The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Fri, Jan 25th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews’s 🔥 question of the day: what should be done with “Woody”, the famous BC legislature wood-splitter?

Sell it on eBay

GIve it to charity

Let the public use it

Give it back to Craig James

 

Chapter 2

Darryl Plecas’s special adviser, Alan Mullen, speaks to the Simi Sara Show

Guest: Alan Mullen

Special adviser to the Speaker of the House, Darryl Plecas

 

Chapter 3

McCallum apologizes for comments on Meng extradition

Hours after he was publicly defended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's ambassador to China apologized for politically explosive comments when he suggested there was a strong case for the detained Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, to avoid extradition to the US.

John McCallum issued a statement yesterday saying he misspoke earlier this week when he spoke to a group of Chinese-language journalists in Toronto about Meng, listing several arguments he thought could help her with her case.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire McCallum, saying the remarks raised concerns about the politicization of the Meng case. But some say that while McCallum's remarks might have been controversial on the surface, his comments were not out of line with what some experts have been saying.

Guest: Phil Calvert

Former Canadian diplomat who worked in China

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria

 

Chapter 4

NDP says Linda Reid refused to act after being warned Craig James wasn’t eligible for a secret $258,000 payout

NDP MLA and LAMC member Janet Routledge believes that former Speaker of the House Linda Reid refused to act after being warned Craig James wasn’t eligible for a secret $258,000 payout.

Guest: Janet Routledge

NDP MLA for Burnaby South

Member of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee

 

 

Chapter 5

Health Series: Impacts of technology and social media on mental health

How does spending time on social media impact our mental health and state of mind? Global News’s Sonia Deol digs deeper.

 

Chapter 6

Foodie Friday with Caren McSherry

Guest: Caren McSherry

Founder and President of the Gourmet Warehouse

 

Chapter 7

Vancouver City Council considers halving the number of car lanes on Granville Bridge

Things on the Granville Street Bridge could get a whole lot tighter for motorists, and a whole lot nicer for pedestrians, if a new city report is approved by council.

The report suggests the number of car lanes on the bridge could be cut in half, turning the 4 centre lanes into an accessible walking and bicycle path.

It updates an earlier proposal that would have taken away just 2 of the centre lanes.

The report says the bridge was meant to connect to "high-volume freeways" that were never built, resulting in the lanes being under-used.

The report goes to City Council next Wednesday.

Guest: Lesli Boldt

President of Boldt Communications Inc

Supports the new bike and pedestrian pathway on Granville Bridge

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews’s 🔥 question of the day: what should be done with “Woody”, the famous BC legislature wood-splitter?

Sell it on eBay
GIve it to charity
Let the public use it
Give it back to Craig James

 

Chapter 2

Darryl Plecas’s special adviser, Alan Mullen, speaks to the Simi Sara Show

Guest: Alan Mullen

Special adviser to the Speaker of the House, Darryl Plecas

 

Chapter 3

McCallum apologizes for comments on Meng extradition

Hours after he was publicly defended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's ambassador to China apologized for politically explosive comments when he suggested there was a strong case for the detained Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, to avoid extradition to the US.

John McCallum issued a statement yesterday saying he misspoke earlier this week when he spoke to a group of Chinese-language journalists in Toronto about Meng, listing several arguments he thought could help her with her case.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire McCallum, saying the remarks raised concerns about the politicization of the Meng case. But some say that while McCallum's remarks might have been controversial on the surface, his comments were not out of line with what some experts have been saying.

Guest: Phil Calvert

Former Canadian diplomat who worked in China

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria

 

Chapter 4

NDP says Linda Reid refused to act after being warned Craig James wasn’t eligible for a secret $258,000 payout

NDP MLA and LAMC member Janet Routledge believes that former Speaker of the House Linda Reid refused to act after being warned Craig James wasn’t eligible for a secret $258,000 payout.

Guest: Janet Routledge

NDP MLA for Burnaby South

Member of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee

 

 

Chapter 5

Health Series: Impacts of technology and social media on mental health

How does spending time on social media impact our mental health and state of mind? Global News’s Sonia Deol digs deeper.

 

Chapter 6

Foodie Friday with Caren McSherry

Guest: Caren McSherry

Founder and President of the Gourmet Warehouse

 

Chapter 7

Vancouver City Council considers halving the number of car lanes on Granville Bridge

Things on the Granville Street Bridge could get a whole lot tighter for motorists, and a whole lot nicer for pedestrians, if a new city report is approved by council.

The report suggests the number of car lanes on the bridge could be cut in half, turning the 4 centre lanes into an accessible walking and bicycle path.

It updates an earlier proposal that would have taken away just 2 of the centre lanes.

The report says the bridge was meant to connect to "high-volume freeways" that were never built, resulting in the lanes being under-used.

The report goes to City Council next Wednesday.

Guest: Lesli Boldt

President of Boldt Communications Inc

Supports the new bike and pedestrian pathway on Granville Bridge