This is Making Cents of the Markets with Senior Vice President & Sr. Portfolio Mgr at Raymond James Lori Pinkowski. As always if you have any questions you can contact her team directly at 604-915-LORI or visit pinkowski.ca.

Chapter 1:

It’s the big day when the Toronto Raptors take on the Golden State Warriors for Game One of the NBA Finals. We get the vibe in Toronto from Global’s Alan Carter.

Guest: Global News Toronto’s Alan Carter

Chapter 2:

Burnaby MLA Janet Routledge has spoken out during question period earlier this week, defending the rights of women to be able to access safe abortions.  What did she have to say and where is the conversation around abortion at in Canada?

Guest: Janet Routledge, BC NDP MLA Burnaby North

Chapter 3:

Since the election of the new city council in October last year, Surrey has removed, or will remove, 50,000 trees, to make way for development and one city councillor is upset about the tree massacre.

Guest: Surrey City Councillor Stephen Pettigrew

Chapter 4:

What would happen if the flow of dirty money into legitimate assets, like luxury stores, stop?  Could cracking down on money laundering shut down legitimate Vancouver business?

Guest: President of Canadian operations for Stefano Ricci & Owner of Showcase Pianos Manuel Bernaschek

Guest: Editor-in-Chief, Retail Insider, Craig Patterson

Chapter 5:

International small home expert Bryce Langston has come from New Zealand to BC to talk about living big in a tiny home!

Guest: International small home expert Bryce Langston

Drama at the legislature as a "crisis meeting" saw Daryl Plecas trying to "safeguard data" on computers. Clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd was in tears and the acting sergeant-at-arms Randy Ennis has suddenly resigned! The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 1:

A Liberal bill which expands the scope of background checks for gun buyers has passed the Senate.  Does the Bill go too far or not far enough?

Guest: Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety

Chapter 2:

The Alberta city of Medicine Hat pulled the plug on a project to assess whether solar was a feasible way to replace natural gas used to make steam at the city owned power plant.  How did the test go?

Guest: National Energy Board Solar Energy Expert Mike Johnson

Chapter 3:

A trio’s inquiry-oriented, evidence-based approach to learning and teaching has helped to improve Indigenous education in the province, leading to Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser winning the Cmolik Prize.  They join the show to talk about their achievement.

Chapter 4:

We hear some final words from Robert Mueller and get reaction to his press conference where he retired from the special council.

Premier John Horgan said Twinning the Massey tunnel is the way to go but he may have gotten ahead of his own transportation ministry when he said it.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

In the final installment of this series by the Jon McComb show, we examine what changes need to be made to the justice system to ensure innocent people don’t slip through the cracks:

Chapter 1:

An internal report has revealed Canadian Armed Forces members have been linked to six hate groups since 2013, damaging the image of the military.

Guest: Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson

Chapter 2:

An incredible philanthropic gesture which saw students become debt free after school,  got us thinking, what would Canada’s university system look like if we forgive student debt? Or even handled student debt in a different way?

Guest: Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Prince Edward Island Linyuan Guo-Brennan

Chapter 3:

Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott will both run as Independent candidates in the fall election, citing the need to “do politics differently” and to encourage more women to “stand up for what is right.”

Guest: University of Ottawa political scientist David Moscrop

Running as an independent, JWR has a good chance to win as an independent candidate, but will her profile and impact be diminished? The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 1:

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is criticising the Liberal Party’s decision to name Unifor as part of a group that will decide which newspaper outlets get a $600 million government handout.  How does the president of Unifor feel about that criticism?

Guest: Unifor President Jerry Dias

Chapter 2:

Some Canadians who’ve suffered debilitating post traumatic stress disorder are turning away from conventional medicine, and looking to the Amazon.  We’ll talk about the healing properties of Ayuasca & hallucinogens.

Guest: Dr Ken Tupper, Director of Implementation & Partnerships at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, an Adjunct Professor at the UBC’s School of Population and Public Health

Chapter 3:

Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they will run as independents in the next federal election.

The McLachlin report on Speakers’ allegations “worth every penny” according to NDP house leader Mike Farnworth.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.