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The 12th Premier of the Yukon, Honourable Currie Dixon, joins Mike & Geoff for a special edition of ‘Hotel Arctico'. Dixon’s Yukon Party won a decisive majority in the 2025 territorial election. He discusses his attendance at the recent First Ministers’ meeting, major mining proposals in the Yukon, a grid connection to British Columbia, and arctic sovereignty.

In the Strategy Suite, Mike and Geoff discuss treason (!), austerity (!), ICE (!), and Conservative purity tests (!). Mike even discusses John A. (!) All that and more.

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This week, it’s Hotel Davos. In the wake of Prime Minister Carney’s address, Mike and Geoff invite former premier Glen Clark and former federal Industry minister James Moore to discuss its meaning and where to from here, including analysis of Pierre Poilievre’s response.

In the Strategy Suite, Aileen Machell, former deputy chief of staff to Premier Eby, joins Mike and Geoff to discuss natural resource development, a new op ed on Indigenous issues from a former A-G, and Darrell deals himself into BC Conservative leadership race.

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Mike and Geoff welcome longtime BC public servant Doug Caul. He walks into Hotel Pacifico with three decades of experience in the BC Public Service including leadership roles in Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, Environmental Assessment, various economic ministries, along with serving as Deputy Minister in the Premier’s office until his recent retirement. With a lot of debate taking place in BC on Indigenous rights, Doug helps break down Section 35 constitutional rights, First Nations treaties, DRIPA, and the tools in the toolbox for agreements between First Nations, industry, and government.

In the Strategy Suite, Geoff and Mike comment on a change in staffing at the top of the Premier’s Office, Decrim in the Dustbin, the state of the Conservative race - who’s in, who’s out, and, before the lights turn out, Resource Impresario Sarah Weber is a late check-in, bringing news of the upcoming BC Natural Resource Forum and ensuring Mike has his bags packed for frigid but friendly Prince George.

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