Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Open Lines continue as listeners are able to speak with Adam and provide their thoughts and concerns on topics covered on the show including legal understandings, the Pickleball courts, Royal B.C Museum, government spending, and a Vancouver Island train system. Dr. Stuart Smyth,  Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, & holds the Agri-Food Innovation and Sustainability Enhancement Chair joins the program to speak about the rising inflation rates on food in Canada. Dr. Smyth acknowledges the silver lining as Canadians are spending less of their wages on food compared to other industrial countries.

Adam shifts focus to the Royal British Columbia Museum as the provincial government had announced last week that the museum will be rebuilt and upgraded at the cost of $800 million. Open Lines are aviable for listeners to voice their thoughts and opinions with Adam on topics covered on the show including the RBC Museum and Pickleball courts.  Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers joins the program for the weekly Legally Speaking segment with Adam as Mulligan shares interesting and notably legal proceedings. The first case Mulligan explains sees a party goer get intoxicated on drugs and alcohol to the point of being considered an  automaton and how the court proceeded with the crimes committed by this intoxicated individual. Afterwards, Mulligan provides an understanding of how decisions are shared among various levels of Canadian courts and how courts are the same level remain consistent. Finally, Mulligan addresses a case in B.C that involves ICBC.

Dr. Stuart Smyth,  Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, & holds the Agri-Food Innovation and Sustainability Enhancement Chair joins the program to speak about the rising inflation rates on food in Canada. Dr. Smyth acknowledges the silver lining as Canadians are spending less of their wages on food compared to other industrial countries. 

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Dr. Jennifer Lush, Victoria Family Physician joins the program to speak about doctor shortage crisis and a World Family Doctor Day rally planned for tomorrow outside of Legislature. Dr. Lush notes that without a complete system overhaul, we may continue to see doctors changing practices or leaving B.C. Additionally, Dr. Lush acknowledges that privatizing health care is not likely the solution but rather a hybrid model could be more effective. Sonia Furstenau, B.C Green leader speaks with Rob about various topics including hiking gas prices, free transit, RBC Museum, and B.C healthcare. Furstenau speculates upon the lack of details from officials about the budget for the RBC Museum’s rebuild and stresses that the government should be held more accountable for how money is being spent.  

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Katie DeRosa, Reporter, Time Colonist, and Bhinder Sajan, News Reporter, CTV Vancouver join Rob for a roundtable discussion about key topics in B.C politics over the last week. In particular, DeRosa and Sajan provides their opinions on the RBC museum, gas prices, the B.C Liberal Party, inflation, healthcare and more. Raj Sahota, lawyer with Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota, joins the program to speak about a class-action-lawsuit that Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota are representing. Sahota provides an understanding of the lawsuit in which children in foster care were not provided with resources in dealing with mental, sexual, physical assaults and other trauma from the province. Sahota also acknowledges that an overwhelming amounts of the victims are indigenous peoples.

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Katie DeRosa, Reporter, Time Colonist, and Bhinder Sajan, News Reporter, CTV Vancouver join Rob for a roundtable discussion about key topics in B.C politics over the last week. In particular, DeRosa and Sajan provides their opinions on the RBC museum, gas prices, the B.C Liberal Party, inflation, healthcare and more. 

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Mayco Noël, mayor of Ucluelet joins the program to chat with Rob about illegal camping in the Tofino/Ucluelet area as well as Ucluelet’s health care services. Mayor Noel notes that illegal campers have been leaving significant amounts of garbage and trash that is left for the local community members to clean up. Mayor Noel also talks about the current state of Ucluelet’s healthcare facility as the business model for the clinic has been detrimental. Afterwrads, Curtis Pelletier, Victoria Harbourcats General Manager provides an update on the HarbourCats season opener on May 31st and notes that they are looking to hire several new staff members. Then, Ann Chabert, Canadian Blood Services, Local Territory Manager speaks with Rob about how Canadian Blood Services are seeking more donations of all kinds of blood. Chabert also answers various questions from listeners about the process of donating blood.

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Sonia Furstenau, B.C Green leader speaks with Rob about various topics including hiking gas prices, free transit, RBC Museum, and B.C healthcare. Furstenau speculates upon the lack of details from officials about the budget for the RBC Museum’s rebuild and stresses that the government should be held more accountable for how money is being spent.  

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Ann Chabert, Canadian Blood Services, Local Territory Manager speaks with Rob about how Canadian Blood Services are seeking more donations of all kinds of blood. Chabert also answers various questions from listeners about the process of donating blood.

CTV’s Rob Buffam sits in for Adam Stirling. Raj Sahota, lawyer with Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota, joins the program to speak about a class-action-lawsuit that Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota are representing. Sahota provides an understanding of the lawsuit in which children in foster care were not provided with resources in dealing with mental, sexual, physical assaults and other trauma from the province. Sahota also acknowledges that an overwhelming amounts of the victims are indigenous peoples.