The Jill Bennett Show

With the housing crunch ever tightening, Jill speaks with an Analyst from the Fraser Institute about how other cities handle housing their population density. Guest: Josef Filipowicz - Senior Policy Analyst with the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-Ordinator of Richmond Farmwatch joins the show to discuss what must be done to halt the destruction of Farm Land. Guest: Laura Gillanders - Coordinator Richmond Farmwatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A UBC Economics Professor joins the show to discuss the potential challenges and hurdles ride-sharing would bring to Vancouver. Guest: Sumeet Gulati - UBC Economics Professor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Vancouver be doing more about plastic bags? Jill takes a look at how Victoria is handling the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The campaign coordinator from Save Hawthorne Park joins Jill to talk about the Hawthorne Park tree clearing. Guest: Steven Pettigrew - Campaign Coordinator/Spokesperson Save Hawthorne Park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill Speaks with the CEO Of Landlord BC about the ever pressing issue about pet friendly housing, or lack thereof in the Lower Mainland. Guest: David Hutniak - CEO Landlord BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is the exclusive bike lane proposal on the Cambie bridge going to affect your daily commute? Jill Speaks with the Chair of HUB on the topic. Guest: Jeff Leigh - Chair of HUB's Vancouver/UBC Committee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Courier Columnist joins the show to discuss an article he wrote regarding why Gregor Robertson won't be missed as Vancouver's Mayor. GUEST: Mike Klassen - Vancouver Courier Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Agerbo joins the show to chat with Jill about Robots, among the other amazing gadgets he experienced at CES 2018. GUEST: Mike Agerbo - Contributing Host of Get Connected on CKNW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill speaks with Tina Park about opening up a dialogue with our South Korean allies and consider ways to control smuggling. Guest: Tina Park - Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ava & Jeffrey Reeve are new farmers. They knew they wanted to raise sheep and other livestock and that, as new farmers without extensive experience in livestock, mentorship would be important to starting their farm journey. Guest: Ava Reeve - New Farmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The uncomfortable truth: school commutes at heart of city’s traffic congestion Guest: Patti Bacchus - Georgia Straight K-12 Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richmond And Coquitlam, B.C. Still Have Bans On Self-Serve Gas Stations Guest: Malcolm Brodie - Mayor of Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dear Premier: Don’t Promote Food Banks — End the Need For Them Guest: Graham Riches - Emeritus professor and former director UBC School of Social Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clean Opioid Pilot Project Risky, Says Addiction Expert Guest: Dr. Launette Rieb - Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘King Tide’ responsible for flooding around Metro Vancouver Guest: Lois Jackson - Mayor of Delta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the book believeable? That's a question that is being asked about Michael Wolff's new book "Fire and Fury" in which he details the President of the United States as a man child who needs constant validation. Guest: Anil Hira, Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fur-Bearers are seeking an appeal of a court’s decision on their case regarding the Conservation Officer’s authority to kill wildlife who isn’t at large or dangerous. Guest: Lesley Fox, Executive Director, The Fur-Bearers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was major backlash when the Ontario Provincial Government raised the minimum wage which caused some Tim Horton's Franchisee's to cancel benefits and change their business models that affected their workers. With BC looking to raise the minimum wage, could the same thing happen here? Guest: Douglas P. Wellbanks, former director of debtor assistance and debt collection for the B.C. government Guest: Irene Lanzinger, BC Federation of Labour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When your crossing the border into the US, what do you need to know about your rights as a citizen. Are searches of your personal electronics within the rights of border security guards? Guest: Rob Nixon, The New York Times’s homeland security correspondent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conversation continues on when, and how BC should allow ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in the province. An all-party committee on ride-hailing begins public hearings on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Will 2018 Look Like In BC Politics? Guest: Michael Smyth - Province Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Saretsky joins the show from Sutton Group West-Coast to talk about housing prices on the rise again, in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tirstin Hopper Joins the show to talk about the innocuous things that became racist in 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill talks to Mike about popular trends this holiday season, and Apple offers up an apology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catherine Saint Louis joins the show, a veteran health reporter who is going to be writing a book about estrangement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. This week: foreign road trip safety.'' Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests: Edward Thompson & Gillian Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest:: Susie Rieder - Media Relations, Issues Management, BC Hydro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Kasia Bodurka - Global Weather Specialist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Julie Romanowski - Children's Behaviour & Discipline Specialist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Sarah Blyth - Co-founder/Manager Overdose Prevention Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jordan Westfall - President of the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: “Jumanji”, “The Shape of Water”, “It Comes at Night”, & more. Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We run down the list of things Canadians wanted to know most on the social media platform. Guest: Jennifer Hollett - Head of News and Government at Twitter Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The annual BCAA Winter Driving Survey shows that despite close to half of motorists experiencing a winter driving incident last year, the majority have no plans to do more to prepare this year. Guest: Dave Weloy, BCAA Road Assist Senior Safety Manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Holidays are a joyous time for many, but for some it can be a depressing and lonely stretch of the year. What can you do in order to stay safe and keep your stress to a minimum during the holidays? Guest: Dr. Heather Fulton, Psychologist with the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this season of giving some peopel like to donate and give care packages to the homeless around Vancouver and the lower mainland...But what items do you put into the packages? Guest: Jeremy Hunka Spokesperson, Union Gospel Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the wintery weather hitting Vancouver it’s important for homeowners to take care of their walkways around their homes. It’s not only dangerous for everyone, but for those with mobility issues, or seniors can mean the difference of leaving the house or staying isolated at home. Guest: Daniel Fontaine, CEO, BC Care Providers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a lot of debate over wether or not municipalities should implement a sugar tax on sugary drinks and foods. But does a tax on sugar make people second guess their food choices or just make them shop elsewhere? Guest: Kris Sims, BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Vancouver woman said she’s being unfairly targeted by the city and its Empty Homes Tax over a property she owns in the Kerrisdale area. It’s not that the home isn’t empty. It’s that there’s no home on the property whatsoever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sculpture In Canada Guest: Maria Tippett - Author, Sculpture in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver homeowners should be ready to pay more the next time the property tax bill comes in the mail. Guest: George Affleck - Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CPP death benefit change panned as insufficient to cover funeral costs Guest: Yves Berthiaume - Funeral Services Association of Canada President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should laws force bystanders to stand-up for others? Guest: Paul Hergott - Personal Injury Lawyer, Hergott Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On November 3rd, 26-year-old Liz Rose became the youngest Canadian to climb all Seven Summits of the world after she scaled Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia. The young mountaineer began her quest only two and a half years ago by first climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, then Argentina’s Aconcagua, Everest from the North Side in Tibet, Antarctica’s Vinson, North America’s Denali, and Russia’s Elbrus all followed. Guest: Liz Rose - Canadian Mountaineer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fraudster’s condo transfer to wife shows difficulty B.C. securities commission has collecting fines Guest: Gordon Hoekstra - Investigative Reporter, Vancouver Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices