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British Columbia’s Budget Dodge
On this edition of Journal, we take a close look at British Columbia’s recent budget update – and try not to rant in frustration.
Whose Land is it?
On this edition of Journal: another look at the growing tension between aboriginal title and individual property rights.
Vancouver’s New Chief of Police
On this edition of Journal we take a look at one of the most challenging jobs in society: policing.
Oh, To Be a Mayor in BC!
On this edition of Journal, we examine two public policy initiatives that are turning the governing of our province upside down.
British Columbia: Food Production Superpower?
On this edition of Journal, a look at our food industry and how it is affected by the US President’s on-again, off-again, and maybe on-again tariff threats.
Indigenous Ingenuity
On this edition of Journal, we examine economic reconciliation in action – and not just in theory.
Untangling TransLink
On this episode of Journal, we try to untangle the complicated, twisted world of transit.
Democracy at Risk
On this edition of Journal: in the midst of political turmoil on all fronts, we take a look at how democracy is holding up as a governance construct.
Who Has Our Back?
On this edition of Journal, we look at how we can’t avoid the escalation in violence against police in British Columbia – police who take an oath to serve and protect us, no matter the cost to themselves.
Food Banks Going Hungry
On this edition of Journal, we look at how inflation and higher costs for just about everything, especially housing, are affecting British Columbians.
Breaking Down Trade Barriers
On this episode of Journal, we try to understand the complexity of our interprovincial trade barriers – those infamous barriers everyone is now talking about.
Columbia River Water
On this edition of Journal, we take a close look at something we all take for granted: water.
Policing in Vancouver
On this edition of Journal, we take a look at the dramatic changes we have seen in policing in the last few decades through the eyes of retiring Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Department, Adam Palmer.
Supportive Housing
On this edition of Journal, Dr. Julian Somers joins me to examine the need for a province-wide plan to support those with Complex Co-occurring Disorders, or CCDs.
Vancouverism Urban Planning
In this edition of Journal, we wade into the fraught topic of city planning, density and affordability by examining Vancouver’s latest efforts to get more housing built – no matter what.
Polling and Pollsters
In this edition of Journal, we take a close look at the art of pollsters. You know – if you want to know what your neighbours are thinking, or what Canada is thinking, ask a pollster.
Hell in the Streets
In this edition of Journal, we examine the “horrors that exist on our streets.” That phrase was used by Leonard Krog, the mayor of Nanaimo to describe what he sees every day in his city.
To Tariff or Not?
In this edition of Journal, “To Tariff or not to Tariff – that is the question.” With apologies to Hamlet, but it is what people are talking about.
So You Want to Be The Mayor
In this edition of Journal, we take a close look at the challenges that mayors face every minute of every day.
