The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Tues Jan 8th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: Passengers will soon be able to hail a ride through the Kater app, thanks to a new partnership between it and the Vancouver Taxi Association. @JillReports wants to know how you feel about this news.

Great! Problem solved.

We still need Uber and Lyft.

 

Chapter 2

Vancouver taxi industry set to partner with ride hailing app Kater before new rules come into effect

A new agreement has been reached allowing the Vancouver Taxi Association to use a percentage of its new licenses to launch its own version of ride hailing. It means that Kater is set to become the first ridesharing company to operate in B.C.

Kater is a company based in Surrey, and they may begin testing its app as early as this spring - well in advance of the provincial government's timeline of fall 2019. It means the company will be ride hailing in name only - because is still going to have to operate under the current rules and licencing restrictions, and will have to charge regular taxi fares.

Liberal MLA Jas Johal says this partnership is not in the best interest of consumers, and more needs to be done to bring about the kind of services the public want.

 

Guest: Michael Van Hemmen

Uber Canada's general manager of cities

 

Chapter 3

Rallies planned in support of anti-pipeline protesters arrested in northern B.C.

A rally gets underway later this hour in Vancouver, in support of anti-pipeline protesters arrested in northern B.C.

The RCMP say officers arrested 14 people Monday evening for allegedly violating the conditions of an interim court injunction that required the removal of a blockade on a forest service road that is preventing access to a pipeline project.

That RCMP statement continues:

As with other injunction orders and police enforcement clauses, the RCMP is given discretion to decide how and when to enforce the order. The primary focus for the police is the safety of everyone involved – protesters, police officers, area residents, motorists, media and general public. This was done by creating a temporary exclusion zone, which under civil injunctions are similar to criminal search warrants, where the police do not allow access to anyone who is not part of the enforcement team. There are both privacy and safety concerns in keeping the public and the media at the perimeter, which should be as small as possible and as brief as possible in the circumstances, based on security and safety needs.

But there are counter arguments to these kinds of exclusion zones - and in particular, those which prevent access to journalists who want to report on what’s going on.

 

Guest: Miles Howe

Researcher at Queen’s University

 

Chapter 4

Recall campaign in the works against Darryl Plecas

A recall campaign is in the works against the Speaker of the Legislature, Darryl Plecas.

The Vancouver Sun this morning is reporting that a man called Robin Roy plans to submit paperwork to Elections BC at the end of January.

He'll need to collect signatures from over 40 per cent of the eligible voters in the riding of Abbotsford South within 60 days in order to be successful.

A short time ago, our Legislative Reporter, Liza Yuzda, spoke to Robin to find out why he’s doing this.

 

Guest: Liza Yuzda

Global News Legislative Reporter

 

Chapter 5

Former Foreign Affairs Minister calls on Trudeau government to address China detentions

Guest: Peter Mackay

Former Foreign Affairs Minister

 

Chapter 6

Vancouver taxi industry set to partner with ride hailing app Kater before new rules come into effect

A new agreement has been reached allowing the Vancouver Taxi Association to use a percentage of its new licenses to launch its own version of ride hailin. It means that Kater is set to become the first ridesharing company to operate in B.C.

Earlier, Uber Canada's general manager of cities, Michael Van Hemmen, told the Simi Sara Show, that rides on the Kater app will still have to follow all the rules of regular taxis - and that’s not what the public wants.

 

Guest: Ian Tostenson

Spokesperson for Ridesharing NOW for BC

President and CEO of the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association

 

Chapter 7

New report shows role climate change played on BC’s wildfires

Research from Environment Canada says climate change at least doubled the risk for BC's record-setting 2017 wildfire season.

The newly published study adds that global warming is likely to have increased the amount of land scorched in the fires by up to 11 times.

The study shows scientists are increasingly able to demonstrate the role that climate change plays in specific events.

It’s because more researchers - using new statistical methods, better data and more powerful computers - are linking overall warming to local events.

In 2017, 12,000 square kilometres of forest burned in British Columbia.

That was a record until last summer when 13,000 square kilometres were destroyed.

 

Guest: Frances Zwiers

Director of Pacific Climate Impact Consortium at University of Victoria, and co-author of the report

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: Passengers will soon be able to hail a ride through the Kater app, thanks to a new partnership between it and the Vancouver Taxi Association. @JillReports wants to know how you feel about this news.

Great! Problem solved.
We still need Uber and Lyft.

 

Chapter 2

Vancouver taxi industry set to partner with ride hailing app Kater before new rules come into effect

A new agreement has been reached allowing the Vancouver Taxi Association to use a percentage of its new licenses to launch its own version of ride hailing. It means that Kater is set to become the first ridesharing company to operate in B.C.

Kater is a company based in Surrey, and they may begin testing its app as early as this spring - well in advance of the provincial government's timeline of fall 2019. It means the company will be ride hailing in name only - because is still going to have to operate under the current rules and licencing restrictions, and will have to charge regular taxi fares.

Liberal MLA Jas Johal says this partnership is not in the best interest of consumers, and more needs to be done to bring about the kind of services the public want.

 

Guest: Michael Van Hemmen

Uber Canada's general manager of cities

 

Chapter 3

Rallies planned in support of anti-pipeline protesters arrested in northern B.C.

A rally gets underway later this hour in Vancouver, in support of anti-pipeline protesters arrested in northern B.C.

The RCMP say officers arrested 14 people Monday evening for allegedly violating the conditions of an interim court injunction that required the removal of a blockade on a forest service road that is preventing access to a pipeline project.

That RCMP statement continues:

As with other injunction orders and police enforcement clauses, the RCMP is given discretion to decide how and when to enforce the order. The primary focus for the police is the safety of everyone involved – protesters, police officers, area residents, motorists, media and general public. This was done by creating a temporary exclusion zone, which under civil injunctions are similar to criminal search warrants, where the police do not allow access to anyone who is not part of the enforcement team. There are both privacy and safety concerns in keeping the public and the media at the perimeter, which should be as small as possible and as brief as possible in the circumstances, based on security and safety needs.

But there are counter arguments to these kinds of exclusion zones - and in particular, those which prevent access to journalists who want to report on what’s going on.

 

Guest: Miles Howe

Researcher at Queen’s University

 

Chapter 4

Recall campaign in the works against Darryl Plecas

A recall campaign is in the works against the Speaker of the Legislature, Darryl Plecas.

The Vancouver Sun this morning is reporting that a man called Robin Roy plans to submit paperwork to Elections BC at the end of January.

He'll need to collect signatures from over 40 per cent of the eligible voters in the riding of Abbotsford South within 60 days in order to be successful.

A short time ago, our Legislative Reporter, Liza Yuzda, spoke to Robin to find out why he’s doing this.

 

Guest: Liza Yuzda

Global News Legislative Reporter

 

Chapter 5

Former Foreign Affairs Minister calls on Trudeau government to address China detentions

Guest: Peter Mackay

Former Foreign Affairs Minister

 

Chapter 6

Vancouver taxi industry set to partner with ride hailing app Kater before new rules come into effect

A new agreement has been reached allowing the Vancouver Taxi Association to use a percentage of its new licenses to launch its own version of ride hailin. It means that Kater is set to become the first ridesharing company to operate in B.C.

Earlier, Uber Canada's general manager of cities, Michael Van Hemmen, told the Simi Sara Show, that rides on the Kater app will still have to follow all the rules of regular taxis - and that’s not what the public wants.

 

Guest: Ian Tostenson

Spokesperson for Ridesharing NOW for BC

President and CEO of the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association

 

Chapter 7

New report shows role climate change played on BC’s wildfires

Research from Environment Canada says climate change at least doubled the risk for BC's record-setting 2017 wildfire season.

The newly published study adds that global warming is likely to have increased the amount of land scorched in the fires by up to 11 times.

The study shows scientists are increasingly able to demonstrate the role that climate change plays in specific events.

It’s because more researchers - using new statistical methods, better data and more powerful computers - are linking overall warming to local events.

In 2017, 12,000 square kilometres of forest burned in British Columbia.

That was a record until last summer when 13,000 square kilometres were destroyed.

 

Guest: Frances Zwiers

Director of Pacific Climate Impact Consortium at University of Victoria, and co-author of the report