The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Wed Jul 10th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: should people be allowed to consume alcohol in public beaches and parks? 

Yes, they’re adults

No, it’s inappropriate

 

Chapter 2

Here’s a proposal that could ease the tax burden for local business owners

We’ve all seen the hollowed out neighbourhoods, shuttered store fronts and heard the stories of closing mom and pop shops due to skyrocketing property taxes on businesses ….. The taxation of “air above property” seems like a stretch, yet that’s reality for so many businesses today.  Being taxed on the “best use” of property --- There is a story in the Vancouver Sun, penned by Dan Fumano, about a BOLD plan that could provide relief … He’s at City Hall as I speak, presenting that plan …. Here’s our conversation from a bit earlier this morning. 

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung

Vancouver City Councillor

Guest: Paul Sullivan

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

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver housing market continues to cool: Royal LePage report

The housing market continues to slowly cool off in Vancouver and condo prices in the city are seeing a price decrease that we haven't seen in half a decade.

The average price of a home in Vancouver dropped 4.7 per cent to just over $1.3 million, while condo prices in the city dropped 5.6 per cent to around $767,000 - a price drop we haven't seen for this type of housing since 2014.

Guest: Adil Dinani

Real Estate Advisor at Royal LePage

 

Chapter 4

Should people be allowed to drink alcohol in public beaches and parks?

Last week, Jody travelled to the town of Yarrow, BC, where gas stations, liquor stores, and grocery stores happily co-exist side-by-side.

This got Jody thinking: could a similar approach work in Vancouver? And does the city's liquor laws need to better reflect the desires of people who want a few beers at the beach or at the park?

Jody discusses with former councillor, George Affleck.

Guest: George Affleck

Former Vancouver City Councillor

 

Chapter 5

Would you take fewer flights to help save the planet?

How many flights do you take each year? Travel by air is something we generally do without thinking of our carbon footprint. But should it be more top of mind? 

A British woman is named Anna Hughes hasn’t flown in 10 years. And she is asking others to do the same. She has started a campaign called Flight Free 2020, which is asking people to pledge they will not step foot on an airplane in the year 2020. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

 

Chapter 6

How Vancouver wants to deal with the sewage that flows into False Creek

Vancouver has a sewage pipe separation plan the goal is to improve the sewer infrastructure by 2050 - so in 30 years. Now, the City wants to get that dealt with much earlier.

Guest: John Coupar

Vancouver Park Board Commissioner

 

Chapter 7

Vancouver Pride Society withdraws UBC’s invite to participate in the annual pride parade

The Vancouver Pride Society has uninvited the University of British Columbia from the city’s annual pride parade.

In a statement released Monday, the society said the decision stemmed from the university’s “decision to provide a platform for transphobic hate speech.”

UBC hosted a speech titled “The Erosion of Freedom: How Transgender Politics in School and Society is Undermining Our Freedom and Harming Women & Children” by a person called Jenn Smith last month.

Guest: Brad Dirks

Father of a transgender son and an LGBTQ activist, based in Langley

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: should people be allowed to consume alcohol in public beaches and parks? 

Yes, they’re adults
No, it’s inappropriate

 

Chapter 2

Here’s a proposal that could ease the tax burden for local business owners

We’ve all seen the hollowed out neighbourhoods, shuttered store fronts and heard the stories of closing mom and pop shops due to skyrocketing property taxes on businesses ….. The taxation of “air above property” seems like a stretch, yet that’s reality for so many businesses today.  Being taxed on the “best use” of property --- There is a story in the Vancouver Sun, penned by Dan Fumano, about a BOLD plan that could provide relief … He’s at City Hall as I speak, presenting that plan …. Here’s our conversation from a bit earlier this morning. 

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung

Vancouver City Councillor

Guest: Paul Sullivan

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

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver housing market continues to cool: Royal LePage report

The housing market continues to slowly cool off in Vancouver and condo prices in the city are seeing a price decrease that we haven't seen in half a decade.

The average price of a home in Vancouver dropped 4.7 per cent to just over $1.3 million, while condo prices in the city dropped 5.6 per cent to around $767,000 - a price drop we haven't seen for this type of housing since 2014.

Guest: Adil Dinani

Real Estate Advisor at Royal LePage

 

Chapter 4

Should people be allowed to drink alcohol in public beaches and parks?

Last week, Jody travelled to the town of Yarrow, BC, where gas stations, liquor stores, and grocery stores happily co-exist side-by-side.

This got Jody thinking: could a similar approach work in Vancouver? And does the city's liquor laws need to better reflect the desires of people who want a few beers at the beach or at the park?

Jody discusses with former councillor, George Affleck.

Guest: George Affleck

Former Vancouver City Councillor

 

Chapter 5

Would you take fewer flights to help save the planet?

How many flights do you take each year? Travel by air is something we generally do without thinking of our carbon footprint. But should it be more top of mind? 

A British woman is named Anna Hughes hasn’t flown in 10 years. And she is asking others to do the same. She has started a campaign called Flight Free 2020, which is asking people to pledge they will not step foot on an airplane in the year 2020. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

 

Chapter 6

How Vancouver wants to deal with the sewage that flows into False Creek

Vancouver has a sewage pipe separation plan the goal is to improve the sewer infrastructure by 2050 - so in 30 years. Now, the City wants to get that dealt with much earlier.

Guest: John Coupar

Vancouver Park Board Commissioner

 

Chapter 7

Vancouver Pride Society withdraws UBC’s invite to participate in the annual pride parade

The Vancouver Pride Society has uninvited the University of British Columbia from the city’s annual pride parade.

In a statement released Monday, the society said the decision stemmed from the university’s “decision to provide a platform for transphobic hate speech.”

UBC hosted a speech titled “The Erosion of Freedom: How Transgender Politics in School and Society is Undermining Our Freedom and Harming Women & Children” by a person called Jenn Smith last month.

Guest: Brad Dirks

Father of a transgender son and an LGBTQ activist, based in Langley