Jordan Bateman
Jordan Bateman has a long history of public policy work, championing small business and fiscal responsibility. Currently the Vice President, Communications & Marketing for the Independent Contractors and Business Association (ICBA), Jordan also served six years as the B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and was a two-term Langley Township Councillor.
#BCPOLI Hotstove: BC Budget 2021-22 Postgame show
Maclean and Jordan break down the 2021-22 BC Budget, including…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Don’t turn the page yet
Maclean and Jordan discuss the NDP’s Throne Speech, which reeeeeeeaaaaallllllly…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Pandemic despair and taxing thin air
Maclean and Jordan discuss the troubling pandemic numbers in BC,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Dr. Weaver vs Bike Twitter
Maclean and Jordan talk about expensive public toilets, Dr. Andrew…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Power, property, and perceived frontrunners
Maclean and Jordan talk about a good week in QP…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Long time vaccinator, first time caller
Maclean and Jordan discuss the role of the opposition and…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Site C, Small Business, COVID Life
Maclean and Jordan discuss all the week’s big political issues,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Under the B, Blunder
Maclean and Jordan talk about the BC Government’s COVID-19 mental…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Confusion about the Commission
Maclean Kay and Jordan Bateman react to the vast differences…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: This should have been a busy week
Maclean and Jordan battle through a glitchy Internet to talk…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: No Super Bowl for you!
Maclean and Jordan try to overcome crushing morosity to talk…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Week by week messaging
Maclean and Jordan work through their helplessness, frustration, and other…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Flight of the Falcon?
After a too-long ramble about government IT and iPads, Maclean…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Vaccination, Speculation, Broken Nation
Maclean and Jordan discuss a number of topics, including vaccination…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Political travelers and the Premiers who fire them
Maclean and Jordan reconvene to discover 2021 is the year…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Putting a bow on 2020
Maclean and Jordan close out 2020 with a discussion on…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Clawbacks and COVID Christmases
Maclean and Jordan sift through the big BC political news,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Speaker’s Big Week
Maclean and Jordan discuss Raj Chouhan’s historic ascension to the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Critics, COVID, and Canadian Debt
Maclean and Jordan talk some big, heavy issues today: the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Cabinet making, claim staking, hope breaking
Maclean and Jordan discuss John Horgan’s cabinet choices — and…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Bond. Shirley Bond.
Maclean and Jordan discuss the selection of Shirley Bond as…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – Playing the Blame Game
Maclean and Jordan talk about Gavin Dew’s analysis of the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Snappening
Maclean and Jordan get metaphorical on this episode, discussing the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Playing the (leadership) Field
Maclean and Jordan look at the contenders and pretenders in…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: ‘Twas the Night Before Election Day
Maclean and Jordan convene one final time to discuss the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Rise of the Broverlord
With just four days left in the campaign, Maclean and…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Game of Throness
Maclean and Jordan dig into the ramifications of Andrew Wilkinson…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Recapping the debate
Maclean and Jordan convene immediately after the BC leaders’ debate…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Premier Us vs. Them
Maclean and Jordan discuss the third week of the BC…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: All politics is local, Surrey edition
Maclean and Jordan discuss the BC Liberals’ attempt to take…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: COVID elections are…kinda boring
Maclean and Jordan venture beyond the bubble* and see surprisingly…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: the campaign’s first big splash
Andrew Wilkinson says he’ll scrap the PST for a year…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Week 1, anyone having fun?
Maclean and Jordan talk about the first week of the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The race is on…for some reason
Maclean and Jordan, noted fall election skeptics, come to terms…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: A Matter of Overconfidence?
Maclean and Jordan try to figure out why on earth…
Read moreBuilding a safe worksite
Construction companies are used to overcoming challenges on projects, and…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: BC’s other health crisis
Maclean and Jordan discuss the NDP’s handling of the opioid…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Morneau out of bucks to give
Maclean and Jordan break down the shocking news that Bill…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: School’s out for…longer?
Maclean and Jordan look at the sudden decision to delay…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Schools, slumps, and streaks
Maclean and Jordan discuss the NDP Government’s school reopening announcement…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Apologia
Maclean and Jordan discuss the Summer of Apologies, plus how…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Red ink and red tape
Maclean and Jordan try and make sense of the province’s…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: EI, TMX, SCC, CBAs, CPC and other acronyms
Maclean and Jordan talk about John Horgan’s curious delay on…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The pols are back in town (Return of the Ledge)
Maclean and Jordan discuss the first two days of the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Monopoly, Massey, and Mishaps
Maclean and Jordan ponder ICBC Monopoly, a house fall federal…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: The A(&W)lberta Advantage?
Maclean and Jordan look eastward at what’s reopening in Alberta…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Reopening Proceedeth
Maclean and Jordan discuss the good and bad of reopening…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – there’s no place like home…there’s no place like home…
Maclean and Jordan reunite to talk about the return of…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Underscore & Bateman talk BC comeback
It’s Switcheroo Week 1 here at The Orca, as UnSpun’s…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Wild Wild West
Maclean and Jordan talk about extrapolitical salaries, the deal with…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Breaking dawn
Maclean and Jordan ponder the plan to gradually reopen the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: COVID-19 snapshots and ‘winning the peace’
Maclean and Jordan discuss a range of COVID-19 topics, including…
Read moreMinor hockey – like life – may look very different this fall
Make no mistake: restarting British Columbia after The Great Isolation…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: the elusive new normal
Maclean and Jordan ponder how consumer-facing businesses (retail, tourism, shops,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: A tale of different cities
Maclean and Jordan continue their COVID-19 discussions, including an audio…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Dreaming of recovery
Maclean and Jordan discuss life and politics in the Great…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The No April Fools Edition
Maclean and Jordan continue to navigate the strange new political…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – Social, er, physical distancing, day 10
Maclean and Jordan discuss life in isolation, governments’ slow response…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Is the Salish Sea enough Social Distance?
Maclean and Jordan check in from their home offices to…
Read moreThe QPees: Married to the Mob
THE QPEE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SEMI-TRIUMPHANT RETURNS By popular demand,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Protests take a break – but politics never sleeps
Maclean and Jordan discuss the suddenly-quiet protest issue, the NDP’s…
Read moreSomething in the water
American groups funding eco-activists opposed to Canadian oil and gas…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: A(nother) long night at the ledge
Maclean and Jordan break down the Legislature protest news, including…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Protests, apologies, and the perils of Twitter
Maclean and Jordan try to figure out what the heck…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – Live from Budget 2020
Jordan Bateman and Maclean Kay were both in Victoria for…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Protest in Victoria – and beyond
Maclean and Jordan break down all the players in this…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: TMX, tight polls, tighter budget
Maclean and Jordan talk about the NDP’s plan for the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Ride sharing woes, leadership races
Maclean and Jordan ponder Surrey’s war on ridesharing, the CPC…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: A mini shuffle, a big court loss, and an extra big rant
Maclean and Jordan tackle John Horgan’s petite cabinet shuffle, the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Winter has come
Maclean and Jordan consider all the big political issues: Jordan…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Election speculation, leadership races, and the UN
Hypocrisy, hijinks, and hilariously awful one-liners abound. How can you…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Santa’s naughty and nice list
Who’s been nice in politics? Who’s been naughty? Santa Claus…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Strikes, Surrey, and interviews that will never be
Jordan gives John Horgan heck for dodging a year end…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Gaffes, laughs, and big asks
Maclean and Jordan break down Trudeau’s boom mike gaffe, Horgan’s…
Read moreThe QPees: Take all the lessons
THE QPEE FOR EXCELLENCE IN QUESTION EVASION It’s a pretty…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Laborious labour files, and taxes, taxes, taxes
Maclean and Jordan talk about the final week of the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Of bus strikes, cabinets, turkeys, and councils gone bad
Maclean and Jordan talk about the impending transit strike in…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Bawls and Strikes
Maclean and Jordan talk government hypocrisy, quiet Ottawa, another mill…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Who’s in Cabinet, Power 50, and (another) prop rep revival
Maclean and Jordan ponder the quiet start to Justin Trudeau’s…
Read moreThe QPees: Will the NDP buy the farm on agriculture changes?
THE QPEE FOR EXCELLENCE IN STORYTELLING A little secret: there…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: farm fights, Green leaders and making up with Mike de Jong
Maclean and Jordan talk all things #bcpoli – including an…
Read moreThe QPees: Eby takes out court loss on opposition
THE QPEE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EXCUSES We know, we know,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: federal election fallout
Jordan heads overseas to have an in-person visit with Maclean,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Five days ’til the election
Maclean and Jordan talk federal election early turnout, ICBC, Hulk…
Read moreIntroducing the QPees – For Excellence in Question Period
THE QPEE FOR EXCELLENCE IN INSPIRATION Like thousands of others,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove LIVE: Weaver, Sims and an epic Massey rant
Maclean and Jordan talk about the beginning of Andrew Weaver’s…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Orca turns 1 and the NDP struggle at UBCM
Maclean and Jordan get together to chat about the Orca’s…
Read moreNo bridge at the end of the tunnel
The 60-year-old Massey Tunnel sits on the bottom of the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: breaking down week 1 of the federal election
Maclean and Jordan talk about the leaders, the campaign launch,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: On dropping writs and fiscal fortunes
Maclean and Jordan talk some federal politics on Day 1…
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