The Jas Johal Show

Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma’s office becomes site of explosive police incident (0:45) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter The Week That Was in Politics (15:05) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Trump kills trade talks with Canada; are new tariffs coming? (28:51) Guest: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics Conservative MP calls for probe on billion dollar federal funding for B.C Ferries’ purchase of Chinese vessels (39:13) Guest: Dan Albas, federal Conservative MP for Okanagan Lake West - South Kelowna, and Shadow Minister for Transport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus, should kids roam free like the good old days, or give them a structured schedule? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Dan Albas, federal Conservative MP for Okanagan Lake West - South Kelowna, and Shadow Minister for Transport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Should Langley Township be able to collect dollars for community amenities? (0:42) Guest: Eric Woodward, Langley Township Mayor Canadian urbanist partners with Paris Mayor for groundbreaking exhibition (14:07) Guest: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver and now advises cities all over the world on city planning needs “Just like him, everything must go!” - B.C woman celebrates divorce with garage sale (28:30) Guest: Su Claire, Cawston resident, owner of Flip Flop Farm B.C. Ferries receives massive $1 billion federal loan to fund ferry builds in China (34:53) Guest: Nicolas Jimenez, President and CEO of B.C Ferries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Derek Sienko, Chief Mental Health Officer of Diversified Rehabilitation Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Nicolas Jimenez, President and CEO of B.C Ferries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver and now advises cities all over the world on city planning needs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who’s really watching the public’s money? GUEST: Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Do overachievers break records so we don’t have to? GUEST: Drex, Corus Radio Broadcaster Film studio wins lawsuit with Langley Township over millions in “community amenity” fees GUEST: Thomas Martini, President and CEO of Lorval Developments B.C Conservative caucus meeting puts John Rustad in the hot seat GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Gail Wallin, Executive Director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking down the numbers: How much will the 2026 FIFA World Cup cost B.C.? (0:44) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter The shocking costs of Olympic Oval executives on Richmond taxpayers' dime (11:41) Guest: Kash Heed, Richmond City Councillor Is it time for TransLink to add barriers on Skytrain platforms? (25:45) Guest: Kathryn Cunningham, mother who is calling for barriers on Skytrain platforms after the death of her son Why business leader Ryan Beedie's warning matters (34:22) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Guest: Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle Expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Kash Heed, Richmond City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Charan Sethi, President and CVO of Tien Sher Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anmore South heads to a public hearing amidst strong resident backlash (0:46) Guest: Leslie Hannigan, Anmore resident Nanaimo plans to prohibit the sale of invasive species; Is it time for a province-wide ban? (13:03) Guest: Gail Wallin, Executive Director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C B.C’s housing market flashing red (20:20) Guest: Anne McMullin, President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute The 40th anniversary of the tragic Air India Flight 182 bombing (35:14) Guest: Susheel Gupta, chair of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime. His mother was one of the victims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Susheel Gupta, chair of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Guest: Anne McMullin, President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forensic Audit Launched at Richmond Olympic Oval Amid Scrutiny Over Executive Salaries (0:41) Guest: Kash Heed, Richmond City Councillor Major Layoffs Hit B.C. Developers as Market Slows (14:32) Guest: Bob Rennie, executive director of Rennie, a Vancouver based real estate marketing firm The Wrap - Could we see more people marrying A.I? (27:05) Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bob Rennie, art collector and founder and executive director of Rennie, a Vancouver based real estate marketing firm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

GUEST: Drex, Corus Radio Broadcaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How hard are Trump’s doubled steel tariffs hitting Canada’s auto industry? GUEST: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer’s Association Surrey’s $600 million arena: a community need or blind spending?GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor Back to the future. Alberta wants a pipeline. B.C. says no GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter The Richmond golf coach hired as a consultant on the Owen Wilson series Stick GUEST: Nathan Leonhardt , Founder and Director of Instruction for the Tour Development Academy in Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government’s cracks down on the U.S/Canada border with new billGUEST: Kelly Sundberg, former CBSA officer and Professor at Mount Royal University’s Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies Did the Broadway Subway take one step forward at the expense of nearby businesses? GUEST: Neil Wyles, executive director of the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area Delayed and over budget: will the Broadway Subway see its finish line? GUEST: Frances Bula, Contributor for The Globe and Mail The First Ministers’ Meeting: what was discussed between Prime Minister Carney and our provincial leaders GUEST: Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coquitlam finds itself in the B.C government’s housing ‘naughty list’GUEST: Richard Stewart, Mayor of Coquitlam Should B.C’s elected officials be allowed to double dip?GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter Why are we demolishing so many homes in Metro Vancouver?GUEST: Michael Wiebe, former Vancouver City Councillor and Director at the Building Relocation and Deconstruction Association of B.C Crushed in the CONCAFF final — and now up for sale. What’s next for the Whitecaps?CONTACT: Squire Barnes, Global B.C’s Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices