The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Tues Apr 23rd 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day:  Jody Wilson-Raybould is contemplating a run as a Green Party candidate in the federal election this fall.

Which party do you think she should run for? #cdnpoli

Greens

NDP

Independent

None - quit politics

 

Chapter 2

Jody Wilson-Raybould contemplates running for the federal Green Party

Jody Wilson-Raybould says she has spoken to the leader of the federal Green Party, Elizabeth May, numerous times about running for the Greens in the federal election this fall.

But she says she has not yet decided what her political future will look like.

The MP for Vancouver-Granville was thrown out of the Liberal caucus earlier this month and was told she could not run for the Liberals in the upcoming federal election.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

RCMP recruiting accountants and tech experts in fight against money laundering and other organized crime: National Post report

For years, the RCMP has tackled organized crime by relying on the skills of investigators with a background in traditional, frontline policing.

But that is set to change. The National Post is reporting today that the RCMP wants a broader range of skills among its staff who are assigned to big files like money laundering.

Now, they'd like to see civilian specialists with backgrounds in accounting, engineering, and technology, working alongside police officers to help in the fight against terrorism, cybercrime, and drug trafficking.

Guest: Sam Cooper

National investigative journalist for Global News

 

Chapter 4

Canada’s best selling  author, Joy Fielding, discusses her latest book, and the popularity of the thriller genre

Joy is a New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Daughter, She's Not There, Someone Is Watching, Charley's Web, Heartstopper, Mad River Road, See Jane Run and other acclaimed novels, AND has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. She really is Canada’s most beloved thriller writer, and one who was doing it long before the genre gained widespread popularity!

Fielding’s newest novel, All the Wrong Places, is a complex, electrifying thriller about perils of online dating, friendship, jealousy and passion--a deadly combination, where chapter one starts out with a bang, and then by the second chapter, completely turns you upside down--this thriller is certainty not what you expect it to be!

Guest: Joy Fielding

New York Times bestselling author

Fielding’s latest book, All the Wrong Places, is out now

 

Chapter 5

'Buzzy, swole, snowflake EGOT unplugs', and other new words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Guest: Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show contributor

 

Chapter 6

Sri lanka social media blackout: a protection against misinformation, or interference in free speech?

We see it every day - misinformation spread on social media. It begins with a tweet, and before you know it, it gets shared and re-shared and the misinformation spreads.

The Sri Lankan government took the step to shut down social media networks in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings. They say it was to stop the spread of "false news reports".

It's not clear when that shutdown will end. And as a result, many have been struggling to communicate with one another - arguably, at the time when they need it the most... to check in with each other and see if they're safe.

So is a ban on social media in cases like this a protection against misinformation, or interference in free speech?

Guest: Clinton Watts

Former FBI agent, who studies misinformation for the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Author of Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News

 

Chapter 7

Federal government commits $30 million to combat gang crime in BC

The federal government has committed $30 million to BC over the next five years, and six gang-related programs in Abbotsford, the Cariboo-Chilcotin region and the Greater Victoria region will benefit from some of the cash.

The provincial and federal governments are promising to “pull out all the stops” to find ways to curb gun and gang violence and save young lives.

Guest: Mike Farnworth

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day:  Jody Wilson-Raybould is contemplating a run as a Green Party candidate in the federal election this fall.

Which party do you think she should run for? #cdnpoli

Greens
NDP
Independent
None - quit politics

 

Chapter 2

Jody Wilson-Raybould contemplates running for the federal Green Party

Jody Wilson-Raybould says she has spoken to the leader of the federal Green Party, Elizabeth May, numerous times about running for the Greens in the federal election this fall.

But she says she has not yet decided what her political future will look like.

The MP for Vancouver-Granville was thrown out of the Liberal caucus earlier this month and was told she could not run for the Liberals in the upcoming federal election.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

RCMP recruiting accountants and tech experts in fight against money laundering and other organized crime: National Post report

For years, the RCMP has tackled organized crime by relying on the skills of investigators with a background in traditional, frontline policing.

But that is set to change. The National Post is reporting today that the RCMP wants a broader range of skills among its staff who are assigned to big files like money laundering.

Now, they'd like to see civilian specialists with backgrounds in accounting, engineering, and technology, working alongside police officers to help in the fight against terrorism, cybercrime, and drug trafficking.

Guest: Sam Cooper

National investigative journalist for Global News

 

Chapter 4

Canada’s best selling  author, Joy Fielding, discusses her latest book, and the popularity of the thriller genre

Joy is a New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Daughter, She's Not There, Someone Is Watching, Charley's Web, Heartstopper, Mad River Road, See Jane Run and other acclaimed novels, AND has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. She really is Canada’s most beloved thriller writer, and one who was doing it long before the genre gained widespread popularity!

Fielding’s newest novel, All the Wrong Places, is a complex, electrifying thriller about perils of online dating, friendship, jealousy and passion--a deadly combination, where chapter one starts out with a bang, and then by the second chapter, completely turns you upside down--this thriller is certainty not what you expect it to be!

Guest: Joy Fielding

New York Times bestselling author

Fielding’s latest book, All the Wrong Places, is out now

 

Chapter 5

'Buzzy, swole, snowflake EGOT unplugs', and other new words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Guest: Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show contributor

 

Chapter 6

Sri lanka social media blackout: a protection against misinformation, or interference in free speech?

We see it every day - misinformation spread on social media. It begins with a tweet, and before you know it, it gets shared and re-shared and the misinformation spreads.

The Sri Lankan government took the step to shut down social media networks in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings. They say it was to stop the spread of "false news reports".

It's not clear when that shutdown will end. And as a result, many have been struggling to communicate with one another - arguably, at the time when they need it the most... to check in with each other and see if they're safe.

So is a ban on social media in cases like this a protection against misinformation, or interference in free speech?

Guest: Clinton Watts

Former FBI agent, who studies misinformation for the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Author of Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News

 

Chapter 7

Federal government commits $30 million to combat gang crime in BC

The federal government has committed $30 million to BC over the next five years, and six gang-related programs in Abbotsford, the Cariboo-Chilcotin region and the Greater Victoria region will benefit from some of the cash.

The provincial and federal governments are promising to “pull out all the stops” to find ways to curb gun and gang violence and save young lives.

Guest: Mike Farnworth

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General