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: 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…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: TMX in court – chapter 19,657
Maclean and Jordan talk about ANOTHER TransMountain court appeal, the…
Read moreFor Your Consideration: Doug McCallum is the region’s #1 power broker
Every fall, the shadowy cabal that selects Vancouver Magazine’s iconic…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: A Midsummer’s Podcast Dream
Maclean and Jordan talk about all the big issues: the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Heat on ethics, cabinet grades, and Jody’s social media
After a short summer break, the Hotstove returns to discover…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Bike plates, economic worries, Gerry, Jody, BoJo & more
From Prime Minister BoJo, to worrisome signs for BC’s economic…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – The Neverending Story: Speaker’s Office edition
Maclean and Jordan talk about the leadership practice of Speaker…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: let’s talk about elitism
The Elites were out lecturing the common folk this week…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Gas, Dirt, Sewage and Falling Stars
Maclean and Jordan talk about all the big BC/Canada/US political…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Political winners and losers in the #TMX decision
Maclean and Jordan talk about what the TransMountain approval means…
Read moreThe night before TransMountain
’Twas the night before Trans Mountain, and all through the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: Pipelines, Plastic, and Pigskin
Maclean and Jordan talk about the impending Trudeau government decision…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: We know what the parties must do this summer
Maclean and Jordan break down the latest craziness in the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: The End of a Long, Long, Loooooong Session
Maclean and Jordan discuss a potential NDP Cabinet Shuffle, the…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove – no gas tax criticism, and Jinny says Jinny did nothing wrong
Maclean and Jordan work through all the big issues, including…
Read moreJordan Bateman: let’s do the math on gas prices
The BC Liberal Party is using high gas prices to…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: the public inquiry is on
Maclean and Jordan chat about the breaking news that the…
Read more#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Live from the Legislature
Jordan is over in Victoria for meetings, so he and…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: BC vs. Alberta, Labour Code changes, and…dancing poo?
Maclean and Jordan discuss what’s hot and not in BC…
Read more#BCPOLI Hotstove: gas prices, labour issues, Maple Ridge & Ministers Irresponsible
Come for the smart, funny and incisive political discussion. Stay…
Read moreThe 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™,…
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