Best of The Simi Sara Show - Tues March 5th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: should radio stations pull Michael Jackson from their playlists, in light of the new allegations in this week’s HBO documentaries?

Yes, credibility is gone.

No, his art stands apart.

 

Chapter 2

Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet as SNC-Lavalin crisis deepens

One of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers is resigning from cabinet, citing the ongoing fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott spells out her reasons for quitting in an open letter to the prime minister yesterday.  She says she's lost confidence in the way the Trudeau government has handled the matter.

In a speech in Toronto Monday night, Trudeau took a moment to talk about the controversy that is rocking his government to its very foundations.

Meanwhile, a new poll exclusive to Global News finds 62% of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the moral authority to govern because of the SNC Lavalin affair. The Ipsos poll found that more than half believe Trudeau should resign, with a majority agreeing there WAS political interference. Most respondents are going as far to say the RCMP should investigate the matter.  Another 67% are choosing to believe former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould over Trudeau.

Can Prime Minister Trudeau do anything to mitigate this crisis? How is the opposition using the SNC-Lavalin scandal to their political benefit?

Guest: Alise Mills

Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy

Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya

BC Director, Broadbent Institute

Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

Surrey councillor says he won’t support move to municipal police force unless public are consulted

Cracks are starting to show in the solidarity of the ruling party at Surrey city hall when it comes to moving to a city police force.

Councillor Jack Hundial, a former Surrey RCMP Staff-Sergeant, voted in favor of the move last fall, but now he says unless there is public consultation in the process, he won't support replacing the RCMP.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 4

Second man seems to be free of AIDS virus after transplant

Researchers say a London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant. It's the second such success. Lead researcher Professor Ravindra Gupta at London's University College says not only is it difficult finding a donor with genetic HIV resistance, a stem cell transplant is a difficult and risky procedure. Doctors found a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV. About one per cent of people descended from northern Europeans have inherited the mutation. The patient has not been identified.

Guest: Dr. Zabrina Brumme

Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University

Director of Laboratories at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

 

Chapter 5

Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet as SNC-Lavalin crisis deepens

 

Guest: David Akin

Global News Chief Political Correspondent

 

Chapter 6

RCMP officer remains in hospital after hit-and-run in Burnaby

One of the two officers struck by a hit-and-run driver in the lunch hour yesterday in Burnaby is now home and recovering.

Corporal Aaron Courtenay is a 15-year veteran with the Abbotsford Police Department, and has spent 10 years on the Lower Mainland District Integrated Police Dog Services Unit.

The other officer struck, a member of the RCMP, remains in hospital.

They were out of their vehicle training their dogs at North Fraser Way and Glenlyon when struck by a car that has since been recovered by police.

The driver fled and Burnaby RCMP continue to hunt for him or her.

Guest: Grace Ke

Global News reporter

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: should radio stations pull Michael Jackson from their playlists, in light of the new allegations in this week’s HBO documentaries?

Yes, credibility is gone.
No, his art stands apart.

 

Chapter 2

Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet as SNC-Lavalin crisis deepens

One of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers is resigning from cabinet, citing the ongoing fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott spells out her reasons for quitting in an open letter to the prime minister yesterday.  She says she's lost confidence in the way the Trudeau government has handled the matter.

In a speech in Toronto Monday night, Trudeau took a moment to talk about the controversy that is rocking his government to its very foundations.

Meanwhile, a new poll exclusive to Global News finds 62% of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the moral authority to govern because of the SNC Lavalin affair. The Ipsos poll found that more than half believe Trudeau should resign, with a majority agreeing there WAS political interference. Most respondents are going as far to say the RCMP should investigate the matter.  Another 67% are choosing to believe former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould over Trudeau.

Can Prime Minister Trudeau do anything to mitigate this crisis? How is the opposition using the SNC-Lavalin scandal to their political benefit?

Guest: Alise Mills

Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy

Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya

BC Director, Broadbent Institute

Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

Surrey councillor says he won’t support move to municipal police force unless public are consulted

Cracks are starting to show in the solidarity of the ruling party at Surrey city hall when it comes to moving to a city police force.

Councillor Jack Hundial, a former Surrey RCMP Staff-Sergeant, voted in favor of the move last fall, but now he says unless there is public consultation in the process, he won't support replacing the RCMP.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 4

Second man seems to be free of AIDS virus after transplant

Researchers say a London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant. It's the second such success. Lead researcher Professor Ravindra Gupta at London's University College says not only is it difficult finding a donor with genetic HIV resistance, a stem cell transplant is a difficult and risky procedure. Doctors found a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV. About one per cent of people descended from northern Europeans have inherited the mutation. The patient has not been identified.

Guest: Dr. Zabrina Brumme

Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University

Director of Laboratories at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

 

Chapter 5

Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet as SNC-Lavalin crisis deepens

 

Guest: David Akin

Global News Chief Political Correspondent

 

Chapter 6

RCMP officer remains in hospital after hit-and-run in Burnaby

One of the two officers struck by a hit-and-run driver in the lunch hour yesterday in Burnaby is now home and recovering.

Corporal Aaron Courtenay is a 15-year veteran with the Abbotsford Police Department, and has spent 10 years on the Lower Mainland District Integrated Police Dog Services Unit.

The other officer struck, a member of the RCMP, remains in hospital.

They were out of their vehicle training their dogs at North Fraser Way and Glenlyon when struck by a car that has since been recovered by police.

The driver fled and Burnaby RCMP continue to hunt for him or her.

Guest: Grace Ke

Global News reporter