Will the B.C. election gamble be the most 'ill-advised' ever?

American officials are alleging Canadian electoral interference in the U.S. midterms, what’s behind the latest missives from the Trump administration? And as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asks separatists in her party to accept their loss or leave, will they listen? The National Post’s Stuart Thomson and Tonda MacCharles of the Toronto Star discuss. 

Then, as British Columbia heads to the polls after Premier David Eby’s snap election call, Catherine Cullen sits down with Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, to hear why Eby’s gamble on calling an election two years early may backfire. With the key battleground of Surrey facing more violent extortion threats since the last election, The House visits NDP candidate Jinny Sims and Conservative candidate Trevor Halford and hear their parties’ plans for public safety.

Plus, two-term Green Party city councillor Pete Fry took down incumbent Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim in last week’s municipal election. Catherine Cullen meets Fry out on the streets of Vancouver to talk about the major challenges the city faces and what he’s learned from his mother, long-term Liberal MP Hedy Fry.

This episode features the voices of:

• Tonda MacCharles, The Toronto Star

• Stuart Thomson, The National Post

• Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute 

• Jinny Sims, B.C. NDP candidate

• Trevor Halford, B.C. Conservative candidate

• Pete Fry, Vancouver mayor elect