Democracy Watch

In this episode we hear an audio documentary produced by Alex de Boer, which explores the relationship between City staff and City Councillors. After that, News Collective member Gui Rosales presents a policy discussion on the history of vacancy control in B.C.

In this episode, the News Collective unpacks the federal budget's media bailout. After that, collective member Cinar Kiper interviews Jeanette Ageson, publisher of The Tyee and Emma Gilchrist, Editor-in-Chief of The Narwhal, on how this bailout could affect their independent media organizations.

In this episode we hear a piece produced by two masters of public policy students on what makes an effective policy advocate. After that the News Collective discusses the Vancouver Park Board’s recent decision to open a warming centre in the DTES’ Oppenheimer Park. The show ends with a special in-studio interview with producer Alexander Kim of the new Vancouver overdose crisis podcast, Crackdown.

This is our last 2019 Fundrive episode! You can still donate by going to citr.ca/donate

In this episode we discuss push back from the West Kits Residents Association on the Broadway corridor subway extension. After that, folks living in Oppenheimer Park explain why they would rather live in a tent city than a shelter.

This is a special Fundrive kick off show! We play music from our sitting mayor's '90s rock band, State of Mind, and discuss news from Vancouver City Hall including Motion B.10 (Protecting Tenants from Renovictions and Aggressive Buyouts) and Motion B.4 (Helping Campers in Oppenheimer Park).

The show begins with local data analyst and census mapper, Jens Von Bergmann, who explains what Vancouver's individual ballots data tells us about October's 2018 municipal election. We then turn to reporting from Wednesday's public hearing on a mixed-housing and detox centre proposed to be built at 1636 Clark Drive and 1321-1395 East 1st Avenue. Perspectives for and against the project are given by members of the Grandview Woodland Area Council, the Vancouver Tenants Union, the Live Big Society and the Carnegie Community Action Plan.

This is an extended edition of Democracy Watch. The show begins with a feature on BC’s first Open Mosque Day. Reporter Hina Imam speaks live with Mosque Day Program Manager Adnan Akiel about the significance of this cultural event.

We then turn to the City's Rental 100 program, which has Vancouver's housing advocates divided. The News Collective speaks with Karen Sawatzky, former Chair of a Vancouver Renter Advisory Committee and member of Abundant Housing and Sara Sagii, a Steering Committee member of the Vancouver Tenants Union.

On today's show we discuss an innovative new renter-protection bylaw passed in New West with City Councillor Jaimie McEvoy. We then turn to Part 2 of our Climate Change series, featuring the UBC climate justice group, UBCc350, who are running a fossil fuel divestment campaign on campus.

In this episode reporter Frances Bula breaks down City Council's January 30th vote to endorse an extended subway line out to UBC. Bula discusses the significance of all three Green Councillors voting in favour of this motion and what it means that Councillors Jean Swanson and Colleen Hardwick both voted in opposition. We hear final speeches made by both Hardwick and Swanson before casting their vote against this motion.

The show concludes in an interview with incumbent Green City Councillor Adriane Carr. Carr discusses the City's recent vote to declare a climate emergency and the need for collaboration with Vancouver's diversity of communities when seeking environmental justice.

On today’s show we begin by learning about logging in Vancouver Island's old growth forests. News Collective reporter Ande Laidman speaks with Western Canada Wilderness Committee canvaser James Davey about the intricacies of logging in the area of Carmanah Walbran.

We then debunk accusations of sexism launched against various UBC groups/organizations, by the UBC Men’s Rights Association—a rejected AMS club.

Lastly we asses a January 15th motion to rezone two developments at 2230 Harrison Drive and 3532 East Hastings under a Rental 100 policy. Both Sara Sagaii of the Vancouver Tenants Union and City Councilor Adriane Carr give their perspective on whether the new Council should continue incentivizing the construction of rental developments under the previous Council's Rental 100 policy.