Steele & Drex

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jeannie Lo, President of the Canadian Dolphins Swim Club and Swim B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Vancouver’s 2026 budget about belt-tightening or ballot-box politics? (0:39) Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City Councillor P.M. Carney announces new countermeasures for steel tariffs (14:40) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Ottawa correspondent with Global National Is Chinese steel to blame for Pattullo Bridge delays? (23:49) Guest: Scott Lunny, District 3 Director for the United Steelworkers (USW) Could Vancouver see a second carbon tax? (34:34) Guest: Bill Tieleman, director of the B.C Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy (CADE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Vancouver District cracks down on publicly parked RVs (0:44)Guest: Mike Little, District of North Vancouver Mayor The Lakers just sold for a record $10 billion: What does it mean for Vancouver’s long-shot dream of landing an NBA team? (9:26)Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C’s Sports Director and Anchor Drex has issues: Pickleball: beloved by players, hated by neighbours (17:18) Guest: Drex, Corus Radio Broadcaster Vancouver Talent Agency celebrates 35 years of building today’s biggest stars (32:11)Guest: Tyman Stewart, President of The Characters Talent Agency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SROs and safety GUEST: Ravi Kahlon, B.C’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs B.C Ferries: Made In China? B.C's Transportation Minister reacts GUEST: Mike Farnworth, B.C’s Minister of Transportation and Transit The Wrap - Where have all the polite Canadians gone and e-scooters on highways? GUEST:Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster GUEST:  Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C Ferries: Made In China? B.C's Transportation Minister reacts GUEST: Mike Farnworth, B.C’s Minister of Transportation and Transit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Week That Was in Politics - June 13, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SRO fire becomes the last straw for the Granville Entertainment District (0:36) Guest: Alan Goodall, owner of Aura Nightclub ‘Musqueamview St.’: Vancouver’s Trutch St. gets a name change (14:23) Guest: Wayne Sparrow, Musqueam Band Chief B.C. Ferry construction in China: good investment or risky business? (24:51) Guest: Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies, comparative defence management approaches and foreign policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies, comparative defence management approaches and foreign policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safeway mega towers on Broadway get the green light from city hall (0:38) Guest: Peter Waldkirch, Lawyer and Director of Abundant Housing Vancouver Drex has issues (14:58) Guest: Drex, Corus Radio Broadcaster The VPD’s newest chief, live in-studio (30:03) Guest: Steve Rai, Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.'s transport minister Mike Farnworth has expressed concern over B.C. Ferries’ decision to have four new vessels built by a Chinese state-owned shipyard, citing ongoing trade tensions and economic harm caused by China. While B.C. Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez defended the move as a cost-effective and high-quality choice, Farnworth criticized the lack of involvement from Canadian shipyards. The first ferry is expected to be in service by 2029. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FIFA VP and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani live in-studio!GUEST: Victor Montagliani, Vice President of the FIFA Council and President of CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) B.C outsources ferry construction to China: risky or practical? GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter  Another extortion attempt on a South Asian businessman in Surrey GUEST: Staff Sgt. Lindsay Houghton, Senior Media Relations Officer for the Surrey Police Service  Will B.C take further steps towards more municipal oversight?GUEST: Ravi Kahlon, B.C’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Carney vows to boost defence spending to meet NATO targets. Can he get it done?GUEST: Mackenzie Gray, Ottawa correspondent with Global National The significant growth in public sector jobsGUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter  An intense, early start to Canada’s wildfire season; what can we expect?GUEST: Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Geographic Sciences, and co-director of the Centre for Wildfire Coexistence at UBC Okanagan ER doctor alleges unsafe conditions at Fraser Health HospitalsGUEST: Kaitlin Stockton, emergency room physician at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, and Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PM Carney introduces bill to have ‘One Canadian Economy’ GUEST: Mackenzie Gray, Ottawa correspondent with Global National B.C Lions update kick off their season tomorrow against Edmonton GUEST: Duane Vienneau, President of the B.C Lions Amazon’s new fulfillment centre in Pitt Meadows: What it means for B.C’s economy GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail hould Costco be gatekeeping their $1.50 hot dogs? GUEST: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster GUEST:  Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Week That Was in Politics - June 6,2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Granville St. transformation gets the green light from city council GUEST: Peter Meiszner, ABC Vancouver City Councillor What is it about Costco that gets people coming back?GUEST: David Ian Gray, Instructor of Retail Studies at the Capilano University’s School of Business, Founder of DIG360 Consulting Celebrating 40 years of the legendary Pajo’s Fish and Chips GUESTS:Pat Branch, founder of Pajo’s Fish and Chips & Cindy Plumb, Pat’s daughter and CEO of Pajo’s Fish and Chips Clean B.C could cost the province more than Trump's tariffsGUEST: Chris Gardner, President of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices