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Making Cents of the Markets for Dec 17, 2025

Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski.  Lori Pinkowski is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca

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View From Victoria: Major economic projects

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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Is Metro Vancouver Imploding?

Guest: Tony Luck, MLA for Fraser-Nicola and the Official Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs and Local Government

Why can’t we get the extortion issue under control?

Guest: Galib Bhayani Professor of Criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and former Chief Superintendent with the RCMP

Why do good people bend and break the rules at work?

Guest: Lorne Hartman, behavioural scientist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Are you prepared for a weather related emergency?

Guest: Jason Small, Red Cross Spokesperson

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Where does BC stand with DRIPA and what should be done next?

Guest: Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation

Talking to the Emergency Minister

Guest: Kelly Greene, bc minister of emergency management

Feeling Burnt out?  You might have ‘festive exhaustion’!

Guest: Amanda Jewson, sleep expert with over 17 years of experience in the education and sleep consulting industry

Is it a good idea to use a “Buy now and pay later” program?

Guest: Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill

Santa Fox 50/50 to help SHARE Family & Community Services

Guest: Claire MacLean, Chief Executive Officer, SHARE Family & Community Services

Are more MPs going to cross the floor and join the Liberals?

Guest: Asa McKercher, Research Chair in Canada-US Relations and Associate Professor in Public Policy and Governance at St. Francis Xavier University

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View From Victoria: One party or Two?

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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Terror attack in Australia

Guest: Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative

Could David Eby call a spring election?

Guest: Stewart Prest, Political Scientist and lecturer at UBC

Should Canada Ban Non Disclosure Agreements?

Guest: Dr. Julie Macfarlane, Member of the Order of Canada Emerita Distinguished University Professor, University of Windsor Co-Founder of Can’t Buy My Silence

Will you need to show your social media if you cross the US border?

Guest: Evan Green, Managing Partner, Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law at Green and Spiegel

Should we ban social media in Canada?

Guest: Matt Hatfield, Executive Director of open media, an advocacy group for digital rights, democracy, and freedom.

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View From Victoria: The problem with extreme politics

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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Another Conservative MP crosses the floor

Guest: Dr. Daniel Béland, Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University

Aboriginal titles that could set precedent?

Guest: Dwight Newman, Law prof; Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law, University of Saskatchewan

Vancouver council rejects move to fast-track social housing

Guest: William Azaroff, CEO of non-profit housing provider Brightside, and who is currently seeking OneCity’s mayoral nomination

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The Weekly Cecchini Check-in with Candice Cole

Guest: Candice Cole, Washington Correspondent for Global News

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View From Victoria: Mayors push back against the Province

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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