The Jill Bennett Show

Democracy Watch appealed B.C. Supreme Court Justice Affleck’s ruling in January that no court challenges are allowed of B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner Paul Fraser’s decisions because they are unreviewable opinions with no direct legal effect limiting the Premier’s conflicts of interest. GUEST: Duff Conacher- Co-founder Democracy Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A string of restaurant closures along Marine Drive in White Rock in the past few months has the city looking to roll out an ambitious plan to revitalize the commercial hub. GUEST: David Chesney - City of White Rock Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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B.C.’s overdose epidemic, especially deaths involving fentanyl, is behind a significant increase in the number of organ transplant donors, according to a B.C. Transplant agency leader. GUEST: Ed Farre- BC Transplant’s Provincial Operations Director Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nanaimo Mounties have closed a marijuana dispensary that opened next door to a children's daycare centre. Leaf Labs Medical Cannabis Services, at 679 Terminal Ave., was shut down Monday, three days after it opened, when police checked the business and allegedly observed evidence they believe contravene Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The dispensary was closed and secured until a search warrant was granted to search the premises.Police seized about 0.7 kilograms of marijuana. A 24-year-old man, allegedly operating the dispensary, was arrested for possession for the purpose of trafficking and released later that day on a promise to appear in Nanaimo provincial court July 10. The dispensary was brought to the RCMP’s attention because of its location directly next door to the Kidz Kompany daycare centre. GUEST: Tony Wilson, Associate Counsel at Boughton Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All employees face workplace frustrations, but most know better than to storm out of the workplace in the heat of the moment. A recent Ontario ruling protected one employee from her ill-informed decision to do just that. GUEST: Howard Levitt -Senior Partner of Levitt LLP, Employment and Labour Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Global News reporter Zahra Premji is on the ground in Emerson, Manitoba - a small border town which has seen dozens of asylum seekers cross illegally into Canada as the political climate in the U.S. darkens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Naomi Christensen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If it weren’t for the 75-year-old Alaskan (ALCAN) Highway, a stretch of road that runs for 2,232 km and offers the ultimate road trip for adventurers looking to experience the North-Eastern regions of BC, Lower Mainlanders would not have linkage to Alaska. Built by US soldiers and Canadian citizens, the road was developed during World War II when the US suddenly joined the armed conflict after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Today there is no shortage of pit stops and spectacular sights along the route GUEST: Austin Weaver - Tourism, Dawson Creek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New guidelines introduced by Canadian Blood Services limiting the number of times female donors can donate in a year has the national agency scrambling to find new donors to make up the difference. The change, implemented in December, was part of tougher guidelines on the amount of hemoglobin or iron required in the blood. The new rules mean that female donors are now required to wait 12 weeks or 84 days between donations, as opposed to the previous eight weeks or 56 days. Nothing has changed for male donors although as of March 5 individuals will have to pass a slightly higher hemoglobin test. GUEST: Trudi Goels - Territory Manager, Canadian Blood Services BC-Yukon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revolution is not only inevitable, it’s necessary: How Steve Bannon’s dark vision could shape the world Guest: Joe Brean - National Reporter, National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The head of the government’s economic growth advisory council says governments need to craft “new social contracts” with Canadians to avoid deepening income inequality over time. GUEST: Dominic Barton - Managing Director, McKinsey & Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a study of Canadian IT and security workers, the survey results found that: A majority of Canadian companies fear they are losing the war on cyber security threats as cyber-attacks against Canadian companies year-over-year. 41 per cent of respondents indicated their organization had systems in place to deal with APT’s (advanced persistent threats), up from 38 per cent last year. The most frequent compromises continue to be web-borne malware attacks (76%) followed by rootkits (67%). Mobile devices (75%) and third party applications (70%) were identified as the greatest potential risks threatening their company’s IT environment. GUEST: Ryan Wilson- CTO of Scalar Security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Paul Godsmark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The head of Canada's biggest university organization says there's growing evidence that post-U.S. election uncertainty could help boost an important source of cash for the economy: international students. GUEST: Paul Davidson - Universities Canada President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a long-standing Canadian Super Bowl tradition: tuning in to the big game, but being shut out from the big-budget, star-studded U.S. commercials. That changes this year as a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy banning the simultaneous substitution of Canadian ads over U.S. ones during the big game comes into play for the first time. GUEST: Michael Geist - Law Professor at the University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to renegotiate or entirely rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement has politicians and business owners deeply concerned. With trade in goods and services between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico totalling US$1.3 trillion in 2015, it’s easy to understand why. But for all the strong feelings and intense debate it inspires, economists say NAFTA has had less of an impact on the Canadian economy than many might assume. Here’s why the agreement Trump calls the “worst trade deal in history” might not actually be all that bad — or all that great. GUEST: Keith Head - Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division, UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wondering what the Americans might want from Canada in a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? Clues might be embedded in a document published by the U.S. government. GUEST: Alan Wolff - Dentons Trade Lawyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That was the the bold underlined message on the door parents were greeted with last week when they picked their kids up at a Hockley, TX daycare center. “You are picking up your child,” the note reads. “Your child is happy to see you! Are you happy to see your child?? We have seen children trying to hand their parents their work they completed and the parent is on the phone. We have heard a child say ‘Mommy, mommy, mommy…’ and the parent is paying more attention to their phone than their own child. It is appalling.” GUEST: Ann Douglas- Author, Radio Columnist, Speaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost five years ago, British Columbia announced five “conditions” for its “approval” of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline expansion. The last of the five conditions – that there be a “fair share of benefits” for British Columbians – has now been met, with Kinder Morgan agreeing to pay $500-million to $1-billion over 20 years to the B.C. government. Environmental concerns will be addressed by the 194 specific national and provincial conditions for the project, plus the federal commitment to a $1.5-billion ocean-protection plan. But the fifth condition was all about money and local politics. GUEST: Martha Hall-Findlay- President and CEO of Canada West Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s housing agency has added Victoria to its list of real estate markets with problems, seeing danger signs in the B.C. capital’s home values. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday that it is maintaining its “red warning” for the country’s real estate market as a whole, with high prices in and around Vancouver and Toronto among its top concerns. GUEST: Eric Bond- Senior Marketing Analyst (Victoria) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In what’s believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors say they were able to save a young mother’s life with a radical procedure — they removed her lungs. GUEST: Dr. Niall Ferguson - Head of Critical Care at the University Health Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research suggests climate change could increase the number of nice days Canadians enjoy. Most global warming studies have focused on extreme weather or broad-scale averages of temperature and precipitation. But Karin van der Wiel, of Princeton University, says that’s not how people will experience their new circumstances. GUEST: Karin van der Wiel- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to a recent Texas Tech University study, most retired people of moderate means don’t spend all of their income from social security, pensions and investment earnings, nor do they draw down the principal in their nest egg. Even affluent retirees are spending nowhere near an amount that would place them in danger of running out of money, say the study’s authors Chris Browning, Tao Guo and Yuanshan Cheng. Guest: Wanda Morris- VP Advocacy and COO, Canadian Association of Retired Persons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About 1.35 million Canadians are still using tanning beds, because they thought getting a base tan would help protect them against sunburns. The Canadian Cancer Society is calling the number of people that are using tanning beds 'quite alarming'. Guest: Rob Nuttall- Assistant Director of Health Policy, Canadian Cancer Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Communities accross Canada and around the world have embarked on a wide range of initiatives with the goal of ending homelessness. Some jurisdictions have declared progress but rarely have defined their goals. What should the short-term and long-term goals be for alleviating the problem of homelessness? The School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Alliance to End Homelessness released a report that investigates this and related questions. Guest: Dr. Alina Turner- Fellow, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not billed as an anti-Trump protest, but the Women's March on Washington wouldn't exist had it not been for the new U.S. President. Organizers expect between 2,000 and 3,000 to attend a Vancouver march on Saturday, January 21- a day after Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whistler Pride welcomes gay men and women from 26 nations coming together to celebrate diversity and to explore the incredible 8,176 acres (3308 hectares) of pure skiing and riding bliss. Guest: Dean Nelson- CEO, Executive Producer of GayWhistler.com & the annual Whistler Pride and Ski Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian doctors are increasingly medicating children with antidepressants and antipsychotics, suggests a new study. Experts worry this is the latest sign of using drugs to achieve "behavioural control". Nationally, antipsychotic dispensing to Canadian children and youth increased by 33 percent over a four-year period, while the rate of antidepressants jumped 63 percent, new research shows. Quebec had the highest pediatric antipsychotic dispensing rate in the country, with 253 prescriptions filled for every 1,000 youth under 18. Guest: Dr. Paul Kurdyak- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The number of residential units in Metro Vancouver in 2016 reached a number that broke the record set decades ago. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CHMC), there were 27,914 housing starts in the region last year, up from 20,863 in 2015. Guest: Robyn Adamanche- Principal Market Analyst (Vancouver), Canadian Mortgage & Housing Corporation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was elected on a platform of legalizing marijuana. Since the election, teh Liberals have been moving toward actually doing it. Late last year, a task force reported on the practicalities of legal pot, and legislation is expected this year. Guest: Steven Hoffman- University of Ottawa Law Professor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Vancouver chef is making the unusual move of offering Newfoundland seal on his menu, saying he wants to introduce urban West Coasters to "a truly Canadian delicacy". Guest: Eric Pateman- President, Edible Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Professor Peacock - Dean of Science, UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tomorrow is the start of 2017, and every year you are promising yourself that you will diet and eat healthier. There are some very simple things that ou can do in 2017 to make that a reality. Guest: Alyssa Bauman- Nutritionist & Health Expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Cherise Louis- Territory Manager, Donor relations (BC), Canadian Blood Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year, it's the same story- people continue to call 911 for incredible reasons. This year, among others, calls were made about bugs in bathtubs and struggles with broken gym lockers. Guest: Jasmine Bradley- Corporate Communications Manager, E-Comm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Canadians, managing money is always top of mind and according to a new survey from CIBC, getting rid of debt is our number one priority. Guest: Kelley Keehn- Personal Finance Expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The snow we're expecting may be a bummer for traffic, and those who have to shovel their driveways, but skiers and snowboarders are loving it. For mountains that suffered through last year with awful weather, how does this season compare? Guest: Eddie Wood- General Manager, Mount Seymour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices