License to Chill with Bert Hick
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Blending over 30 years of experience with a well-chilled Chardonnay, licensing expert Bert Hick, sits down with industry leaders, to discuss the biggest plays and takeaways of liquor and cannabis today.
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Sarah Leamon
December 22, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIn studio today, Bert is joined by criminal defence lawyer, Sarah Leamon. In 2017, she was invited to speak before the House of Commons Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, providing legal testimony on the changes to Canada’s impaired driving laws in light of cannabis legalization, and has since then continued her advisory role with the federal government, submitting frequent briefs, pertaining to issues from hate speech to human trafficking. In 2018, she fo...
Jamie Shaw
December 02, 2019 17:16 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBOn today’s show, Bert welcomes cannabis leader, Jamie Shaw. Noted as Canada’s only court-certified dispensary expert, Shaw was a key witness in the Allard trial, which came before the Federal Court, and gained medicinal patients the right to grow cannabis themselves. She has successfully lobbied for dispensary regulation in Vancouver, Victoria and other canadian municipalities under prohibition, and has consulted at length with all levels of government on cannabis regulations. As th...
John Conroy
November 18, 2019 20:38 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBIn studio today, Bert is joined by Queen’s Counsel and legendary criminal defense lawyer, John Conroy, QC. In historic cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, Conroy has defended the rights of patients using medical cannabis, and fought for the constitutionality of accessible medication, at an affordable price. With decision such as Smith, and Allard, the landscape of medicinal marijuana, compassion clubs, medical treatment with cannabis, and the rights of the person as underlin...
Attorney General of B.C. David Eby
November 11, 2019 08:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBTaking the show on the road, and setting up at the offices of the Attorney General of British Columbia, Bert is joined on the hot mic by Minister David Eby. An NDP MLA, he was re-elected to the legislature in 2017, following a more than noteworthy defeat in 2013 of then Premier Christy Clark by a margin of 785 votes, in the riding of Vanouver-Point Grey - a riding previously held by fellow Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell. Eby previously worked with the Pivot Legal Society, in the do...
Jodie Emery
November 05, 2019 15:23 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBToday, Bert welcomes famed cannabis activist and politician Jodie Emery. Joining him in studio, she shares her account of the tepid relationship between the police and cannabis offenses over the last couple decades, and with the details of her own harrowing experience being arrested, she explains why the full expungement of criminal offenses is needed - a step up from the current pardons in place. Frequently found on speaking engagements around the world, she shares her thoughts tod...
Dana Larsen
October 21, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 65 MBIn studio today, Bert is joined by leading cannabis rights activist and politician Dana Larsen. With this year’s 420 Vancouver event being the largest to date, taking place post-legalization in Canada, and during a federal election year, we explore the question of whether 420 is more celebration than protest, along with diving into the issues that many argue are yet to be addressed with the current legislation. Championing psychedelics and the broad legalization of other drugs, Dana...
Jeff Guignard
October 14, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBOn today’s show, Bert welcomes Jeff Guignard, the Executive Director of British Columbia's Alliance of Beverage Licensees, better known as ABLE BC. With the addition of cannabis, alongside alcohol on the recreational scene, Jeff joins Bert in studio to chat about what this will mean for the industry going forward, and what the response has been so far, in the urban and rural markets, across British Columbia. License to Chill with Bert Hick is recorded live at Studio 710, in down...
Ken Beattie
October 07, 2019 19:21 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn studio today, Bert sits down with Ken Beattie, the Executive Director of the BC Craft Brewers Guild. For over 25 years, he has been a mainstay of the beer industry, and is a certified [Prud’homme] Beer Educator. With the craft beer boom still flourishing in British Columbia, Ken sits down to chat about the current state of the industry, and the upcoming BC Craft Brewers Conference, mere days away. License to Chill with Bert Hick is recorded live at Studio 710, in downtown Van...
Ian Tostenson
September 23, 2019 20:05 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIn studio today, Bert sits down with Ian Tostenson, the President and CEO of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association. He previously served as Director of the David Foster Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to helping support families with children in need of lifesaving transplants. And in recent years he has been a leading voice in the debate for RideShare, which would finally bring services like Uber and Lyft to Vancouver. License to Chill with Bert Hick i...
Barinder Rasode
September 13, 2019 03:56 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIn studio today, Bert sits down with former Surrey City Councillor, Barinder Rasode, the CEO and Co-Founder of Grow Tech Labs. In 2017, she founded the National Institute for Cannabis Health and Education, and a year later, Cannabis Wise, an accreditation program, aimed to help Canadian consumers identify products that are created with quality control, legality, and responsible cannabis use in mind. Along with Co-Founder Natasha Raey, she launched SheTalks in 2015, an open-speaker s...