The Bst of The Simi Sara Show - Wed Feb 26th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: the BC Government expects all students attending public or private schools to provide proof of vaccinations, from the start of the next school year in September. Do you support this move?

Yes, it’s public safety.

No, this isn’t right.

 

Chapter 2

Singh when you’re winning: Jagmeet is the victor in Burnaby South

It's the morning after winning the Burnaby South by-election, and now NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has to address the issue of declining popularity of his party. Just this morning, an Angus Reid Institute survey has the NDP with just 14%, less than half of the Conservatives or Liberals, and 64% of respondents have unfavorable opinions of Singh. While on the CKNW Jon McComb Show this morning, Singh discussed the plans he has to address Canadian’s concerns.

Guest: Alise Mills

Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy

Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya

BC Director, Broadbent Institute, Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

Finding hope in Parkinson’s

How do you find hope after a life changing diagnosis? In the final episode of season one of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s, Larry Gifford explores how to hold on to hope after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s. In the episode, Larry spoke to Reverend Dixie Black, the Deacon of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, who is also living with Parkinson's, about the role hope plays in her life post diagnosis.

Guest: Wendy Edey

Facilitator of Hope at “Hope Studies Central” at the University of Alberta

 

Chapter 4

Are human rights on the US-North Korea summit agenda?

U.S. President Donald Trump has touched down in Hanoi, Vietnam ahead of a meeting  with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. The summit, which is due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday, follows a historic first round of talks in Singapore last year. The two leaders are expected to discuss progress towards ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. One issue that is not on the agenda? Human rights. A recent UN Commission of Inquiry Report on human rights in North Korea found that people in North Korea live under severe oppression. The UN found evidence of concentration camps, famine deaths, rampant sexual violence, and no freedom of speech or religion. Why is President Donald Trump not addressing these human rights violations during his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un?

Guest: Lindsay Lloyd

Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute

 

Chapter 5

B.C. Health Minister says schools will require kids’ immunization status by fall

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says he expects mandatory reporting of vaccinations to be in place for the start of school in September. All students in both public and private schools would be required to provide proof of immunization against diseases such as the measles.Parents who refuse based on religious or philosophical grounds would be required to attend a course designed to show them the risks of not vaccinating their children.

Guest: Adrian Dix

BC Health Minister

 

Chapter 6

Darryl Plecas speaks to the Simi Sara Show

The B.C. Speaker’s office is promising more reports looking into activities by the clerk and sergeant-at-arms at the B.C. legislature.

The Legislative Assembly Management Committee has agreed to hire a retired judge to probe more allegations, the latest of which were made public just last week.

Gary Lenz and Craig James have denied all wrongdoing. And the new reports on questionable spending in the B.C. legislature has defense lawyers wondering about how the public nature of the accusations might affect the chances of a fair trial.

I spoke to Darryl Plecas for about 15 minutes just before we came on-air, and put some of these concerns to him.

Guest: Darryl Plecas

Speaker of the BC Legislature

 

Chapter 7

Would you support rough housing zones in schools?

While pushing and shoving is often frowned upon in the schoolyard, some Quebec elementary schools are experimenting with the idea of letting their students play rough. At least two schools have announced pilot projects to set up supervised ‘rough play’ zones in the schoolyard, where students can shove, grab and wrestle in the snow to their heart's content.

So how would a rough housing zone work?  According to Quatre-Vents elementary school principal Sherley Bernier, a play-fighting zone is outlined by cones, and is subject to strict rules. Participation has to be voluntary, and kicking, hitting, biting, or throwing objects is strictly forbidden. But kids are allowed to grab each others’ coats and make their opponents fall, as well as to “pile up, to grab each other, to roll on the ground together,” Bernier said in a phone interview. In order to keep things safe, sessions were held to teach kids how to fall without hurting themselves. They were also told that they have to immediately back off if a student says ‘stop,’ Bernier said. She said the school started the project as a way to let rambunctious students get their energy out.The idea of a ‘rough housing zone’ has a lot of parents uncomfortable, but one parent advocate says it’s a good idea that can help children. Lenore Skenazy is the founder of the website, Free Range Kids, and she believes that allowing children to play on their own teaches them valuable lessons, including empathy for peers and how to set rules and negotiate boundaries.

Guest: Lenore Skenazy

Founder of the Free Range Kids movement

President of the non-profit, Let Grow

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: the BC Government expects all students attending public or private schools to provide proof of vaccinations, from the start of the next school year in September. Do you support this move?

Yes, it’s public safety.
No, this isn’t right.

 

Chapter 2

Singh when you’re winning: Jagmeet is the victor in Burnaby South

It's the morning after winning the Burnaby South by-election, and now NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has to address the issue of declining popularity of his party. Just this morning, an Angus Reid Institute survey has the NDP with just 14%, less than half of the Conservatives or Liberals, and 64% of respondents have unfavorable opinions of Singh. While on the CKNW Jon McComb Show this morning, Singh discussed the plans he has to address Canadian’s concerns.

Guest: Alise Mills

Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy

Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya

BC Director, Broadbent Institute, Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

 

Chapter 3

Finding hope in Parkinson’s

How do you find hope after a life changing diagnosis? In the final episode of season one of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s, Larry Gifford explores how to hold on to hope after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s. In the episode, Larry spoke to Reverend Dixie Black, the Deacon of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, who is also living with Parkinson's, about the role hope plays in her life post diagnosis.

Guest: Wendy Edey

Facilitator of Hope at “Hope Studies Central” at the University of Alberta

 

Chapter 4

Are human rights on the US-North Korea summit agenda?

U.S. President Donald Trump has touched down in Hanoi, Vietnam ahead of a meeting  with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. The summit, which is due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday, follows a historic first round of talks in Singapore last year. The two leaders are expected to discuss progress towards ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. One issue that is not on the agenda? Human rights. A recent UN Commission of Inquiry Report on human rights in North Korea found that people in North Korea live under severe oppression. The UN found evidence of concentration camps, famine deaths, rampant sexual violence, and no freedom of speech or religion. Why is President Donald Trump not addressing these human rights violations during his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un?

Guest: Lindsay Lloyd

Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute

 

Chapter 5

B.C. Health Minister says schools will require kids’ immunization status by fall

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says he expects mandatory reporting of vaccinations to be in place for the start of school in September. All students in both public and private schools would be required to provide proof of immunization against diseases such as the measles.

Parents who refuse based on religious or philosophical grounds would be required to attend a course designed to show them the risks of not vaccinating their children.

Guest: Adrian Dix

BC Health Minister

 

Chapter 6

Darryl Plecas speaks to the Simi Sara Show

The B.C. Speaker’s office is promising more reports looking into activities by the clerk and sergeant-at-arms at the B.C. legislature.

The Legislative Assembly Management Committee has agreed to hire a retired judge to probe more allegations, the latest of which were made public just last week.

Gary Lenz and Craig James have denied all wrongdoing. And the new reports on questionable spending in the B.C. legislature has defense lawyers wondering about how the public nature of the accusations might affect the chances of a fair trial.

I spoke to Darryl Plecas for about 15 minutes just before we came on-air, and put some of these concerns to him.

Guest: Darryl Plecas

Speaker of the BC Legislature

 

Chapter 7

Would you support rough housing zones in schools?

While pushing and shoving is often frowned upon in the schoolyard, some Quebec elementary schools are experimenting with the idea of letting their students play rough. At least two schools have announced pilot projects to set up supervised ‘rough play’ zones in the schoolyard, where students can shove, grab and wrestle in the snow to their heart's content.

So how would a rough housing zone work?  According to Quatre-Vents elementary school principal Sherley Bernier, a play-fighting zone is outlined by cones, and is subject to strict rules. Participation has to be voluntary, and kicking, hitting, biting, or throwing objects is strictly forbidden. But kids are allowed to grab each others’ coats and make their opponents fall, as well as to “pile up, to grab each other, to roll on the ground together,” Bernier said in a phone interview. In order to keep things safe, sessions were held to teach kids how to fall without hurting themselves. They were also told that they have to immediately back off if a student says ‘stop,’ Bernier said. She said the school started the project as a way to let rambunctious students get their energy out.

The idea of a ‘rough housing zone’ has a lot of parents uncomfortable, but one parent advocate says it’s a good idea that can help children. Lenore Skenazy is the founder of the website, Free Range Kids, and she believes that allowing children to play on their own teaches them valuable lessons, including empathy for peers and how to set rules and negotiate boundaries.

Guest: Lenore Skenazy

Founder of the Free Range Kids movement

President of the non-profit, Let Grow