The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Mon Apr 8th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: do social media companies need more regulation in Canada, to stem the tide of misinformation, trolling, and electoral interference?

Yes, needs more oversight

No, threat to free speech

 

Chapter 2

Canada likely to face foreign meddling in election but unlikely on scale of 2016 Russian interference: report

There’s lots in the news today about Facebook that we want to tell you about.

First: in the UK today, The British government is proposing direct regulation of social media companies for the first time, with senior executives facing fines if they fail to block content such as terrorist propaganda or images of child abuse. These regulations would create a statutory "duty of care'' for social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to protect young people who use their sites.

And in this past hour, we learned that six Canadian Facebook pages were taken down today, as the social media company said it was enforcing its policy on extremist content and hate groups.

Faith Goldy, Kevin Goudreau, and the Soldiers of Odin (Canadian Infidels) were among those who Facebook said were “banned from having any further presence on Facebook and Instagram.”

We’ll talk more about that after 12 o’clock.

But first, we want to talk about this October’s federal election.

The national cyberspy agency says it is very likely that Canadian voters will experience some kind of online foreign interference related to the coming federal election.

Guest: Jeff Semple

Senior Correspondent for Global National News

Host of 'Russia Rising' podcast

 

 

Chapter 3

How one local group is tackling loneliness among people with developmental disabilities

Many people in Vancouver experience loneliness. In a few moments, we’re going to open the phones on this: do you think Vancouver is a lonely city to live in? And if so, what should be done to help combat that? 604-280-9898 - get ready to call us in a few minutes.

Right now, we’re going to talk about how one group in particular experiences loneliness, and they are people with developmental disabilities.

Very often there are difficulties in accessing resources, but there is one local group that had a big announcement today that could help.

Guest: Denise Haskett

Executive Director and Community Leader for L’Arche Greater Vancouver

 

Chapter 4

Canada a likely target in election year for foreign cyber interference, spy agency says

The federal government says it's not getting enough co-operation from the world's big social media companies to head off foreign interference in Canada's upcoming federal election.

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould says federal officials have had several discussions with online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter on how they plan to protect Canadians during the national electoral process. But she says there hasn't been much progress in dealing with potential electoral threats.

In an assessment released today, Canada's Communications Security Establishment said that last year, half of all advanced democracies holding national elections were targeted by cyberthreat activity. That’s a threefold increase since 2015, and it’s expected that the upward trend will continue this year.

Guest: Jane Lytvynenko

Reporter on the ‘Disinformation’ Beat, Buzzfeed News         

 

Chapter 5

Why are there no dedicated federal anti-money laundering police officers working in B.C.?

At an “urgently called” press conference this morning, Attorney General David Eby announced a shocking finding from the ongoing report on money laundering in this province by  retired RCMP officer, Peter German…

As part of the chapter released on Monday, German is advising the B.C. government that the RCMP team assigned to deal with anti-money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed. German found the only RCMP resources dedicated to anti-money laundering investigations within B.C. are provincially funded or operate under the provincial policing agreement.

Guest: Dr Peter German

Lawyer, former RCMP Deputy Commissioner, and author of the partially-released report

 

Chapter 6

Marking Kurt Cobain’s death, 25 years on

25 years ago today, the world learned of Kurt Cobain’s untimely passing. He died by suicide. Here’s how ABC News reported on the tragedy on this day in 1994.

On Friday, Nirvana fans headed to nearby Viretta Park, leaving memorials on benches, where flowers mixed with handwritten phrases like “thank you for your art” and “find your place.”

He is survived by his wife, Courtney Love, now 54, and his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, now 26.

Guest: Alan Cross

Global News music commentator

Host of The Ongoing History of New Music on CFOX

 

Chapter 7

Why are there no dedicated federal anti-money laundering police officers working in B.C.?

At an “urgently called” press conference this morning, Attorney General David Eby announced a shocking finding from the ongoing report on money laundering in this province by  retired RCMP officer, Peter German…

Eby then stated that the government of BC is asking for a few things from the federal government…

Dr. Peter German was a guest on our program an hour ago, and he explained the difference between provincial and federal anti-money laundering police officers, and why that distinction matters.

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: do social media companies need more regulation in Canada, to stem the tide of misinformation, trolling, and electoral interference?

Yes, needs more oversight
No, threat to free speech

 

Chapter 2

Canada likely to face foreign meddling in election but unlikely on scale of 2016 Russian interference: report

There’s lots in the news today about Facebook that we want to tell you about.

First: in the UK today, The British government is proposing direct regulation of social media companies for the first time, with senior executives facing fines if they fail to block content such as terrorist propaganda or images of child abuse. These regulations would create a statutory "duty of care'' for social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to protect young people who use their sites.

And in this past hour, we learned that six Canadian Facebook pages were taken down today, as the social media company said it was enforcing its policy on extremist content and hate groups.

Faith Goldy, Kevin Goudreau, and the Soldiers of Odin (Canadian Infidels) were among those who Facebook said were “banned from having any further presence on Facebook and Instagram.”

We’ll talk more about that after 12 o’clock.

But first, we want to talk about this October’s federal election.

The national cyberspy agency says it is very likely that Canadian voters will experience some kind of online foreign interference related to the coming federal election.

Guest: Jeff Semple

Senior Correspondent for Global National News

Host of 'Russia Rising' podcast

 

 

Chapter 3

How one local group is tackling loneliness among people with developmental disabilities

Many people in Vancouver experience loneliness. In a few moments, we’re going to open the phones on this: do you think Vancouver is a lonely city to live in? And if so, what should be done to help combat that? 604-280-9898 - get ready to call us in a few minutes.

Right now, we’re going to talk about how one group in particular experiences loneliness, and they are people with developmental disabilities.

Very often there are difficulties in accessing resources, but there is one local group that had a big announcement today that could help.

Guest: Denise Haskett

Executive Director and Community Leader for L’Arche Greater Vancouver

 

Chapter 4

Canada a likely target in election year for foreign cyber interference, spy agency says

The federal government says it's not getting enough co-operation from the world's big social media companies to head off foreign interference in Canada's upcoming federal election.

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould says federal officials have had several discussions with online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter on how they plan to protect Canadians during the national electoral process. But she says there hasn't been much progress in dealing with potential electoral threats.

In an assessment released today, Canada's Communications Security Establishment said that last year, half of all advanced democracies holding national elections were targeted by cyberthreat activity. That’s a threefold increase since 2015, and it’s expected that the upward trend will continue this year.

Guest: Jane Lytvynenko

Reporter on the ‘Disinformation’ Beat, Buzzfeed News         

 

Chapter 5

Why are there no dedicated federal anti-money laundering police officers working in B.C.?

At an “urgently called” press conference this morning, Attorney General David Eby announced a shocking finding from the ongoing report on money laundering in this province by  retired RCMP officer, Peter German…

As part of the chapter released on Monday, German is advising the B.C. government that the RCMP team assigned to deal with anti-money laundering is more than three-quarters unstaffed. German found the only RCMP resources dedicated to anti-money laundering investigations within B.C. are provincially funded or operate under the provincial policing agreement.

Guest: Dr Peter German

Lawyer, former RCMP Deputy Commissioner, and author of the partially-released report

 

Chapter 6

Marking Kurt Cobain’s death, 25 years on

25 years ago today, the world learned of Kurt Cobain’s untimely passing. He died by suicide. Here’s how ABC News reported on the tragedy on this day in 1994.

On Friday, Nirvana fans headed to nearby Viretta Park, leaving memorials on benches, where flowers mixed with handwritten phrases like “thank you for your art” and “find your place.”

He is survived by his wife, Courtney Love, now 54, and his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, now 26.

Guest: Alan Cross

Global News music commentator

Host of The Ongoing History of New Music on CFOX

 

Chapter 7

Why are there no dedicated federal anti-money laundering police officers working in B.C.?

At an “urgently called” press conference this morning, Attorney General David Eby announced a shocking finding from the ongoing report on money laundering in this province by  retired RCMP officer, Peter German…

Eby then stated that the government of BC is asking for a few things from the federal government…

Dr. Peter German was a guest on our program an hour ago, and he explained the difference between provincial and federal anti-money laundering police officers, and why that distinction matters.