Chapter 1: After four years of somewhat chaotic leadership south of the border, what can we expect from our largest trading partner in the next four years?

Guest: Matthew Lebo, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Western University.

Chapter 2: Almost two years after the second Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft fell out of the sky, the aircraft are coming back into operation in Canada.  Global News political reporter Amanda Connolly joins us with more.

Chapter 3: The new leadership in the United States is going to have a substantial impact on climate policy here in Canada.  Day one of Joe Biden’s presidency saw him sign on to the Paris Climate Accord and cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion project. 

Guest:  Dr. Simon Donner, Climate scientist and UBC professor of Geography.

Chapter 4: We’re seeing a record number of overdose calls to Emergency Health Services right now, and it’s not just in Vancouver.  A mix of drugs that make the life-saving Naloxone less effective are spreading in northern B-C, resulting in a health alert for the region. 

Guest: Jordan Harris, executive director of the POUNDS Project, support group for residents of northern BC who use drugs.

Chapter 5: The provincial government has been public about considering a ban on all travel from outside of the province, but the window for that to be effective may be closing. 

Guest:  Kelley Lee, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance at Simon Fraser University.

Chapter 6: Only around 100,000 B-C residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine - and that’s just the first shot!  We’re expecting a big press conference tomorrow with more information about how the province is adjusting after news that deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine delivery have been delayed. 

Guest: Steve Mossop, President at Insights West

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Making Cents of the Market:

Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski.  Lori Pinkowski is the Senior Vice President and 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: 

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: Last week we found out Canada would receive a smaller shipment of the Pfizer vaccine than expected, yesterday we found out the shipment was cancelled altogether.

Guest: Mike Le Couteur, Global News Parliamentary Correspondent.

Chapter 2: The federal government is expected to announce their plan to regulate hate speech on social media in the next couple of weeks.  This is an enormously complex task that brings issues like freedom of speech and government intervention into play, so let’s get some insight from an expert on internet policy. 

Guest: Vivek Krishnamurthy, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa Director, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic.

Chapter 3: Reduced store hours may be leading to more crowding at retail centres according to data from a local analytics company.  INEO operates anti-theft devices in retail stores and they’re seeing bottlenecks occurring later in the day as closing time approaches. 

Guest: Kyle Hall, INEO CEO.

Chapter 4: There’s about 25,000 members of the National Guard in Washington today for President-Elect Joe BIden’s inauguration. We’re also seeing heightened security at capital across the US.  CBS crime analyst Paul Viollis joins us with more on what the security concerns there are today. 

Chapter 5: We’ve been hearing a lot about vaccine hesitancy, who is willing to get it, and how that appetite has been fluctuating since the rollout began.  Well even if the provincial health authority doesn’t make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory, that doesn’t mean employers won’t. 

Guest:  Aliya Virani, Employment Lawyer, Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP.

Chapter 6: A disturbing report from the BC Auditor General yesterday.  Just weeks after a massive data hack at TransLink, the auditor found critical government agencies like the ministry of health are vulnerable to cyber attack.  It’s not the first time they’ve been criticized on this file, so why can’t we close the gap here?

Guest: Dominic Vogel, Founder and Chief Strategist of Cyber SC.

Chapter 7: Hundreds-of-thousands of BC residents are still waiting for their recovery benefit payment from the province.  As many as 1-in-3 applications have been flagged for further review so what’s going on here and when are people going to get their money?

Guest: Selina Robinson, Provincial Finance Minister.

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View From Victoria: 

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.

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