The Jas Johal Show

Amanda Chung, marketing manager for Metropolis at Metrotown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Ferries Crisis Years in the Making as Aging Fleet, Delays Catch Up (0:45) Vancouver Canopy Tour Draws Crowds with 50-Metre Forest Climbs (10:54) Tom Zadorsky, founder of Cultivara Tree Tours Government-Run Grocery Stores Questioned as Fix for Soaring Food Prices (21:31) Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Polls Suggest Avi Lewis Could Split Support, Impact Poilievre (30:16) Greg Lyle, founder and President of Innovative Research Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Berry, President of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: B.C. Premier David Eby joins us as we discuss his plan to suspend Dripa, even though First Nations aren’t buying it (0:56) The B.C. Conservative leadership race is thinning out fast. Keith Baldrey breaks it down for us (13:56) Could new NDP leader Avi Lewis actually hurt Pierre Poilievre more than Mark Carney? The polling numbers might surprise you. Innovative Research President Greg Lyle joins us (29:38) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polls Suggest Avi Lewis Could Split Support, Impact Poilievre Greg Lyle, founder and President of Innovative Research Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Conservative Leadership Race Narrows as Key Endorsements Roll In (10:48) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Canopy Tour Draws Crowds with 50-Metre Forest Climbs Tom Zadorsky, founder of Cultivara Tree Tours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eby wants to suspend B.C.'s Indigenous rights law — and First Nations are calling it a betrayal (0:43) Alec Lazenby, Legislative Reporter for the Vancouver Sun and The Province B.C. Ferries is down two ships heading into Easter weekend. This problem didn't start this week (11:12) Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo Eby stakes government on DRIPA suspension (19:01) David Eby, Premier of B.C. The World Cup lands in Vancouver in ninety days, and Canada is actually playing; Why this moment is bigger than the tournament (31:53) Murray Mollard, author of Winning Pitch: The Canadian Men’s Soccer Team at the World Cup and Beyond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World Cup lands in Vancouver in ninety days, and Canada is actually playing; Why this moment is bigger than the tournament Murray Mollard, author of Winning Pitch: The Canadian Men’s Soccer Team at the World Cup and Beyond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is B.C. still waiting? Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Eby wants to suspend B.C.'s Indigenous rights law — and First Nations are calling it a betrayal Alec Lazenby, Legislative Reporter for the Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.’s EV mandate changes: a step in the right direction? Blair Qualey, President and CEO of The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. relaxes EV mandates, invests over $19 million in chargers (0:39) Barry Penner, Chair of the Energy Futures Institute Richmond Mayor asks Cowichan Nation to renounce private land claims causing uncertainty (33:03) Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Avi Lewis takes over the federal NDP: Where does the party go from here? (42:04) Bill Tieleman, veteran BC political strategist and campaigner, and President of West Star Communications Can Mark Carney’s pipeline plan proceed without relying on public funding? (58:06) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where does the party go from here? Bill Tieleman, veteran B.C. political strategist and campaigner, and President of West Star Communications Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richmond Mayor asks Cowichan Nation to renounce private land claims causing uncertainty Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. relaxes EV mandates, invests over $19 million in chargers Barry Penner, Chair of the Energy Futures Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario cuts DCCs, while B.C’s high development costs tank housing starts Feds and Ontario team up to cut development charges: what would it take for B.C to do the same? Yuri Fulmer cuts pact with OneBC to avoid vote-splitting: a powerful alliance or a desperate move? BC's EV mandate doesn't cut emissions. It just moves cars between provinces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feds and Ontario team up to cut development charges: what would it take for B.C to do the same? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario cuts DCCs, while B.C’s high development costs tank housing starts Dean Johnson, Senior Vice President of Development at Wesgroup Properties Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia banned social media for kids; do Canadians want the same? Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unity or Power Play? BC Conservative leadership hopeful forms pact with OneBC’s Dallas Brodie Guest: Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keep Vancouver Fun: a City councillor’s plan to beef up funding for free festivals Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City Councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Care Delayed, Costs Soar: B.C’s planned long term care centre in Delta remains in limbo Guest: George Harvie, Mayor of Delta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices