Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Adam kicks off the hour finishing his discussion on the missing middle housing public hearing. Then, Gary Beyer calls in to announce his run for City of Victoria Council. After, Adam goes to opens lines to get opinions from callers. To finish off the hour, Adam takes more calls from listeners.

Ron Cheffins, UVIC Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science joins the show to discuss Canadian politics, focusing on recently released Canadian federal and provincial polls.

Ron Cheffins, UVIC Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science joins Adam to discuss recently released polls regarding Canadian Federal and Provincial Politics. After, Adam takes calls from listeners to finish off the show.

Adam opens the hour by going over the missing middle housing public hearing. He listens to clips from the hearing and examines views from people on either side of the proposal, giving commentary on the conversations had.

Adam opens up the show talking about Missing Middle Housing and the looming public hearing coming the night of today’s show. After, Adam looks at the medical crisis raging through British Columbia and the struggles of finding a family doctor. Later in the hour, Adam looks at the rising wait times with emergency calls due to staffing shortages and burnout. To finish the hour, Adam takes calls from listeners.

Ross Crockford from Focus on Victoria Magazine joins the show at the top of the hour to discuss an article he wrote called “Missing Middle: A Cheat Sheet”. Later Adam reads texts from listeners. For the second half of the hour, Michael Mulligan joins Adam for their weekly segment, Legally-Speaking.

Adam kicks off the hour reading texts from listeners and goes to open lines. After, Adam takes more calls from listeners with topics ranging from the Langford and Victoria municipalities to healthcare. To finish the hour, Adam goes back to open lines and lets two callers talk to each other.  

Ross Crockford from Focus on Victoria Magazine joins Adam to talk about an article he wrote titled “Missing Middle: A Cheat Sheet”. The Missing Middle Housing policy public hearing is at 6:30 PM on August 4, 2022, hours after the show. Crockford and Stirling look at the cheat sheet and discuss how certain bylaws could interfere with houses being developed.

On Legally-Speaking with Michael Mulligan, Mulligan and Stirling look at multiple cases, including a sexual assault case that went to the supreme court of Canada, a lawyer attempting to dropping out of a case close to the trial start date, and a decision out of the British Columbia court of appeal for an unjust enrichment.

Angela McLaughlin, study’s lead author PHD candidate in Bioinformatics at UBC joins Adam to talk about a new study showing that the Canadian travel restrictions did reduce COVID-19 cases entering the country. Despite this, the restrictions were not as effective in preventing new outbreaks of the virus.