The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Mon Mar 18th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @jillreports's 🔥 question of the day: as a five-day hearing on the Trans Mountain pipeline project opens in the BC Court of Appeal, we want to know what you think. Should it be up to the province, or the federal government, to regulate oil and bitumen transport in British Columbia?

British Columbia

Federal government

 

Chapter 2

The BC government’s reference case on Trans Mountain is being heard at the Court of Appeal

The BC Court of Appeal will consider the question of provincial powers over the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project during a five-day hearing that starts today.

The BC government wants to know if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.

When BC filed the reference case last year, Alberta announced it would ban wines from the province.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's government accused BC Premier John Horgan of trying to break the rules of Confederation.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

How new technology can help give advance warning of earthquakes in BC

BC's transportation ministry is looking to purchase 25 new hybrid earthquake sensors that would not only expand the existing strong motion sensor network, but also provide data for early warning systems.

They would be installed on various bridges, providing notice that an earthquake is imminent.

So how does the technology work? And is it something that could work for homeowners as well as major pieces of infrastructure?

Let's bring in Behraad Bahreyni now. He's an Associate Professor with the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University, and he's been developing this kind of sensor technology at SFU.

Guest: Behraad Bahreyni

Associate Professor with the School of Metatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University

 

Chapter 4

Condo parking stalls are significantly underused: Metro Vancouver study

We all know the frustration of driving around for ever and ever, trying desperately to find an empty parking stall.

Now what if I told you that behind the gates of the apartment buildings you drive past, there are likely loads of parking stalls sitting vacant - never used?

Well a new study by Metro Vancouver and Translink is shedding some light on this.

Guest: James Stiver

Manager, Growth Management and Transportation, Planning and Environment for Metro Vancouver

 

Chapter 5

Michael Wernick retires as Clerk of the Privy Council

The country's top bureaucrat, Michael Wernick, is leaving his job, telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an open letter that recent events show him there is no path for a "relationship of mutual trust" with the opposition parties.

Wernick has been clerk of the Privy Council since 2016, shortly after the Liberals assumed office.  But he has come under fire in the past few weeks after being accused by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould of being among a number of officials, including Trudeau and his senior staff, who pressured her to head off criminal charges for SNC-Lavalin.

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson

Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global News and Host of The West Block

 

Chapter 6

Former UBC student facing charges in a Saudi court

A group of women's rights activists face charges in a court in Saudi Arabia. Among them is a former student of UBC, called Loujain Al-Hathloul.

They were detained last spring and the charges against them include 'promoting women's rights', and contacting other activists and foreign media.

Guest: Jacqueline Hansen

Women’s Rights Campaigner for Amnesty International

 

Chapter 7

How will Tesla’s Model Y impact the EV market?

How the Model Y factors into the rising demand for SUVs

Are EVs disrupting the automotive industry?

Is the Model Y right for first-time EV buyers? How it measures up to other EVs on the market

Guest: Dustin Woods

Associate Editor, autoTRADER.ca

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @jillreports's 🔥 question of the day: as a five-day hearing on the Trans Mountain pipeline project opens in the BC Court of Appeal, we want to know what you think. Should it be up to the province, or the federal government, to regulate oil and bitumen transport in British Columbia?

British Columbia
Federal government

 

Chapter 2

The BC government’s reference case on Trans Mountain is being heard at the Court of Appeal

The BC Court of Appeal will consider the question of provincial powers over the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project during a five-day hearing that starts today.

The BC government wants to know if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.

When BC filed the reference case last year, Alberta announced it would ban wines from the province.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's government accused BC Premier John Horgan of trying to break the rules of Confederation.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

How new technology can help give advance warning of earthquakes in BC

BC's transportation ministry is looking to purchase 25 new hybrid earthquake sensors that would not only expand the existing strong motion sensor network, but also provide data for early warning systems.

They would be installed on various bridges, providing notice that an earthquake is imminent.

So how does the technology work? And is it something that could work for homeowners as well as major pieces of infrastructure?

Let's bring in Behraad Bahreyni now. He's an Associate Professor with the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University, and he's been developing this kind of sensor technology at SFU.

Guest: Behraad Bahreyni

Associate Professor with the School of Metatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University

 

Chapter 4

Condo parking stalls are significantly underused: Metro Vancouver study

We all know the frustration of driving around for ever and ever, trying desperately to find an empty parking stall.

Now what if I told you that behind the gates of the apartment buildings you drive past, there are likely loads of parking stalls sitting vacant - never used?

Well a new study by Metro Vancouver and Translink is shedding some light on this.

Guest: James Stiver

Manager, Growth Management and Transportation, Planning and Environment for Metro Vancouver

 

Chapter 5

Michael Wernick retires as Clerk of the Privy Council

The country's top bureaucrat, Michael Wernick, is leaving his job, telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an open letter that recent events show him there is no path for a "relationship of mutual trust" with the opposition parties.

Wernick has been clerk of the Privy Council since 2016, shortly after the Liberals assumed office.  But he has come under fire in the past few weeks after being accused by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould of being among a number of officials, including Trudeau and his senior staff, who pressured her to head off criminal charges for SNC-Lavalin.

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson

Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global News and Host of The West Block

 

Chapter 6

Former UBC student facing charges in a Saudi court

A group of women's rights activists face charges in a court in Saudi Arabia. Among them is a former student of UBC, called Loujain Al-Hathloul.

They were detained last spring and the charges against them include 'promoting women's rights', and contacting other activists and foreign media.

Guest: Jacqueline Hansen

Women’s Rights Campaigner for Amnesty International

 

Chapter 7

How will Tesla’s Model Y impact the EV market?

How the Model Y factors into the rising demand for SUVs
Are EVs disrupting the automotive industry?
Is the Model Y right for first-time EV buyers? How it measures up to other EVs on the market

Guest: Dustin Woods

Associate Editor, autoTRADER.ca