The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Wed June 5th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews ’ 🔥 question of the day: following the party in Anmore with 300+ attendees and a helicopter in the backyard of a property, should the bylaws governing short-term rentals in the area be changed?

Yes- that shouldn’t happen

No- this is a one-off  

 

Chapter 2

A Port Coquitlam woman is claiming that she was ‘taken hostage’ by a cab driver

The Port Coquitlam woman, who has mobility issues, says she took a Bel-Air taxi on May 24 to her job at Birchland Elementary School.

Gayle Hunter says she’s now scared to use a taxi, alleging one driver recently took her hostage for several minutes.

Guest: Kirk Lapointe

Editor-in Chief of Business in Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

What’s (still) wrong at ICBC? Should B.C. go to private auto insurance?

It’s no secret that ICBC has been hemorrhaging money. Now that it’s June, 2019 and we’re still having similar conversations to those that we’ve been having for the past couple of years, is it time to introduce other players to the BC auto insurance game?

Guest: Aaron Sutherland

Vice President of the Insurance Bureau of Canada

 

Chapter 4

An end of the provincial Legislature summary

Life on the streets – and sidewalks – of downtown Penticton is about to get more uncomfortable for some people.

Earlier this year, people in Penticton protested proposed legislative changes that would make it an offence to loiter on sidewalks in some high profile areas within the city.

Councillors in Penticton have ignored protests from inside and outside the Okanagan city and have passed a bylaw amendment that makes it an offence to sit or lie on some downtown sidewalks.  Penticton council voted 5-2 to approve an amendment to the Good Neighbourhood Bylaw, giving police and bylaw officers the power to hand violations $100 fines.

Guest:Keith Baldrey  

Global News BC Legislature Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 5

The insane house party in the village of Anmore

According to social media posts, the lavish Saturday event on Birch Wynde in the Village of Anmore featured 1,700 cans of booze, 526 ounces of whiskey, 333 attendees, seven supercars, six police cars, five hypercars, three helicopters, two ambulances and one fire truck. Should bylaws in the area concerning short-term rentals in the area be amended to prevent this sort of thing from happening again?

Guest: John McEwen

Mayor of the Village of Anmore  

 

Chapter 6

The Federal Libs are looking to make gun control an election issue going into this October’s federal election

On Monday, our “Hot Question of the Day” had to do with how you feel about the federal government potentially banning handguns and assault rifles. The poll got a whopping 2,205 responses.

We spoke with Rod Giltaca- the CEO & Executive Director- Canadian Coalition of Firearms Rights, and he says that Federal Minister of Defense Bill Blair is probaganzing the issue, and knows better than to try to fight the issue through bans and legislation.

Guest: Wendy Cukier

President of the Coalition for Gun Control

 

Chapter 7

30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

This week is 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protest, tomorrow would be a good day to hit it, 30th anniversary tomorrow of "tank man", the unknown protester who blocked a column of tanks entering the square on June 5, 1989.

Guest: Jonathan Manthorpe

Author of “Claws of the Panda” - a non-fiction book about China

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews ’ 🔥 question of the day: following the party in Anmore with 300+ attendees and a helicopter in the backyard of a property, should the bylaws governing short-term rentals in the area be changed?

Yes- that shouldn’t happen
No- this is a one-off  

 

Chapter 2

A Port Coquitlam woman is claiming that she was ‘taken hostage’ by a cab driver

The Port Coquitlam woman, who has mobility issues, says she took a Bel-Air taxi on May 24 to her job at Birchland Elementary School.

Gayle Hunter says she’s now scared to use a taxi, alleging one driver recently took her hostage for several minutes.

Guest: Kirk Lapointe

Editor-in Chief of Business in Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

What’s (still) wrong at ICBC? Should B.C. go to private auto insurance?

It’s no secret that ICBC has been hemorrhaging money. Now that it’s June, 2019 and we’re still having similar conversations to those that we’ve been having for the past couple of years, is it time to introduce other players to the BC auto insurance game?

Guest: Aaron Sutherland

Vice President of the Insurance Bureau of Canada

 

Chapter 4

An end of the provincial Legislature summary

Life on the streets – and sidewalks – of downtown Penticton is about to get more uncomfortable for some people.

Earlier this year, people in Penticton protested proposed legislative changes that would make it an offence to loiter on sidewalks in some high profile areas within the city.

Councillors in Penticton have ignored protests from inside and outside the Okanagan city and have passed a bylaw amendment that makes it an offence to sit or lie on some downtown sidewalks.  Penticton council voted 5-2 to approve an amendment to the Good Neighbourhood Bylaw, giving police and bylaw officers the power to hand violations $100 fines.

Guest:Keith Baldrey  

Global News BC Legislature Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 5

The insane house party in the village of Anmore

According to social media posts, the lavish Saturday event on Birch Wynde in the Village of Anmore featured 1,700 cans of booze, 526 ounces of whiskey, 333 attendees, seven supercars, six police cars, five hypercars, three helicopters, two ambulances and one fire truck. Should bylaws in the area concerning short-term rentals in the area be amended to prevent this sort of thing from happening again?

Guest: John McEwen

Mayor of the Village of Anmore  

 

Chapter 6

The Federal Libs are looking to make gun control an election issue going into this October’s federal election

On Monday, our “Hot Question of the Day” had to do with how you feel about the federal government potentially banning handguns and assault rifles. The poll got a whopping 2,205 responses.

We spoke with Rod Giltaca- the CEO & Executive Director- Canadian Coalition of Firearms Rights, and he says that Federal Minister of Defense Bill Blair is probaganzing the issue, and knows better than to try to fight the issue through bans and legislation.

Guest: Wendy Cukier

President of the Coalition for Gun Control

 

Chapter 7

30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

This week is 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protest, tomorrow would be a good day to hit it, 30th anniversary tomorrow of "tank man", the unknown protester who blocked a column of tanks entering the square on June 5, 1989.

Guest: Jonathan Manthorpe

Author of “Claws of the Panda” - a non-fiction book about China