It appears even the New York Times has caught wind of the millions in free-flowing dollars in political donations in British Columbia.

A story from Times reporter Dan Levin is headlined: “British Columbia: The ‘Wild West’ of Canadian Political Cash.”

The report highlights that Premier Christy Clark can top up her salary of $195,000 dollars with up to $50,000 a year, financed by political donations to the BC Liberals, and also that B.C’s conflict of interest commissioner has contributed to the party and his son serves in the cabinet.

Those touchy subjects have landed the Commissioner in court, as watchdog group Democracy Watch seeks to have a 2016 ruling clearing the premier of conflict turfed.

Guest: Bill Tieleman - West Star Communications president; 24 hours/The Tyee newspaper columnist; political commentator

Guest: Gary Mason - Columnist with The Globe and Mail

We hear a lot about the amount of money that gets donated to Political Parties but who are the people and companies donating?  We look at one industry that donates in large amounts...The Pharmaceutical industry.

Guest: Alan Cassels - pharmaceutical policy researcher at the University of Victoria

What are some of the events around DineOut Vancouver this year?

Guest: Richard Wolak - Writer/Editor of VancouverFoodster.com; co-host of the CKNW Original Podcast “Food, Glorious Food” at cknw.com

We wrap up the show with a nice buzzline message for Jon and Niki and Team attempt to solve math problems.

Topics on the Show:

-We discuss a McLean's magazine article that says baby boomers need to stop judging millennials!

-Is corruption too strong of a word to use when talking about political party donations?

-A look at what's happening for Dine Out Vancouver 2017

More than three dozen House Democrats now plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration following his feud with Congressman John Lewis, the longtime civil rights leader. There is also new controversy over Rep. Tom Price, the nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.

2 stories about comfort.  How comfortable would you be with selling senate seats in Canada?  It's an idea brought up by Kevin O'Leary.  And would you be able to find comfort living in a storage unit?  For $205/mnth some might say "bring it on"...unfortunatly it's against the rules... if you get caught!

Could BC see $10 a day Daycare introduced? The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

How much will the first time homebuyer loan help with getting your first home?

Guest: Tom Davidoff - economics professor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business

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