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The season finale of the BC War Room from Sitka Media, brought to you by Westgroup Properties. After the BC Conservatives won a majority government and David Eby announced he is stepping down, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Margareta Dovgal, newly elected Conservative MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown. They talk about her priorities on public safety and the resource economy, the plan to repeal DRIPA, working with Vancouver's new mayor, where the NDP vote went and the lessons of the snap election call.

Ep 18 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media, brought to you by Westgroup Properties. On the last full day of the campaign, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Conservative strategist Angelo Isidorou, former executive director of the Conservative Party of BC. They talk about the party's rise from a scrappy takeover to the edge of government, how Lorne Doerkson united the centre-right, the lessons of the snap election call, the Green vote and the ridings to watch on election night.

Day 31 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media, brought to you by Westgroup Properties. With advance voting closed and turnout down about 9%, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by veteran NDP strategist Raj Sihota to ask whether David Eby can pull off his early election call. The panel makes seat predictions, debates what advance turnout and the Green vote mean, and looks ahead to the leadership questions facing Eby and Emily Lowan after Saturday.

Day 30 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With both major parties promising SkyTrain expansions to Newton and three days left in the campaign, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Vancouver Mayor-elect Pete Fry. He talks about his path from reluctant candidate to record-setting win, leading a new council, his approach to community safety and housing, working with whoever becomes premier and what he'll ask of the next provincial government.

Day 29 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With the campaign arguing over national unity and a new poll showing a three-point race, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by former BC Green MLA Adam Olsen. They talk about how the Greens have evolved, Emily Lowan's wealth tax, David Eby's appeal to Green voters, lessons from the 2017 confidence and supply agreement and why the Greens could decide how close this election ends up.

Day 28 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With the Conservative costings out and five days to go, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Aaron Gunn, Conservative MP for North Island–Powell River, for an extended conversation about David Eby's appeal to Green voters, how smaller parties could swing close ridings, the forestry and DRIPA debate, the meaning of Saturday's municipal results, and why Surrey may once again decide who governs.

Day 25 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. With advance polls open and municipal elections a day away, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals candidate for mayor of Vancouver. They talk about running for city hall during a provincial campaign, why Allam wants the provincial parties to take bigger swings on infrastructure and jobs, the fight over a bridge or tunnel at the Massey crossing and what Vancouver voters are saying at the door.

Day 24 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. The morning after the only televised leaders' debate, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by former BC health and housing minister Ravi Kahlon to debate who won, what each leader needs in the final stretch and what voters are saying at the door. Plus: why Kahlon stepped away from politics, his advice for the next health minister and the fight over housing policy.

Day 23 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. On debate day, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Taleeb Noormohamed, MP for Vancouver Granville, to size up what's at stake in tonight's leaders' debate and the federal-provincial relationship to come. They debate who would be Ottawa's better partner on major projects, clash over DRIPA and resource development, unpack the $10-a-day childcare story and have a spirited exchange about leadership and faith communities.

Ep 10 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. On the eve of the leaders' debate, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani are joined by Barinder Bhullar of Mainland Strategies to break down Surrey: 10 ridings, a 22-vote margin that decided the last government and a city voting in both municipal and provincial elections within eight days. They cover how Surrey's campaigns organize, why the city rewards and punishes governments, and the economic and healthcare issues driving voters.

Day 18 of the BC War Room from Sitka Media. Former Premier Christy Clark joins Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani at the campaign's halfway mark to talk about the snap election call, her 2013 comeback, what Lorne Doerkson and David Eby need to do at next week's debate, the battle for women voters and Surrey, and how a new premier keeps a broad coalition and caucus together.

Day 8 of BC War Room. David Eby and Lorne Doerkson took competing economic plans to Surrey onthe same day, while Emily Lowan pitched a levy on fortunes over $50 million. Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani break down who each plan is built for, what the polls are saying six days before the debate and the gaffes of the campaign so far, from the timing of the election call to the ICBC letter to trial lawyers.

Day 16 of BC War Room. With the only leaders' debate of the campaign set for October 14, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani go inside the week before the debate: the prep, the mock sessions and the spin. Why does a three-leader stage squeeze David Eby? What should Lorne Doerkson and Emily BC War Room — Day 16 copy package 2 Lowan do to win the night? And can a single line still change a campaign, as Gordon Wilson's did in 1991?

Day 15 of the BC snap election cycle. With 18 days until British Columbians vote on October 24, Michael Gardiner and Azim Jiwani break down the target ridings that will decide the election, from the North and the Tri-Cities to Richmond, Delta and the battleground of Surrey. Plus, the NDP's tax message, the healthcare debate and Quebec's stunning election night, where the CAQ was wiped off the map.

Nominations are closed and the ballot is set: 355 candidates across 93 ridings. On Day 14, Azim Jiwani and Michael Gardiner work through the map region by region, from Kelowna Centre and Langley-Willowbrook to Vancouver-Yaletown and Vancouver Island. They pick out the swing ridings that will decide who governs British Columbia on October 24 and ask whether OneBC or Centre BC can play spoiler anywhere.