{"id":149142,"date":"2025-09-16T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/149142\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:47:09","slug":"conservatives-accuse-b-c-premier-of-spending-up-to-450k-on-comedian-to-write-speeches-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/149142\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives accuse B.C. Premier of spending up to $450K on comedian to write speeches &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPOTVDSHpoMDVIZ2hkeXRSN3VXQXFKR1hUc19CYmxoSVJRaUlEWE9YLWhCQWNBNVdWNjFrdDNFN2ZwY2F1VXlrQm5oZHd6ZV9PN0NZWWN4UVllRHUzbEVIcDE1VVhiQ1dvbUV1QWQzM3pLSm8zX1M3MC1zcDBqb2szbEsxMWV4WDZtY3ptMEtISmFicXJkMTZMQTlub0Y2dno0UHd6T2dCLU5jd3lfdElWbmZnamhSMk9iRmdnVm1IalE1b2RT?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conservatives accuse B.C. Premier of spending up to $450K on comedian to write speeches<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPLThBRTc4TDMwZmMtUmoxNmlXOUU4UFU1MG1PTjlkR0FKeFhPSVg5TkpkLUxyaDVYS3gyTkNiQmo0ZHFqd2NkaDJuSDFOX25PS0Z6WG9lUUNLSElpaFMtaVllWDRWRTN4bFJhOTVlSXdxTFlhb1RGdzVrc3l1NHB1WEpTd21lZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Who is Charlie Demers? What to know about the Vancouver comedian (and NDP speechwriter)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Vancouver Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNdjVLS250cnhCVTY4d3NhOFRWc3M3U0lTbnBydlVETUZpSnRYamhTYjBMNFFEUUp5dVVCSXFGVnplQ0RhYmY1cjhYUk9NaFEwUUw0TjhZR3Nhc3F6eWVlOHZjbGtIMWNwREN0YmM5UzFyTWZuTVNUT3Z1R3F6aDExODAxRGJjQzZrMVlBemJOUmlEZEdxZEJuYVoxanVSRzlGMnpV0gGoAUFVX3lxTE9TbE52aDdGQWxPejRqeFVYNloyd2t5RjBJS1kxcW5MbmUyYk8wSmtyWkJuWlZ0cWg1UjBHUkRodjY5T3gweGhMb2FNMW56TXlGREZyQkpxQXRiTWNidkc1aG9hR1FUdGtiZE9fYjJMUTRTNjdteHd2cjl6Q3BUbHZQRU1KMF9SYW53aWo4NTk5OExBMmlQZE9McC00eHlUc0pTRGMtMTRoWg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">B.C. Premier David Eby questioned over comedian\u2019s speech writing contract<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOdmR6QlptSDBibUo4RDVRLUlQTzRoQUhFWE5YMFVOU2I3c0cwLUxweWhRWWN2ekQ1MnMyOGt2MEY3VGp2NEgwSFJJai1ackxLQkxxTlIwNTNWZmZKY3NnSlFsX2VOcTBHUkJURERTdHJzajVhREtyVldycnlINDhlVVF4elB0NHZDQWUwc0VKc0tYcTh1REVOQ3ktb0Fxc3JOeGNBVWR3V1hId2dYS3NCemtFWldOc1loc2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opposition slam government decision to hire a comedian to write speeches, jokes &#8211; BC News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Castanet<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxObGpIaU4xODVDTHRGVWQzRDJkRVdsZWwteWEyZldZN3AzZUhaVTIxRnVhbC1ORVRXeGdZQ3VPTzhVMXllSHBRWVBCSWt1a1VLUkYzYTZyR295RFpSZURaT2wyU1pZUUdoZWQ4bUNfYUJmc2tYNWl3UFZOQlRiMTZRQ3oyUlR6VkFweThZaXRsaWNPQzg1SHRGRVcyR3Y3YjB1aDFrMENPVHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">B.C. Premier Eby has comedian speechwriter on contract for $150K<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Kelowna Capital News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conservatives accuse B.C. Premier of spending up to $450K on comedian to write speeches&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsWho is Charlie Demers?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,43,44,714,17128,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-149142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-prairies-bc","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}