Eby's Election Gamble Backfires: B.C. Goes Blue

In what will go down as one of the biggest political blunders in Canadian history, David Eby's New Democrats surrender government in British Columbia with a blown snap election call. Relative unknown Lorne Doerkson will lead a Conservative majority government after inheriting the interim leadership of a party in disarray just over a month ago. We get into it all with Supriya Dwivedi (4:20) and former B.C. Premier Christy Clark (11:30) in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West.

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37:00 | "Do I enjoy politics? No. Do I know what I'm doing? No. But am I qualified? Also no." After running a brilliant (but reluctant) campaign, Brady Rogers is now a Kelowna city councillor. Ryan and Supriya check in with the engineer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-elected official to hear more about his "why" and "what now".

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1:05:30 | Don't get blinded by Barack Obama's love for Canada, warns Supriya ahead of U.S. midterm elections on November 3. Do you agree?

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