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.
The importance of being earnest
Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer was in town Friday morning,…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Oil and Water
Maclean and Jordan discuss the fallout from the Alberta election,…
Read morePolitics is a team sport – until you win?
Power changes a person. That’s not a startling revelation –…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – Social Studies Edition
Maclean Kay and Jordan Bateman talk about the burning issues…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – with Andrew Wilkinson
Andrew Wilkinson is the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Incredible Shrinking Cabinet
Just before Maclean went to bask in the oratorical greatness…
Read moreTime to open up the People’s house – in every way
Last week, ICBA president Chris Gardner and I were in…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Budget 2019 Lockup Lockdown
Both Maclean Kay and Jordan Bateman were in the BC…
Read moreBudget 2019: The devil’s in the details
It was a day of re-announcements and pre-announcements in B.C.’s…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Spring Session Preview
Maclean and Jordan chat about what to expect from the…
Read moreWhy is the NDP government collecting email addresses?
A long time ago, a wizened veteran of a thousand…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Mother of All Wrapups
The Mother of All Byelections ™ has come and gone…
Read morePlecas Report outlines shocking expense abuse allegations
British Columbia may have just had its David Dingwall moment:…
Read moreMy long wait for news (any news!) out of Darryl Plecas’ office
For an academic, Daryl Plecas has a surprising streak of…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – The Whole Nine Yards Edition
It’s another busy week in #BCPOLI land. Where to begin?…
Read moreMy prediction for Nanaimo depends on what minute it is
When it comes to predicting the Mother of All By-Elections™,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The Mother of All Byelections ™ Edition
To recap: Last year, John Horgan left Nanaimo’s Leonard Krog,…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Emergency Unscheduled PR Results OMG What Happened Edition
After British Columbia rejected proportional representation for a third time…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Holly Jolly Hotstove
The Hotstove wraps up a tumultuous 2018 by mining for…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Eight is Never Enough
From L’affaire Plecas ™ to The Mother of All Byelections…
Read moreSpending enough to fill a giant cave
Apparently, someone has discovered a giant cave in Wells Gray…
Read moreWhy bet against a spring election? Surrey.
Chatter over a spring 2019 provincial election has grown in…
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