Episodes

  • Highlights from Prime Minister Carney’s first federal budget

    Highlights from Prime Minister Carney’s first federal budget
    Nov 5 2025
    Highlights from Prime Minister Carney’s first federal budget (0:19) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Federal budget: billions in new spending as deficit balloons to $78 billion (10:50) Guest: Sahir Khan, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy. Sahir is also a former Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer Federal budget: What's in it for B.C.? (20:50) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Federal budget scraps oil and gas emissions cap (30:32) Guest: Rachel Doran, Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada Federal budget boosts defense spending: where will the money go? (43:06) Guest: Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies and foreign policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Metro Vancouver forecasts $837 property tax jump in 2026

    Metro Vancouver forecasts $837 property tax jump in 2026
    Nov 4 2025
    Metro Vancouver signals $837 property tax hike in 2026 (0:45) Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and mayoral candidate Why are perfectly good homes filling Coquitlam’s landfills? (15:04) Guest: Craig Hodge, City councillor in Coquitlam and mayoral candidate; Vice chair of Metro Vancouver’s Zero-Waste Committee; Chair of the Nation Zero Waste Council Forestry struggles, Site C costs, and Carney’s first budget: What’s next for B.C.? (25:37) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Feds plan to tackle trucker exploitation in latest budget (40:08) Guest: Dave Earle, President and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association Legendary musician Bif Naked rocks Vancouver with new documentary (52:51) Guest: Bif Naked, Platinum Recording Artist and Best-Selling Author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Legendary musician Bif Naked rocks Vancouver with new documentary

    Legendary musician Bif Naked rocks Vancouver with new documentary
    Nov 4 2025
    Guest: Bif Naked, Platinum Recording Artist and Best-Selling Author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Commentary: Inside the costly lessons behind Site C’s $16-billion price tag

    Commentary: Inside the costly lessons behind Site C’s $16-billion price tag
    Nov 4 2025
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    6 mins
  • Why are perfectly good homes filling Coquitlam’s landfills?

    Why are perfectly good homes filling Coquitlam’s landfills?
    Nov 4 2025
    Guest: Craig Hodge, City councillor in Coquitlam and mayoral candidate; Vice chair of Metro Vancouver’s Zero-Waste Committee; Chair of the Nation Zero Waste Council Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Metro Vancouver signals $837 property tax hike in 2026

    Metro Vancouver signals $837 property tax hike in 2026
    Nov 4 2025
    Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Surrey seeks 150 more officers to tackle extortion: a viable solution or a cop-out?

    Surrey seeks 150 more officers to tackle extortion: a viable solution or a cop-out?
    Nov 1 2025
    Surrey seeks 150 more officers to tackle extortion: a viable solution or a cop-out? (1:00) Guest: Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate The Week That Was in Politics: Eby’s numbers (9:38) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Halloween Candy shrinkflation: More trick, less treat? (23:45) Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer of Economics at Concordia University in Montreal West Coast Express celebrates 30 years of service (32:36) Guest: Dr. Stephan Nieweler, independent researcher and consultant who teaches courses on transportation at the university level The Wrap - Should social media influencers require degrees or specialization? (42:32) Plus, what is the worst Halloween candy? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • The Wrap: Should social media influencers require degrees or specialization?

    The Wrap: Should social media influencers require degrees or specialization?
    Nov 1 2025
    Plus, what is the worst Halloween candy? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins