Let’s get the latest on a developing story this hour in Winnipeg.

46 people have been taken to hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a hotel in the city. The latest we know is that 15 of them are in critical condition.

Global News Reporter, Diana Foxall, joins us now for more details.

Guest: Diana Foxall

Global News Radio reporter

More now on a story we brought you yesterday: for the second time in three years, the RCMP has settled a class action lawsuit over sexual harassment, and once again it's for $100 million.

Lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Angela Bespflug, was on the show yesterday afternoon and she says the women were brave in coming forward. 

This latest settlement covers 41,000 women who were civilian employees, and is similar to the $100 million settlement reached in 2016 with female officers. Former RCMP spokesperson, Catherine Galliford filed a lawsuit claiming multiple members of the force sexually harassed, assaulted and intimidated her on several occasions.

Guest: Catherine Galliford

Former RCMP Spokesperson​

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More now on a story we brought you yesterday: for the second time in three years, the RCMP has settled a class action lawsuit over sexual harassment, and once again it's for $100 million.

Lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Angela Bespflug, was on the show yesterday afternoon and she says the women were brave in coming forward. 

This latest settlement covers 41,000 women who were civilian employees, and is similar to the $100 million settlement reached in 2016 with female officers. Former RCMP spokesperson, Catherine Galliford filed a lawsuit claiming multiple members of the force sexually harassed, assaulted and intimidated her on several occasions.

Guest: Catherine Galliford

Former RCMP Spokesperson​

That’s NDP MLA, Bowinn Ma, with the latest timeline for when people can expect to get ride hailing in BC. From September 3rd, companies can apply to provide the service. 

Ma says new regulations will require transportation network companies to pay five-thousand dollar annual licence fees and charge 30 cents per ride on vehicles that don't have access for disabled passengers.

A spokesman for ride-hailing company Lyft says rules and regulations announced by the B-C government could result in a lesser version of the service in the province.

Keith Baldrey has some of the regulations that will be involved.

The MLA for Kamloops-North, Peter Milobar, was part of an all-party ride-sharing committee that made a dozen recommendations to the Transport Ministry about ride sharing legislation. One of those asked for a class 5 license but was shot down almost instantly.

Guest: Peter Milobar

BC Liberals MLA

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That’s NDP MLA, Bowinn Ma, with the latest timeline for when people can expect to get ride hailing in BC. From September 3rd, companies can apply to provide the service. 

Ma says new regulations will require transportation network companies to pay five-thousand dollar annual licence fees and charge 30 cents per ride on vehicles that don't have access for disabled passengers.

A spokesman for ride-hailing company Lyft says rules and regulations announced by the B-C government could result in a lesser version of the service in the province.

Keith Baldrey has some of the regulations that will be involved.

The MLA for Kamloops-North, Peter Milobar, was part of an all-party ride-sharing committee that made a dozen recommendations to the Transport Ministry about ride sharing legislation. One of those asked for a class 5 license but was shot down almost instantly.

Guest: Peter Milobar

BC Liberals MLA

Vote in @JillReports’s

Vote in @JillReports’s 🔥 question of the day: a new report by @ciranews is revealing how Canadians use the internet.

Today, we’re asking: do you use your phone while using the washroom? Reply and tell us why, or why not.

Yes, it passes the time

No, that’s disgusting

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Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @jillreports's 🔥 question of the day: drive-thrus have attracted criticism lately, because of concerns about idling cars, and littering. Now, a Coquitlam councillor says she’s heard from residents who want to see them banned.

Would you support a drive-thru ban?

Yes, they’re a nuisance

No, they’re useful

 

Chapter 2

CSIS ‘spied on environmentalists opposed to Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline’: BCCLA

The BC Civil Liberties Association says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service spied on environmentalists opposed to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, and shared information with the national Energy Board and petroleum companies.

Thousands of pages have been released by CSIS - but heavily redacted. The body that oversees CSIS held meetings in previous years and the BCCLA says those who participated in that hearing are under a gag order. 

They’re now challenging those gag orders in federal court and requesting for documents to be un-redacted.

The watchdog found that CSIS was investigating "targets" but found the intelligence service did nothing wrong.

Guest: Meghan McDermott

Staff Counsel at the BC Civil Liberties Association

 

Chapter 3

Should drive thru restaurants be banned?

You may have heard in our newscasts the story this past week that councillors in Halfiax are considering limits on drive-thrus in the city. It's mostly because of environmental concerns. 

Now, a councillor in Coquitlam says residents are contacting her, saying drive-thrus should be banned outright.

Guest: Teri Towner

Coquitlam City Councillor

 

Chapter 4

Living with parents as a young adult isn’t for everyone, but it does have some benefits

Affordability is of course a huge issue in Metro Vancouver, and time and time again we hear from young people who say it’s not right that they can’t afford to buy a home in the city they grew up in.

But one local student at SFU is approaching this in a different way. And she’s posing the question: is living as an adult, at home with your parents, really such a bad thing after all?

She wrote about this for the Tyee and she joins me now in studio to discuss her take on this. Zariya Khan - how are you today?

Guest: Zariya Khan

Student at Simon Fraser University

 

Chapter 5

Calls for sanctioned and organized ‘tent cities’ in Vancouver

The growing number of people calling Oppenheimer Park home has changed the plans for more Vancouver events this summer.

But instead of crying foul, organizers say they are respecting the campers who have nowhere else to go.

On Saturday, for the first time in years the Lotus Light Charity was forced to set up on the street outside the park for its annual event, which hands out food and gifts to people experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Eastside.

The Union Gospel Mission is also moving its annual summer barbecue from Oppenheimer for the first time in 20 years, instead setting up in Crab Park next Saturday.

Spokesperson Jeremy Hunka said the charity would rather find a new location than disrupt the campers’ lives.

Now, the President and CEO of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association has an idea he’d like to see brought in that would accommodate tent cities. His name is Charles Gauthier, and he joins me now…

Guest: Charles Gauthier

President/CEO, Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association

 

Chapter 6

Second $100M settlement announced in RCMP sexual harassment case

For the second time in three years, the RCMP has settled a class action lawsuit over sexual harassment, and once again it's for $100-million.

This one covers 41,000 women who were civilian employees, and is similar to the $100-million settlement reached in 2016 with female officers.

Lawyer Angela Bespflug  says the women were brave in coming forward.

Guest: Angela Bespflug

Lead counsel for the plaintiffs

 

Chapter 7

Why the Mayor of White Rock feels his city should have an Empty Homes Tax

Vancouver’s empty homes tax has proven successful enough that at least one other B.C. municipality wants its own version.

But Vancouver never had to face the provincial rules that bar those municipalities from imposing new taxes.

White Rock Mayor Darryl Walker wants to change that, and intends to bring up the issue at September’s Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) annual meeting.

Guest: Darryl Walker

White Rock Mayor

 

Chapter 8

UBC banned from taking part in Vancouver Pride Parade

Some breaking news this past hour: the University of British Columbia has been banned from taking part in this year’s Vancouver Pride Parade.

Here to tell us why is Andrea Arnot from the Vancouver Pride Society

Guest: Andrea Arnot

Executive Director of the Vancouver Pride Society

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Chapter 1

Loser

Organizers of Afrofuture Fest in Detroit

Organizers of a music festival in Detroit have had to change their pricing model which charged people of colour and non-people of colour different ticket prices. People of colour were paying $10 per ticket while non-people of colour were being charged $20 per ticket. Organisers - who had said the pricing model was designed to ensure "the most marginalised communities" were given a chance to attend - are now charging $20 per ticket for all. They stated they made the change to ensure "the safety of our community, family, elders who received threats from white supremacists" - and to protect young people "who were subjected to seeing racist comments on our Instagram page.” Now non-POC are being asked to make a donation. Rapper Tiny Jag - who is biracial - dropped out of the festival line-up after learning about the pricing model. (Here is some of her music…)

 

Winner

U-S Women’s Soccer Team

The U-S Women’s Soccer team are our winners today for two reasons: 1.) They officially are the winners of the Women’s World Cup! Team U-S-A beat Team Netherlands 2-0 yesterday. This is the fourth world cup win for the team. One of the goal scorers in yesterday’s final was co-captain Megan Rapinoe. She was awarded the Golden Boot (given to the top player of the tournament). 

2.) Rapinoe has used her platform to speak out about pay inequality between the men’s and women’s teams. FIFA, the governing body that runs the international competition, pays the winning team $4 million, according to a financial report from the organization. By contrast, that's significantly less than the men's winning team. In 2018, the French men's national team received $38 million for winning the World Cup. Through various bonuses awarded to the team and other contributions (including a $7-hundred thousand dollar private donation), each player is expected to take home $2-hundred and 92-thousand dollars. 

Rapinoe answered questions from reporters on how she thinks the model for pay equality should change:

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