
The Jas Johal Show
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The Jas Johal Show: July 28, 2025
B.C.’s second call for power: can energy goals be reached amidst drought conditions and economic uncertainty? (0:39) Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Health Commentary: Metro Vancouver should stick to its lane — the gas-powered tool ban overreach (14:34) B.C. calls for more clean power…can our grid keep up? (19:26) Guest: Barry Penner, Chair of Energy Futures Initiative Metro Vancouver stalls wastewater plant review: will taxpayers ever know the truth? (31:03) Guest: Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Uber tests new feature to match women passengers and drivers
bonusGuest: Keerthana Rang, Corporate Communications Lead for Uber Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metro Vancouver stalls wastewater plant review: will taxpayers ever know the truth?
bonusGuest: Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 25, 2025
Deal or no deal? Trump hints at the future of Canada/U.S. trade talks (0:47) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent U.S. significantly hikes duties on Canadian softwood lumber (14:15) Guest: Kim Haakstad, President and CEO of the B.C Council of Forest Industries Metro Vancouver targets gas-powered yard tools — bold climate move or overreach? (22:04) Guest: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam The Wrap - Is red tape ruining access to public spaces like pools and parks? (33:49) Plus, how much more should rideshare apps do to guarantee safety for women? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Wrap - Is red tape ruining access to public spaces like pools and parks?
bonusPlus, how much more should rideshare apps do to guarantee safety for women? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Week That Was in Politics
bonusGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 24, 2025
Hockey Canada players found not guilty (1:00) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Hulk Hogan dies at 71: looking back at the WWE legend’s impact on wrestling and pop culture (15:32) Guest: Justin Dhillon, Writer and host of The Wrestling Classic Lessons for the West: China curtails its addiction to oil, and supercharges its EV industry (26:44) Guest: Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com MLS calls B.C. Place an ‘unsustainable home’ for the Vancouver Whitecaps (38:14) Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C.’s Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps bring life back into the superhero movie genre in theaters?
bonusGuest: Steve Stebbing, Movie critic at stevestebbing.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MLS calls B.C. Place an ‘unsustainable home’ for the Vancouver Whitecaps
bonusGuest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C.’s Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why StatsCan’s crime statistics do not fully capture crime in B.C.
bonusGuest: Jess Ketchum, Co-founder of the Save Our Streets coalition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hockey Canada players found not guilty
bonusGuest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 23, 2025
Hockey Canada sexual assault trial reaches its tipping point, verdict to be reached (0:40) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Taxpayer dollars spent on Netflix gift cards?! The latest on Richmond City Hall’s controversial gift card program (10:07) Commentary: Kits Pool isn’t the crisis -- your property tax bill is. And Ken Sim doesn’t want to talk about it (14:49) Another one bites the dust: Vancouver’s City Manager steps down after 14 years (21:52) Guest: Dan Fumano, City Columnist for Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should Point Roberts be exempt from Canadian counter-tariffs?
bonusGuest: Brian Calder, former President of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce and former Vancouver city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Another one bites the dust: Vancouver’s City Manager steps down after 14 years
bonusGuest: Dan Fumano, City Columnist for Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada’s international student program to be investigated by Auditor General
bonusGuest: Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Commentary: Kits Pool isn’t the crisis -- your property tax bill is. And Ken Sim doesn’t want to talk about it
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The Jas Johal Show: July 22, 2025
B.C. Premier David Eby live from Muskoka for the First Ministers meeting (0:45) Guest: David Eby, Premier of British Columbia What did the Council of the Federation meeting accomplish? (15:20) Guest: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics Kits Pool’s reservation system remains in place…for now (26:09) Guest: Scott Jensen, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner The business of modern sports (37:47) Guest: Duane Vienneau, President of the B.C. Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The business of modern sports
bonusGuest: Duane Vienneau, President of the B.C. Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The life and legacy of Ozzy Osbourne
bonusGuest: Alan Cross, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music and Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 21, 2025
Restaurant Industry at a Breaking Point: Can It Survive Without Foreign Workers? GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Is unused farmland running B.C’s food sector dry? GUEST: Dr. Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley Vancouver to consider later nights for alcohol service GUEST: Sarah Kirby Yung, ABC Vancouver City Councillor Could mass rezoning change the Cambie and Broadway neighbourhood as we know it? GUEST: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will 2025 be the final year of the Honda Celebration of Light?
bonusGUEST: Yuri Fulmer, Co-Chair of the Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, which produces the Honda Celebration of Light Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should Vancouver follow Toronto’s lead and crown a traffic czar?
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The Jas Johal Show: July 18, 2025
U.K. lowers voting age to 16. Should Canada do the same? (0:51) Guest: Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer, University of British Columbia CBS cancels The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: is late night TV doomed? (9:09) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor FIFA’s Vancouver contract could shut out businesses near B.C. Place (14:53) Guest: Ismet Yetisen, owner of Boston Pizza on Beatty St., right next to B.C Place The Wrap - Is it time we lowered the voting age in Canada? (28:18) Plus, the 'kiss cam' the rocked the world, and a CEO's marriage 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
Coldplay kiss cam sparks drama: Can concert PDA become divorce court evidence?
bonusGuest: Russell Alexander, Toronto-based family and divorce lawyer, and author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The week that was in politics
bonusGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 17, 2025
Will a cabinet shuffle, steady the NDP ship (0:40) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Why are so many commercial vehicles failing vehicle inspections? (14:59) Guest: Dave Earle, President and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association Premier David Eby - Cabinet Shuffle (29:04) Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Scam Watch: What investors need to know about A.I (41:15) Guests: Doug Muir, Director of Enforcement with the B.C Securities Commission Sammy Wu, Manager of Investigations with the B.C Securities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Local Bar Owner says Public Disorder plagues downtown New Westminster
bonusGuest: Jen Mackie, owner of Kelly O’ Bryans in New Westminster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scam Watch: What investors need to know about AI
bonusGuests: Doug Muir, Director of Enforcement with the B.C Securities Commission Sammy Wu, Manager of Investigations with the B.C Securities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Premier David Eby - Cabinet Shuffle
bonusGuest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 16, 2025
Premier David Eby expected to shuffle cabinet tomorrow (0:40) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Okanagan rider’s death prompts calls for safer roads for cyclists (8:45) Guest: Jeff Leigh, President of the Board at HUB Cycling Update on cabinet shuffle (14:06) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief PM Carney doubles down on “Canada First” approach to steel imports (20:19) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent How is Canada’s auto industry navigating (35:27) Guest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association Latest update on cabinet shuffle (45:06) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could changes be made to Kits Pool’s current reservation model?
bonusGuest: Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Latest update on on cabinet shuffle
bonusGuest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How much would you be willing to pay for a single game ticket?
bonusGuest: Denis Holton, CKNW Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did a Kelowna woman’s death highlight flaws in B.C’s handling of intimate partner violence?
bonusGuest: Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women’s Support Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 15, 2025
B.C. gives developers a break from soaring building fees (0:33) Guest: Ravi Kahlon, B.C’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Carney Walks Back Expectations, Says Tariff-Free U.S. Trade Deal Unlikely Under Trump (14:39) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent The Kits Pool capacity crisis: why is it impossible to book a spot? (24:37) Guest: Jody Vance, CKNW Host Real estate slowdown deepens: Developers slash jobs as projects stall (33:49) Guest: Anne McMullin, President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grizzly at centre of Texada Island debate shot and killed
bonusGuest: Darren Blaney, Holmaco First Nation Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everything Financial
bonusGuest: Peter Cishecki, Registered Financial Planner and President of the Everything Financial Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 14, 2025
Blue Hackle Mafia: Ottawa soldiers found operating hateful Facebook group (0:46) Guest: David Pugliese, journalist for the Ottawa Citizen Winning big: B.C. Labour Relations Board greenlights unionization for Amazon workers in Delta (12:56) Guest: Gavin McGarrigle, Western Regional Director at Unifor The first FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets for Vancouver released…at a hefty price (22:26) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Commentary - The professionalization of kids’ sports (29:59) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could TikTok’s CEO change Canada’s mind on shutting down operations?
bonusGuest: Jesse Miller, Social Media Expert and Founder of Mediated Reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We need them built yesterday: Mayor supports B.C. Ferries builds in China
bonusGuest: John Henderson, Mayor of Sechelt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blue Hackle Mafia: Ottawa soldiers found operating hateful Facebook group
bonusGuest: David Pugliese, journalist for the Ottawa Citizen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 11, 2025
Donald Trump strikes back with 35% tariffs on Canadian goods (0:45) Guest: Jackson Proskow, Global News Washington Bureau Chief Tsleil-Waututh Nation proposes water guardian program after the death of a 10-year old in a boat crash (10:06) Guest: Jason Hall and Shelley Klassen, parents of Lionel Hall How will Canada respond to Trump’s 35% tariff threat? (23:10) Guest: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics The Wrap - Would you dine at a restaurant operated by an AI chef? (36:36) Plus, does Vancouver have a dog poop problem? 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
Tsleil-Waututh Nation proposes water guardian program after the death of a 10-year old in a boat crash
bonusGuest: Jason Hall and Shelley Klassen, parents of Lionel Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Week That Was in Politics
bonusGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 10, 2025
Measles cases spike in B.C., urging calls to get vaccinated (0:39) Guest: Dr. Martin Lavoie, Deputy Provincial Health Officer Shots fired at Bollywood star’s newly opened Surrey cafe; another case of extortion? (13:06) Guest: Kash Heed, former chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department, and current Richmond City Councillor Two Conservative leaders. Two leadership reviews (24:34) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Commentary: B.C. Ferries didn’t betray Canada— Our broken industrial policy did (37:13) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Experience the very best of Greek culture with the Vancouver Greek Summerfest
bonusGuest: Kostas Nikolaou, co-organizer of the Vancouver Greek Summerfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Commentary: B.C. Ferries didn’t betray Canada— Our broken industrial policy did
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Search and rescue volunteers facing a ‘bad year’ in the Sea to Sky region
bonusGuest: Doug Pope, Search Manager with North Shore Rescue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two Conservative leaders. Two leadership reviews
bonusGuest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Show: July 9, 2025
Will laneway homes be on the market for Vancouver homebuyers? (0:48) Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, ABC Vancouver City councillor Canada’s Housing Minister and former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson in-studio (8:24) Guest: Gregor Robertson, Federal Minister of Housing [UPDATE] Will laneway homes be on the market for Vancouver homebuyers? (23:25) Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, ABC Vancouver City councillor Should garburators be banned from Vancouver homes? (24:40) Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City Councillor Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in studio (36:33) Guest: Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices