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Türkiye's defence agency had promised the cameras would go to no third party "for any reason." Now Canada has a defence deal with that agency.   Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/ottawa-said-canadian-drone-cameras    PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

Canada spends $400 billion a year on healthcare, 22% more per person than the OECD average. Wait times have tripled since 1993, and buying private insurance for medically necessary care is still illegal. So why can a federal prisoner get surgery faster than YOU?   Dr. Brian Day, orthopedic surgeon, former president of the Canadian Medical Association and founder of Cambie Surgery Centre, returns to Coastal Front to sit down with Andrew Johns for a blunt conversation about rationed care, runaway bureaucracy and his 30-year fight to put patients first.   In this episode: "Deliberately rationed": what BC's Court of Appeal said in the Cambie case 7 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 1978. Just 2.5 today From 9 weeks to 29 weeks: how wait times tripled Why Canada stands alone in banning private health insurance Prisoners, federal judges and foreigners can use Cambie. British Columbians can't The Canada Health Act's founders who quietly used private care For every health bureaucrat in Germany, Canada has 11 64 health authority VPs, 14 ministries of health, and the $3–4 billion Dr. Day would save David Eby nearly quadrupled ICBC fees for fast-track surgery while his office fought Cambie in court Millions spent sending BC cancer patients to Bellingham 16 orthopedic surgeons trained, only 5 stayed in Canada Alberta's dual-practice model and the new Enoch Cree Nation surgical facility "If we did this in China, there would be 100 million protesters" Follow Coastal Front on X: https://x.com/CoastalFrontBC    Subscribe for more straight talk on BC politics and the economy.

Canada's dental plan relied at first on applicants' word that they lacked access to private coverage. Ottawa says it can't be sure why some answered wrongly, so collecting would be unreasonable.   Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/ottawa-forgives-up-to-4348-million    PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

The independent regulator approved four new ferries, now under contract to a Chinese shipyard, with every project dollar figure redacted. And public money keeps flowing.   Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/redacted-bc-ferries-new-ship-costs    PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

For 22 months the province's official status reports kept listing $4.15 billion — including one produced after the $8.5-billion update.   Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/one-project-two-official-numbers    PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

BC is spending about $1 billion a month more than it brings in. Revenue went up $800 million, and the deficit still got worse. So where is YOUR money going? Economist David Williams, VP of Economics at the Business Council of BC, sits down with Andrew Johns on Coastal Front for a candid, numbers-first conversation about BC's spending problem, Canada's lost decade, and why blaming Trump misses the point.   Track the BC NDP's debt in real time: https://bcndpdebtclock.ca   Follow Coastal Front on X: https://x.com/CoastalFrontBC   Subscribe for more straight talk on BC politics and the economy.

BC’s leaders clash over taxes, healthcare and how to pay for their promises ahead of the October 24 election.   Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/big-promises-a-record-deficit-bcs    PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

David Eby wants to hand out $1 million in interest-free business loans, but his plan could cost B.C taxpayers nearly $200 million. Is the government gambling with your money?   Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOH0gUZVFb0    PODCAST INFO: ◆ Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca ◆ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 ◆ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC ◆ Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc ◆ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: ◆ https://x.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front ◆ https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

David Eby takes aim at BC billionaire Jim Pattison, but is he ignoring his own government's spending problems?   Andrew Johns breaks down Eby's controversial remarks, Pattison's contributions to BC's economy, and the NDP government's nearly $14 billion deficit.   Is the government punishing success while failing to address BC's affordability crisis?   Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k3i1p3ZtaY    PODCAST INFO: ◆ Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca ◆ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 ◆ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC ◆ Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc ◆ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: ◆ https://x.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front ◆ https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

FOI records show BC projected millions from its 2018 luxury vehicle tax hike — but no clear accounting of whether the expected revenue materialized or how buyers responded. Read the full article here: httphttps://www.coastalfront.ca/p/bc-raised-its-luxury-car-tax-expecting   PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

As Eby campaigns on Buy Canadian, BC Ferries’ longtime fuel supplier is now owned by a U.S. energy giant with deep ties to Trump’s political operation. Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/ebys-buy-canadian-push-meets-an-awkward  PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

BC's NDP has paid hundreds of millions through BC’s education savings grant. But the real story is who successfully claimed it — and who didn’t. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZSdxtkweI   PODCAST INFO: ◆ Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca ◆ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 ◆ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC ◆ Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc ◆ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: ◆ https://x.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc ◆ https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front ◆ https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart sits down with Coastal Front for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation about Ken Sim, the UBC SkyTrain, policing, property taxes and the future of Vancouver ahead of the 2026 municipal election.   Stewart looks back on his time as an NDP MP and his 2018–2022 term as mayor of Vancouver: leading a split city council, getting the city through COVID, helping bring the FIFA World Cup to BC, and securing funding for the Broadway Plan and the SkyTrain extension to UBC. He explains why he believes the UBC SkyTrain line was fully funded when he left office, what went wrong under Mayor Ken Sim, and why he says Sim "had four years to deliver."   We also get into: 🔹 Why he says he was "never about defunding police," and how he thinks Sim's 100-officer pledge drove up property taxes 🔹 Housing affordability, rental housing, super towers and the Carney–Eby housing announcement 🔹 Whether Metro Vancouver's cities should amalgamate 🔹 Party discipline in Ottawa, his book with Michael Chong, and working with Harper, Trudeau, Singh and Carney 🔹 Whether he'll ever run for office again Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN2ldaukk8k

A BC non-profit society received millions in public funds. Then came unpaid bills, vendor complaints, and an arrest warrant. Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/a-bc-non-profit-got-millions-in-public   PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc

Weeks before sanctioning Streit Group for helping “feed Russia’s war machine,” Ottawa pledged to increase defence exports to Saudi Arabia. Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/selective-outrage-ottawa-sanctions   PODCAST INFO: 🔹 Podcast website: https://www.coastalfront.ca 🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3HhcsH1 🔹 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LyTOgC 🔹 Other Podcast sites: https://linktr.ee/coastalfrontbc 🔹 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@CoastalFront/videos   FOLLOW COASTAL FRONT: 🔹 https://x.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.facebook.com/coastalfrontbc 🔹 https://www.linkedin.com/company/coastal-front 🔹 https://www.instagram.com/coastalfrontbc