWeather has sparked an important discussion on community readiness for fires.  Kate, Geoff, and John discuss the recent major structural fire in Vancouver and the City’s vulnerability to a major urban fire, along with the nature of the evolving fire risk across our land base. Plus, a discussion about how cynical politicians inflame public sentiment. 

In the strategy suite, Mike joins Kate and Geoff to talk about the latest provincial poll, an update on candidate nominations in advance of the BC election, BC United’s big tax cut promise, and some of the issues that the NDP government is dealing with as the ballot box nears.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS. 

🏨🌄 Mike is 'home alone' at Hotel Pacifico this week, and interviews Katie DeRosa, provincial affairs reporter for CBC. Katie provides a behind-the-scenes tour of the Press Gallery, discusses her background in journalism, today’s media landscape, and her plans for provincial election coverage.  

In the strategy suite, Mike is joined by veteran politico Bruce Young, who has headed Justin Trudeau’s campaigns in BC and worked in the PMO under Paul Martin.  Mike and Bruce discuss the latest polls, the candidate nomination sausage factory, and where ‘liberal’ BC Liberal voters are going to land during the election.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.

🏨🌄 This week Hotel Pacifico holds an emergency podcast as BC United suspends its campaign. Mike is joined by long-time BC Liberal Kim Haakstad (former deputy chief of staff to Christy Clark) to discuss BC United leader Kevin Falcon’s unprecedented decision to suspend the party’s campaign.   Reaction to the joint news conference held by BC Conservative leader John Rustad and Falcon.

Then the regular podcast includes Mike’s 1:1 interview with BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau where she discusses her personal backstory, outlines the party’s approach and priorities, where the party is at with candidate nominations, election strategy, ridings to watch, and what she considers to be success at 10pm on election night.

In the strategy suite (recorded August 27), Mike is joined by guests Andrea Reimer (former Vancouver City Councillor) and Jordan Bateman (VP of the ICBA and former head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in BC).  Mike, Andrea, and Jordan discuss the Province’s budget situation, reflections on the Sonia Furstenau interview and where the Greens fit into the provincial election landscape, and recent polling from the BC Chamber of Commerce on the state of the race.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  We’ve got a fantastic show today. That’s because it’s a special Air Quotes Media crossover with Hotel Pacifico and The Herle Burly with David Herle!

Air Quotes Media is chuffed to announce that Hotel Pacifico is going daily during the entire election period. 18 episodes, Monday to Friday, released at 9 am, Pacific Time. All the latest developments, analysis, polling and advertising reviews … delivered every morning, like coffee and a croissant-like object, fresh to your hotel room door.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  The Honourable David Eby, the 37th Premier of British Columbia, checks in to Hotel Pacifico to discuss the pending provincial election with Kate, Geoff, and Mike.  The discussion includes the Premier’s elevator pitch to BC voters, the competition for erstwhile BC United voters, his learnings after almost two years as premier, and a tour around some of the top issues in the election battleground.

In the strategy suite, our hosts discuss the ongoing fallout of BC United’s exit from the campaign, which candidates are going where, and the evolution of the Conservatives into a contender – are they disciplined and successful, or successful without being disciplined?  Plus, discussion of John Rustad’s parrot!

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  Mike and Kate interview BC Conservative leader John Rustad, the third of three provincial leaders contesting the upcoming BC election to visit Hotel Pacifico in recent weeks.  “Shot out of a cannon” as leader in March 2023, the Conservative leader has been riding an upward trajectory in the polls. Rustad discusses involuntary care, the state of BC’s finances, the carbon tax, and DRIPA, among other issues.  Mike & Kate also probe Rustad on his parrot, Biardi, and how he plans to feather him into the campaign.

Geoff joins Mike & Kate in the #StrategySuite. The trio discuss the policy shifts undertaken by Premier Eby and the NDP over the past week on involuntary care and the carbon tax, and the message those shifts send to voters on the eve of the election. They also discuss plans for Hotel Pacifico’s daily election coverage that will start Monday, September 23rd .

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  Global BC Legislative reporter Richard Zussman joins Mike and Geoff to look at the most interesting ridings in the political battleground for the upcoming BC election.  Richard has ranked the ridings 1-93 on his X (Twitter) feed. They start with a review of riding battles involving newly-minted independent MLAs and candidates, then break down the ridings from northern BC to the southern Interior, from North Shore to the Fraser Valley, and finally they take the ferry to the Island and look at ridings on both sides of the Malahat.  In the mini-bar, Richard reveals the riding battle he finds most intriguing.

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  Day 1 of 18: The election is on!

So... Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 2 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 3 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 4 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 5 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 6 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 7 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 8 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 9 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 10 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 11 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 12 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 13 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 14 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 15 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 16 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 17 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star *DAILY ELECTION* podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

(election pod 18 of 18)

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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Listeners, today is a difficult day.

It is with a heavy heart that today we learned of the passing of a true public servant, the 36th premier of British Columbia, the Honourable John Horgan.

On behalf of Air Quotes Media, our condolences go out to the Horgan family, and to all Canadians and British Columbians touched by his public service.

Hotel Pacifico cannot exist without our generous sponsors supporting public discourse on the podcast and today’s episode, beginning in a few moments, will be a full, uninterrupted reflection on the life and legacy of John Horgan.

Our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC and Airbnb, wish to extend their sincere condolences to Mr. Horgan’s family and friends, and acknowledge his lifelong dedication to public service and the people of British Columbia. His contributions will be remembered with gratitude.

Joining Mike and Geoff to remember Mr. Horgan are special guests Don Wright & Maeghan Dewar. Don worked for the Government of British Columbia from 2017 to 2020, where he was deputy minister to Premier Horgan, cabinet secretary and head of the public service. Maeghan, Partner in FGS Longview’s Vancouver office, was a senior advisor to Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and was a key part of Jack Layton’s team during the 2011 federal breakthrough.

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We’re your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Murray Rankin, KC, recently retired from his roles as Minister of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation and MLA for ‘Behind the Tweed Curtain’. Mike, Kate, and Geoff talk to Murray about the evolving Indigenous rights landscape, the Haida agreement, the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and national security with reference to the guest’s experience as MP from 2012-2019.

In the Strategy Suite, the co-hosts chew over Premier Eby’s annual address to the BC Chamber of Commerce, and the internal debate within the BC Conservative caucus that spilled out into the open revolving around MLA Elenore Sturko.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico hosts a year-end holiday party with special guests: The Honourable Janet Austin (Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), James Moore (Conservative Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2015), Joy MacPhail (former BC NDP Deputy Premier), and Richard Zussman (Global BC Legislative Reporter).

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes former BC Liberal Party MLA and provincial minister, Terry Lake. They'll take on the discussion of health care in the province, our aging population, opioids and hard reduction, how ChatGPT can take on doctors. Finally, Terry offers his analysis of the provincial political landscape in BC.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Michael Goehring, President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia, to answer: what the hell is a critical mineral anyway and why does it matter to the province?

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai to talk about Trump tariffs, his meeting with Don Jr., hooking up the Yukon to BC's electricity grid, and Yukon's abundance of critical minerals. In the Strategy Suite, the hosts discuss the Eby charm offensive, the long-awaited mandate letters, mayors' pay and sunshine lists, and the disappearing rebate.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico goes all in the Ragin' Cajun's maxim: "it's the economy stupid" as we explore ... the economy ... with Business Council of British Columbia president and CEO, Laura Jones!

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts discuss how Premier Eby is positioning himself in the Trump trade war. Plus the ragin' debate on community safety.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Sussanne Skidmore, president of the BC Federation of Labour, to explore BC's changing economy, tariff threats, and how the conservative movement in the US, UK, and Canada are attracting the support of blue collar workers.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts discuss tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, with a look Premier Eby's response and John Rustad's response to him.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Karin Kirkpatrick, former Liberal MLA, former candidate for the BC United party, and eventual Independent candidate in the 2024 provincial election. She joins us for a conversation about rebuilding a centrist alternative amid her calls for Kevin Falcon to resign as leader of the BC United.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts discuss the latest in the tariff war, the shift in how progressives are talking about Energy East and Trans Mountain, plus Premier Eby's remarks at the Invictus Games.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes no stranger to media or politics, Jas Johal! Jas has had a long career in broadcasting and journalism, was also a former BC Liberal MLA, but has returned to his roots and is known currently as the host of his show on CKNW. And so, Jas and the team will discuss just that: media and politics in BC today.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts will get into some predictions ahead of next week's return of Question Period.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes back the 30th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Janet Austin! She served as LG from 2018-2025 and today shares with the podcast the ways she scenario planned through the political shifts as the province's lieutenant governor.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts will discuss what was in the Throne Speech, and perhaps more importantly, what wasn't. And what the BC Conservatives have planned for their AGM in Nanaimo. Plus a news #clipping to set up a look ahead.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Geoff Meggs emerge from lockup to report on the BC Budget!

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes economist Trevor Tombe to discuss the ongoing tariff war with the United States, as well as a deep look into the recent provincial budget in British Columbia.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts will discuss chaos in the Conservative caucus, the new federal Liberal leadership, and if the BC tabled an austerity budget or not.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes BC Conservative House Leader Áʼa꞉líya Warbus, MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake to the pod.  The political newcomer discusses her decision to enter politics last year, her parliamentary responsibilities, her take on the recent departure of three caucus colleagues, the party’s opposition to Bill 7, and her views on the Treaty process, reconciliation, and being one of four First Nations MLAs in the Legislature.  

In the Strategy Suite, Kate, Geoff, and Mike discuss the Eby government’s bid for increased powers (Bill 7), the demise of the Carbon Tax, BC Hydro rate hikes, and look ahead to the federal election campaign.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes a legend and pioneer in Canadian polling and politics, Allan Gregg. We'll discuss all those things on the pod, and of course, the federal election. Today, Allan can found as a Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, and on his podcast “Red-Tory”.

In the Strategy Suite, our hosts will share an important announcement for listeners, where they'll also be joined by Caroline Elliott, a PhD in democratic theory from SFU, and well known in political circles.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia.

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🏨🌄  This week Hotel Pacifico welcomes Matt Stickney, former Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Trudeau. A Surrey boy through and through, Matt discusses working in the PMO, bringing a suburban voice to the table, how premiers make their case for federal attention, and Surrey's growing clout. 

In the Strategy Suite, the hosts mark the end of the consumer carbon tax, discuss foreign interference, Gregor Robertson's updated messaging, and Premier Eby's approval ratings.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia.

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🏨🌄  Pollster Greg Lyle (Innovative Research Group) stops by Hotel Pacifico this week to discuss the federal race with Mike, Geoff, and guest co-host Aisha Estey. Greg drills down into the data about what’s driving the Liberal lead in the polls (Trump!) and how the Conservatives, NDP, and Bloc are playing catch-up.   

In the Strategy Suite, Mike, Geoff, and Aisha discuss the federal race in BC, and on provincial politics, the recent credit downgrades, Bill 7, and last weekend’s City of Vancouver byelection.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia.

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🏨🌄 This week at Kate, Mike, and Geoff welcome the 34th Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell. Gordon discusses the federal election, the US tariff dispute, how Canada needs to build on its strengths, and just get rid of those internal trade barriers, already.  He also laments the impact on future generations of today’s decisions leading to debt and deficits, and high housing prices. 

In the Strategy Suite, the hosts are joined by veteran campaigner Marko Dekovic for a discussion on Button Gate, “taking a day off” on the campaign trail, MLA pay, and “they’re indoctrinating our kids”.  Mike and Marko pull a fast one, rather, an “Ed Fast” one, in the Mini Bar.

Join Mike McDonald, Kate Hammer, and Geoff Meggs for insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics.

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SPECIAL POD: 🏨🌄  This Sunday at Hotel Pacifico Mike McDonald and Richard Zussman launch our "Battle for BC" segment with a riding by riding review of 2025 federal election. Mike and Richard will join us each Sunday during the federal election with a look at a new set of ridings in British Columbia.

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