The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Wed, Jan 2nd 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: The latest B.C. assessment shows home values in parts of Metro Vancouver have fallen by 5-10pc on average. @MikeSmythNews wants to know if this is welcome news for you?

Yes, prices need to fall.

No, I'll lose my equity.

 

Chapter 2

Property Values released by B.C. Assessment

The 2019 assessment numbers have been released, and they show some of BC’s most expensive properties have lost value, while others are up. Some of BC’s priciest homes, and their values, include:

Chip Wilson’s mega mansion on Point Grey Road is DOWN five million dollars, and is now at 73 million.

4707 Belmont Avenue is DOWN six million dollars, and is now 65 million.

4719 Belmont Avenue is DOWN five million dollars, and is now 41 million.

On average, home values in Vancouver, South Delta, White Rock, South Surrey, Richmond and the North Shore have gone down 5-10% in value.

Dr. Tom Davidoff from the UBC Sauder School of Business told the Jon McComb Show this morning that those figures relate to values from last summer - so a lot may have changed since.

Guest: Tina Ireland

BC Assessment Regional Assessor

 

Chapter 3

NASA spacecraft flies by distant world past Pluto

That was lead scientist with NASA, Alan Stern, ringing in the new year with an unprecedented achievement in the exploration of space.

And it’s because of a spacecraft which has had a close encounter with a celestial body more than six billion kilometres from Earth.

Flight controllers say the New Horizons explorer has flown past Ultima Thule -- that’s further away from Earth than Pluto. Scientists say it will take nearly two years for the explorer craft to beam back all its observations to Earth.

So what does all this mean and what will it teach us about the far-flung places in our galaxy?

Guest: Chris Gainor

President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

 

Chapter 4

What will 2019 bring for Surrey politics?

2019 is shaping up to be a busy, busy year in the City of Surrey. Their new Mayor Doug McCallum has been ruffling feathers ever since he stepped foot in City Hall, promising to bring in a municipal police force, scrap the LRT project, and spending freezes have been making a lot of people angry.

Guest: Stuart Parker

Former Surrey City Council candidate

 

Chapter 5

Municipalities continue to urge provincial government to speed up ridesharing legislation

In November, the province introduced long-awaited legislation that could pave the way for companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate in B.C. If passed, the act would expand Passenger Transportation Board's authority so that it has control over which companies can enter the B.C. market, where they can operate and how much they can charge. Exactly when you'll be able to hop in an Uber, however, remains about as unclear as before the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act was announced. That's largely because ICBC has yet to develop a new insurance product that will cover Uber and Lyft drivers, a process that could take another year or more as the public auto insurer also contends with its dire financial situation.

Municipal politicians from across the lower mainland are getting fed up with the lack of progress being made on the issue of ridesharing. Teri Towner is a Coquitlam city councillor, and she has been speaking out about the need for ridesharing since 2015. Towner volunteers for for Operation Red Nose (ORN), and has said that the busy holiday season made it apparent how desperately the lower mainland needs ridesharing services.

On Dec. 11, Maple Ridge council unanimously voted to write to Premier John Horgan and Transportation Minister Claire Trevena to speed things up and allow ride-sharing as soon as possible. Mayor Mike Morden joins us to discuss why his city feels they need to pressure the provincial government into bringing ridesharing to B.C.

Guest: Teri Towner

Coquitlam City Councillor

Guest: Mike Morden

Mayor of Maple Ridge

 

Chapter 6

Property Values released by B.C. Assessment

The 2019 assessment numbers have been released, and they show some of BC’s most expensive properties have lost value, while others are up. Some of BC’s priciest homes, and their values, include:

Chip Wilson’s mega mansion on Point Grey Road is DOWN five million dollars, and is now at 73 million.

4707 Belmont Avenue is DOWN six million dollars, and is now 65 million.

4719 Belmont Avenue is DOWN five million dollars, and is now 41 million.

On average, home values in Vancouver, South Delta, White Rock, South Surrey, Richmond and the North Shore have gone down 5-10% in value.

Guest: Paul Sullivan

Property Tax Agent and Senior Partner with Burgess Cawley Sullivan & Associates

 

Chapter 7

Nanaimo provincial by-election set for January 30

B.C. Premier John Horgan has called the Nanaimo byelection for January the 30th. The seat opened up when newly-elected Nanaimo mayor, Leonard Krog, resigned his provincial seat in November.

The byelection is one of the most important in the province’s history. If the Liberals win the seat from the NDP it will create a tie in the B.C. legislature, with speaker Darryl Plecas being required to break any tie.

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global News Online Legislative Reporter

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: The latest B.C. assessment shows home values in parts of Metro Vancouver have fallen by 5-10pc on average. @MikeSmythNews wants to know if this is welcome news for you?

Yes, prices need to fall.
No, I'll lose my equity.

 

Chapter 2

Property Values released by B.C. Assessment

The 2019 assessment numbers have been released, and they show some of BC’s most expensive properties have lost value, while others are up. Some of BC’s priciest homes, and their values, include:

Chip Wilson’s mega mansion on Point Grey Road is DOWN five million dollars, and is now at 73 million.
4707 Belmont Avenue is DOWN six million dollars, and is now 65 million.
4719 Belmont Avenue is DOWN five million dollars, and is now 41 million.

On average, home values in Vancouver, South Delta, White Rock, South Surrey, Richmond and the North Shore have gone down 5-10% in value.

Dr. Tom Davidoff from the UBC Sauder School of Business told the Jon McComb Show this morning that those figures relate to values from last summer - so a lot may have changed since.

Guest: Tina Ireland

BC Assessment Regional Assessor

 

Chapter 3

NASA spacecraft flies by distant world past Pluto

That was lead scientist with NASA, Alan Stern, ringing in the new year with an unprecedented achievement in the exploration of space.

And it’s because of a spacecraft which has had a close encounter with a celestial body more than six billion kilometres from Earth.

Flight controllers say the New Horizons explorer has flown past Ultima Thule -- that’s further away from Earth than Pluto. Scientists say it will take nearly two years for the explorer craft to beam back all its observations to Earth.

So what does all this mean and what will it teach us about the far-flung places in our galaxy?

Guest: Chris Gainor

President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

 

Chapter 4

What will 2019 bring for Surrey politics?

2019 is shaping up to be a busy, busy year in the City of Surrey. Their new Mayor Doug McCallum has been ruffling feathers ever since he stepped foot in City Hall, promising to bring in a municipal police force, scrap the LRT project, and spending freezes have been making a lot of people angry.

Guest: Stuart Parker

Former Surrey City Council candidate

 

Chapter 5

Municipalities continue to urge provincial government to speed up ridesharing legislation

In November, the province introduced long-awaited legislation that could pave the way for companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate in B.C. If passed, the act would expand Passenger Transportation Board's authority so that it has control over which companies can enter the B.C. market, where they can operate and how much they can charge. Exactly when you'll be able to hop in an Uber, however, remains about as unclear as before the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act was announced. That's largely because ICBC has yet to develop a new insurance product that will cover Uber and Lyft drivers, a process that could take another year or more as the public auto insurer also contends with its dire financial situation.

Municipal politicians from across the lower mainland are getting fed up with the lack of progress being made on the issue of ridesharing. Teri Towner is a Coquitlam city councillor, and she has been speaking out about the need for ridesharing since 2015. Towner volunteers for for Operation Red Nose (ORN), and has said that the busy holiday season made it apparent how desperately the lower mainland needs ridesharing services.

On Dec. 11, Maple Ridge council unanimously voted to write to Premier John Horgan and Transportation Minister Claire Trevena to speed things up and allow ride-sharing as soon as possible. Mayor Mike Morden joins us to discuss why his city feels they need to pressure the provincial government into bringing ridesharing to B.C.

Guest: Teri Towner

Coquitlam City Councillor

Guest: Mike Morden

Mayor of Maple Ridge

 

Chapter 6

Property Values released by B.C. Assessment

The 2019 assessment numbers have been released, and they show some of BC’s most expensive properties have lost value, while others are up. Some of BC’s priciest homes, and their values, include:

Chip Wilson’s mega mansion on Point Grey Road is DOWN five million dollars, and is now at 73 million.
4707 Belmont Avenue is DOWN six million dollars, and is now 65 million.
4719 Belmont Avenue is DOWN five million dollars, and is now 41 million.

On average, home values in Vancouver, South Delta, White Rock, South Surrey, Richmond and the North Shore have gone down 5-10% in value.

Guest: Paul Sullivan

Property Tax Agent and Senior Partner with Burgess Cawley Sullivan & Associates

 

Chapter 7

Nanaimo provincial by-election set for January 30

B.C. Premier John Horgan has called the Nanaimo byelection for January the 30th. The seat opened up when newly-elected Nanaimo mayor, Leonard Krog, resigned his provincial seat in November.

The byelection is one of the most important in the province’s history. If the Liberals win the seat from the NDP it will create a tie in the B.C. legislature, with speaker Darryl Plecas being required to break any tie.

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global News Online Legislative Reporter