The Jas Johal Show

Alberta vows $20B B.C. oil pipeline; tanker ban and Indigenous consent loom (0:52) Guest: Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation Metro Vancouver pivots on Iona Wastewater Plant approach. Is cost-cutting to $6 billion enough? (12:52) Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster city councillor Is keeping shipbuilding in Canada realistic? (18:56) Guest: Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies and foreign policy The Wrap - Should airlines be offering alcohol for free? (27:21) Plus, have we become dependent on subtitles? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:42:34

The Wrap: Should airlines be offering alcohol for free?

Plus, have we become dependent on subtitles? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:13:41

Commentary: B.C.'s real opportunity is LNG

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Duración:00:08:11

The Week That Was in Politics

Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:16:08

Metro Vancouver pivots on Iona Wastewater Plant approach. Is cost-cutting to $6 billion enough?

Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:06:47

B.C.’s taxi industry sounds the alarm on taxi camera rules being scrapped

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Mohan Kang, President of the B.C. Taxi Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:05:58

The fight for stronger accessibility standards in new provincial buildings

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Amanda Dorsi, Senior director of programs for the Rick Hansen Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:08:00

Alberta pushes for new pipeline to B.C. coast

Oct. 2, 2025: Guest host Scott Shantz in for Jas Johal Will Alberta’s proposed pipeline across B.C. ever become a reality? (0:00) Guest: Andy Hira, Political Science professor at Simon Fraser University, and head of the Clean Energy Research Group Food prices in Canada continue to rise (8:59) Guest: Stuart Smyth, Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan Trump brings back calls for Canada to be the 51st state (14:48) Guest: Alexander Salt, fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute B.C.’s Energy Minister weighs in on Danielle Smith’s pipeline proposal (20:31) Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Should B.C. abandon its planned ban on gas vehicles by 2035? (29:12) Guest: Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Should Ottawa’s gun buyback program be scrapped? (34:48) Guest: Douglas Bancroft, Region 1 (Vancouver Island) President of the B.C. Wildlife Federation Will raising the GST save Ottawa from debt? (39:54) Guest: Dan Kelly, President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Has a surge of immigration overwhelmed Canada’s federal court? (46:20) Guest: Will Tao, Co-founder and immigration and refugee lawyer for Heron Law Offices Amazon opens up over 1,000 jobs in Vancouver with higher base pay (52:57) Guest: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:01:01:26

Will raising the GST save Ottawa from debt?

Guest host Scott Shantz talks to Dan Kelly, President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:07:08

B.C.’s Energy Minister weighs in on Danielle Smith’s pipeline proposal

Guest host Scott Shantz talks to Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:09:24

Food prices in Canada continue to rise

Guest host Scott Shantz talks to Stuart Smyth, Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:06:31

B.C’s downtown decline: has the province’s empathy overshadowed accountability?

GUEST: Julian Daly, CEO of Our Place Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:13:07

Should B.C soften AirBNB rules for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

GUEST: Orion Rodgers, President of the Property Rights Association of B.C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:06:59

How B.C can generate over $230 billion in projects by dropping red tape

GUEST: Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:11:39

BC dropping red tape - World Cup AirBNB rules - Downtown decline - Has Vancouver lost its swagger?

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Duración:00:51:44

Vancouver Art Gallery selects Indigenous-led architect for new building

Sept. 30, 2025: Guest host Robin Gill in for Jas Johal Vancouver Art Gallery taps Indigenous-led architect for its new home (0:00) Guest: Jon Stovell, Chair of the Gallery Association Board Vancouver City Hall shuts down equity office (7:15) Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City councillor How a local Indigenous-owned business is navigating U.S. tariffs (22:55) Guest: Anthony Wingham - co-founder of Nuez Acres The Indigenous artist who designs orange shirts for Winners and Marshalls (22:55) Guest: Jenny Kay Dupuis, artist and author, and a member of the Nipissing First Nation in Ontario Trump jabs Canadian lumber and furniture with more tariffs; How much can we take? (36:47) Guest: Brian Menzies, Executive Director, Independent Wood Processors Association of B.C. Electronic Arts goes private - what does this mean for the gaming industry? (43:13) Guest: Bradley Shankar, Gaming Editor for MobileSyrup What should B.C. do with aging ferries? (49:56) Guest: Alex Reuben, Executive Director at Association of British Columbia Marine Industries (ABCMI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:01:01:31

The Sinixt Launch Dual Constitutional Challenges Against B.C. Government Over Discriminatory Exclusion from Land Consultation and Education

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Jarred Erickson, who represents the Sinixt Confederacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:18:34

What should B.C. do with aging ferries?

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Alex Reuben, Executive Director at Association of British Columbia Marine Industries (ABCMI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:09:04

The Indigenous artist who designed orange shirts for Winners and Marshalls

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Jenny Kay Dupuis, artist and author, and a member of the Nipissing First Nation in Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duración:00:15:33

How a local Indigenous-owned business is navigating U.S. tariffs