Rob Shaw
Rob Shaw has spent more than 13 years covering B.C. politics, and is currently reporting at the legislature for CHEK News in Victoria. He was previously a legislative columnist and reporter at The Vancouver Sun, and a political reporter at the Victoria Times Colonist. Rob is the co-author of the national best-selling book A Matter of Confidence. He is also a weekly political commentator on CBC Radio’s All Points West and Radio West shows. He lives in Victoria.
Bubbling beneath
Premier John Horgan’s personal popularity remains at extraordinary levels – so…
Read more‘Complacency, arrogance, and indifference’
It’s hard to tell if BC New Democrats actually thought…
Read moreMisery loves company – and has found it
There’s an old saying that misery loves company. And it’s…
Read morePolitical Capital 48 – COVID masks dropped, political pressure on gas prices
BC has dropped masks as part of its new COVID…
Read moreNursing hopes of a contract boost
Hundreds of thousands of BC’s public sector workers will be…
Read moreFrom ‘right to know’ to left alone
The BC government is back-peddling away from its promise to…
Read morePolitical Capital 47 – BC’s Ukraine/Russia response, COVID-19 reopening
What role if any does a province like BC have…
Read moreGas and political indigestion
Premier John Horgan is feeling the political heat over record-high…
Read morePolitical Capital – BC budget, minister pay, overdose crisis, new ministers
The BC budget has landed, what’s good, bad and meh…
Read moreNothing new – not even the slogan
BC’s new Economic Plan is a flashy 40-page document full…
Read moreWhich party owns ‘affordability?’ We’ll find out in a few years.
The “affordability issue” has been a winning formula for the…
Read morePolitical Capital 44 – Throne speech, reopening plans, and Kevin Falcon
Did the BC government’s new throne speech accomplish anything, or…
Read morePolitical Capital 43 – Erin O’Toole, protests, BC Liberal leadership
What does the resignation of federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole…
Read moreAbout Falcon time
The BC Liberal Party’s contentious and seemingly never-ending leadership race…
Read moreBC prepares to shift to the next phase of COVID management
Like much of the world, BC blew through its “restart”…
Read moreThe three-year solution
Vancouver’s best-known real estate marketer may have made his career…
Read morePolitical Capital 42 – Passports, protests, housing, and more
BC extends the vaccine card, what’s been the reaction and…
Read morePolitical Capital 41 – COVID confusion and the final BC Liberal leadership debate
A confusing week on COVID restrictions has the government on…
Read morePaid parking returns to BC hospitals
When BC announced the return of paid parking at hospitals…
Read moreInvest in some bold ideas
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked his housing minister to…
Read moreOnce again, social media isn’t representative
BC’s Health Minister is shrugging off a new poll that…
Read moreMeet the New Year, same as the Old Year
British Columbians nervously waiting for their turn to get vaccinated,…
Read moreBetter late than never, but why late at all?
BC businesses forced to shut down due to new public…
Read moreOn an island
Amidst another extraordinary pandemic press conference, to address another unprecedented…
Read moreForestry Ministry’s deadline was DOA
BC’s plan to protect old growth forests from logging is…
Read morePenticton council does the right thing – through gritted teeth
It sounded like such a heartwarming turn of events: The…
Read morePolitical Capital 38 – 2021 in review; highs, lows, and meh.
The show ends 2021 with a blockbuster year-in-review, as the…
Read more‘A small town bureaucratic nightmare come to life.’
BC’s Ombudsperson is urging the province to set new guidelines…
Read moreThink locally, vaccinate globally
British Columbians are rightly anxious about the impact of COVID-19…
Read morePolitical Capital 37 – Disaster response, missed deadlines, FOI fight
BC is sharply criticized for slow disaster response by the…
Read morePolitical Capital 36 – Disaster response, sick pay, and more
The province attempts to do a better job preparing and…
Read morePolitical Capital 35 – When it rains, it pours
BC is hit by devastating flooding and landslides, how did…
Read moreDon’t run with the wrong crowd
Anti-vaxxers will still be allowed to protest inside BC’s new…
Read moreNo option except to claw back the clawback
BC’s abrupt changes to autism funding have thrown families into…
Read morePolitical Capital 34 – Forestry, decriminalization, and more
BC’s new old growth deferral plan picks up criticism from…
Read moreBC’s real estate reforms a cup of coffee, instead of much-needed sleep
BC has introduced new “cooling off” periods for home sales…
Read morePolitical Capital 33 – Premier’s health, climate plan 2.0, FOI fight
Premier John Horgan has revealed a personal health challenge –…
Read moreOn housing, one step forward – leaving dozens and dozens still to take
The BC government continues to tinker around the edges of…
Read moreInaction speaks louder than words
They say silence speaks volumes, and if that’s the case…
Read morePolitical Capital 32 – FOI fees backlash, two vax passports, and more
Premier John Horgan’s government finds itself accused of hypocrisy by…
Read moreWhen freedom of information is neither free nor informative
At first glance, the BC NDP government’s flimsy and at…
Read morePolitical Capital 31 – BC’s first mandatory vax, and the Gunn(s) of October
BC has started its first mandatory vaccine rule in the…
Read morePublic sector booming – or ballooning?
A record number of people are now working in Canada’s…
Read morePolitical Capital 30 – BC punts teacher vaccines to school districts, and week one of the fall session
BC is under fire for its decision to require 60…
Read moreOn school vaccine mandates, the NDP boldly decides to let someone else boldly decide
BC school trustees have never had an easy job, but…
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