Redeye is broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 100.5FM. It is produced by an independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
The show has been on the air for nearly 50 years, providing high-quality public affairs and arts programming to listeners looking for a progressive take on current events.
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Summer break: May - September
We will return with our new season on September 19. In the meantime, you can hear encore episodes of some of our favourite interviews from the last season on our podcast.
May 9, 2026
10:05 We talk with Lori Wilkinson, a member of the collective behind the new book, Not Your Cash Cow, Not Your Scapegoat, about the experiences of international students in Canada.
10:30 Wilbur Turner gives us the facts on the SOGI 123 program in BC schools: What it is, what it isn’t and why it matters.
10:50 Democracy Now marked its 30th anniversary in March. We bring you excerpts from their celebration in New York, featuring Angela Davis and Patti Smith.
11:40 Our interview with Simon Pek, one of the authors of a recent article that says it’s time to ban tipping and enact a living wage, from January.
May 2, 2026
10:10 Evan Adams on the film, Namesake, about what happens when the Tla’amin Nation asks its neighbouring city, Powell River, to reconsider its name.
10:30 This week on City Beat: Baseball, soccer, slot machines, skateboarding and more, with Ian Mass.
10:50 Economist Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood makes the case for taxing the oil industry’s huge windfall as a result of the war on Iran.
11:10 Pam Palmater talks with Desmond Cole of The Breach Show about the corporate rush for resources fueling B.C.’s backlash against Indigenous rights.
Apr 25, 2026
10:05 Filmmaker Min Sook Lee on her most recent film, There Are No Words, documenting her search for memories of her mother who died by suicide when Lee was twelve.
10:50 Alissa Overend talks with us about increased grocery store surveillance amid rising hunger and food insecurity.
11:05 City Beat with Ian Mass on this week’s Vancouver City Council meetings featuring baseball, soccer, community centres, unity on the left and lots more.
11:25 Palestine Uprooted: Nakba, Past and Present will open at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in June. We spoke with Jonah Corne in December about how the exhibit came about.
April 18, 2026
10:05 Regional Chief Terry Teegee on Premier David Eby’s push to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
10:25 We speak with Caroline Russell-King about the play and book Selma Burke: Carving a Sculptor’s Life.
10:45 Pat McClain and Ben Walsh join us to talk about their film celebrating the 40th anniversary of Paloma Housing Coop in Vancouver.
11:10 We talk with Esra Ari about questions on the planned Alberta referendum that set up an us-and-them dynamic towards immigrants.
11:30 Amy Goodman interviews independent Hungarian journalist and analyst Szilárd Pap about the election that ended Victor Orbán’s 16-year rule.
April 11, 2026
10:05 Ian Mass outlines this coming week’s Vancouver City Council meeting featuring homeless counts, the demise of public hearings and more, all part of his regular City Beat report.
10:25 We speak with Street Dr. Jill about her new social media series on issues of health and well-being for homeless people.
10:45 Sven Biggs of Stand.Earth joins us to discuss what’s behind the elimination of the Climate Action Secretariat and what this means for BC’s emissions targets.
11:10 Véronique Sioufi of BC Policy Solutions fills us in on the continuing gap in legal protections for online platform workers in the province.
11:35 Emiko Morita joins us to talk about the history of the Powell Street festival and the new book she put together to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Return to Paueru Gai.
April 4, 2026
10:05 Judy Rebick speaks with Martin Lukacs of The Breach, prior to the election of Avi Lewis, about past efforts to transform the NDP into a left wing party tied to social movements.
10:50 A second chance to hear excerpts from an evening last November with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast, joined by city councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood.
11:35 Health workers and First Nations challenge BC and Canadian governments to prove LNG is safe, before approving any more projects. Dr. Bethany Ricker joined us last October.
March 28, 2026
10:10 Ian Mass with City Beat on this coming week’s Vancouver City Council meetings featuring festival bailouts, actual affordable housing and lots more.
10:30 Alberta’s Bill 11 leaves the door open for foreign companies to move into Canada’s public health care system and be protected by trade agreements. Andrew Longhurst explains how.
10:50 A recent talk by Erica Chenoweth on civil resistance to fascism. Erica Chenoweth directs the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard.
March 21, 2026
10:05 We speak with Rachel Small of World Beyond War about Mark Carney’s failure to condemn Trump’s war of aggression against Iran.
10:25 Lawyer Danielle Sabelli joins us to explain the impact on residents of supportive housing of proposed amendments to BC’s Residential Tenancy Act.
10:45 Nick Gottlieb talks with us about the push by fossil fuel companies to exploit the war in Iran to push for increased production.
11:05 Jens Wieting of Sierra Club BC joins us to discuss the BC government’s lack of action to protect old-growth forests in the province. >> for more information
11:30 Marusya Bociurkiw on her 2024 film Analogue Revolution: How feminist media changed the world, showing in Vancouver and Victoria next week.
Mar 14, 2026
10:05 Former Olympian Betty Baxter joins us to talk about her new book, Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist.
10:45 We speak with investigative reporter Zak Vescera about Surrey Speak, a BC-based "news" site generated by AI.
11:00 We talk with Laura Macintyre about why Downtown Eastside organizations are sounding the alarm about the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
11:20 Seema Shah and Pari Mokradi on the anthology Off the Map, by writers from Vancouver with lived experience of mental health issues.
Mar 7, 2026
10:05 Florence Li from Women Transforming Cities on their online IWD workshop, The Feminist Killjoy: Sustaining Joyful Resistance.
10:25 Author and cartoonist Michael DeForge of No Arms in the Arts on the campaign that contributed to Scotiabank’s divestment from the Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems.
10:45 City Beat with Ian Mass talks about council business over the next two weeks and discusses the politically toxic environment at Vancouver’s City Hall.
11:05 Dr. Sharon Dodd of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment on a court victory that affirms the federal government’s ability to regulate plastic pollution.
11:35 Iranian-Canadians Donya Ziaee and Samira Mohyeddin on why Iranians don’t need a right-wing monarchist revival on the heels of violent western intervention, from the Breach.
Feb 28, 2026
10:05 We speak with Michèle Stephenson, the director of the film True North, which tells the story of the 1969 Black student uprising in Montreal.
10:30 Jill Thomson of Scottish Sport for Palestine on the complaint to the International Criminal Court accusing the presidents of FIFA and UEFA of aiding war crimes.
10:45 In the wake of the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, there are calls for more police and surveillance in schools. Beyhan Farhadi shares what her research says about this approach.
11:05 We talk with Jennifer Johnstone of Central City Foundation about the Hope Dialogues show, which starts a new season on Coop Radio on Monday.
11:30 Lawyer Bruce McIvor on his new book: Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation, from November.
Feb 21, 2026
10:05 Economist Marc Lee joins us to talk about the British Columbia government’s budget for 2026 and projected spending for the next 3 years.
10:25 Medea Benjamin of Code Pink on the economic devastation in Cuba caused by the US threats of tariffs for supplying oil to Cuba. >> sign Commons petition
10:45 City Beat with Ian Mass on the FIFA World Cup, a school in Olympic Village and support for TwoSpirit, transgender, and gender diverse people.
11:05 Economist Alex Hemingway talks about the report, The New Robber Barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada.
11:25 Professor Debbie Martin of Dalhousie on who gets harmed in the rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities, from November.
Feb 14, 2026
10:15 Jamie-Leigh Gonzales of RAVEN unpacks some of the context for recent debates around DRIPA, Aboriginal title and private property rights.
10:30 Transportation activist Carter Lavin talks with us about his new book, If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight, just published by Island Press.
10:55 Democracy Now speaks with Jules Boykoff about protests against ICE at the Winter Olympics in Milan and the crowd’s reaction to J.D. Vance.
11:10 City Beat with Ian Mass outlines Vancouver City Council meetings over the next two weeks, featuring multiple rezonings, plus the OneCity candidate for mayor.
11:35 Johanna Lewis with an update on Jenny Kwan’s private member’s bill, the No More Loopholes Act, to press Canada to abide by the 2019 Arms Trade Treaty.
Feb 7, 2026
10:05 Researcher Andrew Longhurst joins us to talk about Alberta’s amendments to provincial health care legislation and the dangers they pose to Medicare in Canada.
10:40 Aymen Sherwani on how anti-feminist narratives pervasive on the “manosphere” impact housing precarity and homelessness for women and gender diverse people.
11:00 Reporter Eric Wickham and Nada El-Falou discuss why the Canadian government won’t let Gazan students come here to study in a recent episode of the Sources podcast.
11:20 FIFA is coming to Vancouver but the city’s plans for avoiding traffic gridlock won't work, according to Denis Agar of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders.
11:35 Democracy Now discusses the mass layoffs at the Washington Post with reporter Nilo Tabrizy and former global opinion editor Karen Attiah.
Jan 31, 2026
10:05 We talk with Simon Pek, one of the authors of a recent article that says it’s time to ban tipping and enact a living wage.
10:25 Andrew Gage from West Coast Environmental Law on rising insurance costs due to climate change, and why big oil should pay.
10:45 SFU prof and researcher Kora DeBeck joins us with her comments on the expansion of involuntary care in BC (first aired in October).
11:10 City Beat with Ian Mass outlines this coming week’s Vancouver City Council meetings featuring bailouts, multiple rezonings and lots more.
11:35 We air a special report on last Friday’s day of action in Minneapolis calling on ICE to get out of Minnesota, produced by John Hamilton of Democracy Now.
Jan 24, 2026
10:05 We talk with lawyer Kent Elson, who is representing Missisaugas of the Credit Nation in their human rights complaint about chronic underfunding of First Nations schoolkids on reserve.
10:20 As Bill C-9 is stalled in committee, we rebroadcast an interview with Tim McSorley about the bill which he says threatens the Charter rights and civil liberties of all Canadians.
10:40 Dr. Jennifer Black of UBC and hungrystories.ca talks about the need to change the conversation around food insecurity in Canada.
11:05 We join Desmond Cole of The Breach as he speaks with former NDP MP Matthew Green about what it will take to renew the NDP.
Jan 17, 2026
10:05 Jorge Sanchez Perez on how Gaza and Venezuela mark the end of the international legal order, in place since the UN Charter of 1945.
10:25 We talk with Kika Memeh about her research on multidisciplinary artist Chloe Onari, and the Rungh Wikipedia Scholars program.
10:45 An interview with Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, from Democracy Now.
11:10 Ian Mass joins us with City Beat to outline what’s coming up in Vancouver City Council's first set of meetings for 2026.
11:35 Julie Macfarlane of Can’t Buy My Silence on the need for legislation in B.C. to prevent NDAs being used to silence victims of harassment and discrimination.
Jan 10, 2026
10:05 Redeye collective member Ian Mass with his City Beat report looking back at 2025 Vancouver politics and forward to what's coming up in 2026.
10:25 Amy Goodman speaks with journalist Mehdi Hasan about the reasons behind the U.S. military's kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
10:45 We speak with Carol Linnitt of The Narwhal about their lawsuit against the RCMP over the arrest of journalist Amber Bracken in 2021.
11:10 Adrienne Berchtold of Skeenawild on their court case challenging the renewal of the KSM gold-copper mine’s environmental certificate last year.
11:35 We play excerpts from the inaugural speech of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, also featuring Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, from Democracy Now.
Dec 27, 2025
10:05 Melissa Bruntlett on her new book, Women Changing Cities, highlighting women leaders from Tirana, Albania to Barcelona and Sydney, Australia, from November.
10:30 Hayley Postlethwaite on The Cleaning Coop, which creates safe, fairly paid and equitable work for immigrant and racialized workers, from November.
10:50 Karin Wells talks about her new book Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women's Rights in Canada, from September.
11:15 Ian Mass and former union leader and politician Judy Darcy talk about her new memoir, Leading From The Heart, from November.
Dec 20, 2025
10:05 Sean Carleton of the University of Manitoba on the OneBC documentary, Making a Killing, and the growth of residential school denialism in B.C. and Canada.
10:30 We speak with Alfiya Battalova about how our narratives about disability shape policies like the Accessible Canada Act and MAID.
10:50 Heather Ganshorn, author of Challenging Parental Rights, on the groups behind the parental rights movement in Alberta and the attack on public education funding.
11:10 Desmond Cole of The Breach Show talks with author and analyst Seth Klein about Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith and the influence of Big Oil.
Dec 13, 2025
10:05 Jonah Corne of the University of Manitoba on the announcement by the Canadian Museum of Human Rights of the upcoming exhibit, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba, Past and Present.
10:25 Jamie Kneen on the BC Court of Appeal victory for Gitxaała and Ehattesaht First Nations that says B.C. must reform its mineral staking system to align with UNDRIP.
11:05 A talk by Nadine Smith, president of the U.S. civil rights organization Color of Change, titled Frontline Florida: Blueprint for Resistance, courtesy of Alternative Radio.
Dec 6, 2025
10:05 Ian Mass joins us with City Beat to talk about OneCity mayoral candidates, a Filipino Cultural Centre proposal, Vancouver’s Social Housing Initiative and more.
10:25 Joshua Pearce on how solar panels on agricultural land can play a role in increasing crop yields and reducing carbon emissions.
10:45 Anna Johnston of West Coast Environmental Law joins us with her take on the legal and historical risks of a Northwest coast pipeline.
11:05 Desmond Cole of The Breach with Ismail Adam and Nisrin Elamin on how Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling make Canada complicit in the war in Sudan.
Nov 29, 2025
10:05 Professor Debbie Martin of Dalhousie on who gets harmed in the rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities.
10:35 Tandeep Sidhu says that calls to open a grizzly trophy hunt following recent bear attacks oversimplify a complex issue.
10:55 Marc Lee reports back on Elbows Up: A Practical Program for Canadian Sovereignty and the need for a generational investment in non-market housing.
11:15 Fae Johnstone on fighting back against Danielle Smith’s 3 anti-trans laws and Bill 9’s attack on everyone’s rights and freedoms.
Nov 22, 2025
10:05 Excerpts from an evening in Vancouver with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars podcast and their guests, councillor Lucy Maloney and designer Tom Flood.
10:55 Ian Mass joins us with City Beat to discuss Vancouver’s “zero means zero” budget, 300 tenants being moved off Granville, a proposed new Filipino Cultural Centre and more.
11:15 Rachel Small of World Beyond War joins us to talk about a major new report this week tracking the continued flow of arms from Canada to Israel via the U.S.
11:35 Kyle Visvanathan for the BC Watershed Security Coalition joins us to talk about the urgent need to modernize industrial water rates in the province.
Nov 15, 2025
10:05 We talk with Sheryl Nestel, co-author of a new report on a pattern of anti-Palestinian racism and genocide denial at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
10:30 Karen Price joins us to discuss a Sierra Club BC report highlighting the lack of progress in protecting old growth forests in BC.
11:00 Bill McKibben on his new book, Here Comes The Sun. He spoke in Boulder, Colorado in September at an event recorded and made available by Alternative Radio.
Nov 8, 2025
10:05 We talk with Melissa Bruntlett about the new book, Women Changing Cities, highlighting women leaders from Tirana, Albania to Barcelona and Sydney, Australia.
10:35 Matt Hulse from Ecojustice explains why they want the Alberta Energy Regulator to recognize the Athabasca River Basin as a “legal person”.
11:00 We’re joined by former union leader and politician Judy Darcy to talk about her new memoir, Leading From The Heart.
11:25 Lawyer Bruce McIvor joins us to talk about his new book, Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation.
Nov 1, 2025
10:05 Ian Mass with City Beat on the gentrification of the Downtown Eastside, a gender-based violence prevention strategy and lots more.
10:25 Dr. Nadia Hasan joins us to discuss her report: Documenting the “Palestine Exception” and the rise in Anti-Arab and Anti-Palestinian discrimination in Canada.
10:50 We talk with Dr. Sarah Marsden of First United about the legal and policy reforms needed to protect tenants in British Columbia.
11:10 Hayley Postlethwaite on The Cleaning Coop, which creates safe, fairly paid and equitable work with and for immigrant and racialized workers.
11:25 Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt on The Nest, their new documentary that re-embodies lost feminist histories centred on Singh’s childhood home in Winnipeg.
Oct 25, 2025
10:10 Karine Coen-Sanchez on the subtle form of racial exclusion she calls polite racism, and how Canadians must move beyond it.
10:30 We air the September press conference where the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presented the report stating Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
11:20 A second chance to hear our interview with filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper talking about Incandescence, their new NFB documentary about wildfire.
Oct 18, 2025
10:05 Author and theatre artist Carmen Aguirre joins us to talk about her new play, Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, now showing at the Cultch.
10:25 Health workers and First Nations challenge BC and Canadian governments to prove LNG is safe, before approving any more projects. Dr. Bethany Ricker joins us.
10:40 Lyana Patrick’s documentary Nechako is showing November 1 at the Heart of the City Festival. She spoke with us about the film in April.
11:05 From Palestine Debrief, Wissam El Cheikh Hassan talks with Paul Fauteux, about the fallout from two open letters to the CDPQ, urging them to divest from Israel.
11:35 SFU prof and researcher Kora DeBeck joins us with her comments on the expansion of involuntary care in BC.
Oct 11, 2025
10:05 Tim McSorley on Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, which he says threatens the Charter rights and civil liberties of all Canadians.
10:25 Historian Greg Grandin talks with Democracy Now about the Nobel Peace Prize going to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure.
10:45 We talk with former Redeye host and journalist Rod Mickleburgh, co-author of the recently-published memoir, John Horgan: In His Own Words.
11:10 A national security watchdog has raised serious concerns about a series of lengthy audits of Muslim charities. We speak with Steven Zhou of the National Council of Muslims.
11:35 Dru Oja Jay on what he says is the dismantling of Canada Post as part of Mark Carney’s austerity agenda, from The Breach.
Oct 4, 2025
10:05 Ian Mass on City Beat: Candidates are already throwing their hats in for mayor, with significant cuts in the City budget defining the race.
10:25 We speak with Alex Paterson of CJPME about Jenny Kwan’s private members bill, No More Loopholes, to put limits on Canada’s arms trade with Israel.
10:50 A conversation with Seema Shah and Pari Mokradi on Off the Map, an anthology featuring writers from Vancouver with lived experience of mental health issues.
11:15 Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of The War on Cars podcast, talk with us about their new book, Life After Cars.
11:35 Amy Goodman of Democracy Now speaks with two activists involved with the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to Gaza.
Sept 27, 2025
10:05 We speak with Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women's Rights in Canada.
10:25 Bob Joseph talks with Lorraine Chisholm about his book: 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government.
10:45 Sue Maxwell of Zero Waste BC joins us to talk about dioxins, furans and heavy metals connected to emissions from Metro Vancouver’s Burnaby incinerator.
11:10 A second chance to hear law prof Natasha Bakht on the Supreme Court of Canada’s upcoming case on Quebec’s ban on religious symbols and the notwithstanding clause.
11:35 We talk with James Hannay of the National Farmers’ Union about the real causes for food price inflation in Canada.
Sept 20, 2025
10:05 We speak with Jason Toney, one of the editors of a new book on the Canadian media’s complicity in covering up the unfolding genocide in Gaza.
10:25 Racial equity researcher Véronique Sioufi joins us to talk about the historic unionizing success for Amazon workers in Delta, and Uber workers in Victoria.
10:45 In City Beat this week, Redeye’s Ian Mass talks about Harry Potter in Stanley Park, Port traffic, a tax on empty new condos and lots more.
11:10 Les Jacobs on the harms of racial profiling in advance of a BC Human Rights Tribunal hearing into discrimination against two Heiltsuk members.
11:35 Democracy Now speaks with Agnès Callamard of Amnesty about their new report concluding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
May 10, 2025
10:05 Canada needs a new approach to economic development focused on local communities, says Heather Hachigian of Royal Roads University.
10:30 We speak with UBC grad student and PACE volunteer Jennie Pearson about the precarious situation for peer-driven sex worker organizations in the Downtown Eastside.
10:55 We speak with Nathan Hawkins of Vision Zero Vancouver about their campaign to ban right turn on red and create a safer city for pedestrians and cyclists.
11:20 Cornel Grey raises the alarm on whether Canadian universities will follow through to hire and support Black academics in the current political climate.
May 3, 2025
10:05 Professor Alpha Abebe of McMaster University on who and what is being obscured in the current surge of Canadian patriotism.
10:30 Vancouver digital artist Lorna Boschman joins us to talk about the self-guided audio tour of Cottonwood Community Garden, from November.
10:50 Musicologist Rosheeka Parahoo talks with us about how we need to equitably fund and support a much wider range of music to protect Canadian identity.
11:20 Coop Radio programmer and harm reduction hero Trey Helten died last month. We play an episode of the Crackdown Podcast about Trey and his experiences in the DTES.
April 26, 2025
10:10 Journalist Jen St. Denis on the chaotic events at the second Federal Leaders Debate that led to the cancellation of the post-debate media scrum.
10:30 Sean Carleton of the University of Manitoba about who’s behind residential school denialism and the best way to counter it. (from February)
10:45 We talk with Stellat’en director and scholar Lyana Patrick about her new documentary Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again.
11:10 An episode of the Sierra Club’s Environment in Canada podcast on the high level of support in Canada for renewables versus oil and gas.
April 19, 2025
10:05 From the Palestine Debrief podcast: An interview with Hannah Moushabeck of Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the U.S.
10:50 Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada on charges being laid against Imperial Metals Corporation 10 years after the Mount Polley disaster (from December)
11:10 Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater joins Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs on The Breach Show to discuss campaign promises and the future of reconciliation.
April 12, 2025
10:10 Media analyst Lynn Naji of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East talks about how they go about challenging the mainstream media bias against Palestinians.
10:30 On City Beat, Ian Mass talks about the April 5th by-election, the Jericho lands plan to create homes for 24,000 people and four more Broadway Plan rezonings, all going to public hearing.
10:50 We talk with Rahat Zaidi about a collaborative project that led local schools to celebrate traditional holidays like Eid, Diwali and Lunar New Year.
11:20 Health policy researcher Andrew Longhurst joins us to talk about the ongoing privatization of the public health system in Alberta and his recent report, Operation Profit.
April 5, 2025
10:10 Economist David Macdonald says number of local news outlets in serious decline in Canada, creating gaps for misinformation to take hold.
10:30 Catherine Coumans of Miningwatch Canada on Vancouver company trying to sidestep international ban on mining the deep seabed.
10:55 We talk with filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper about Incandescence, their new NFB documentary about wildfire.
11:20 Alex Hemingway on two important factors contributing to serious wealth inequality in Canada - billionaires and housing.
March 29, 2025
10:05 Redeye’s Ian Mass talks about the April 5th by-election, the rebuild of the aquatic centre and the Integrity Commissioner’s future in Vancouver, in our regular City Beat report.
10:25 We speak with political scientist Edward Koning about how the right-wing narrative of immigrants being a drain on the social welfare system isn’t borne out by the evidence.
10:45 We bring you excerpts from an evening with Einat Gerlitz and Tal Mitnick, two Israeli youth on a cross-Canada tour talking about their refusal to serve with the Israeli Defence Forces. >>find out more
Mar 22, 2025
10:05 We speak with Tamer Aburamadan about opposition to the Vancouver Public Library’s ban on staff wearing symbols of support for Palestine.
10:25 Kelsey Speed of the BC Centre on Substance Use talks with us about the re-criminalization of public drug use and possession seen through a public health lens.
10:45 We speak Bennett Jensen, Director of Legal for Egale Canada on the case to stop Bill 26 in Alberta, which prohibits medically-necessary for gender diverse people youth.
11:10 We talk with Jens Wieting of Sierra Club BC, one of 14 organizations concerned about the impact of tariff relief measures on Canada’s primary and old-growth forests.
11:35 Wet'suwet'en land defender Molly Wickham speaks with Desmond Cole of The Breach about Canada’s colonial courts, police violence and the long struggle to protect the land.
Mar 15, 2025
10:05 We speak with Zool Suleman of the Maru Society about their campaign to raise awareness about Islamophobia and to provide resources for people who experience it.
10:25 Without new funding, Greater Vancouver’s transit users are going to be left on the sidewalk waiting for a bus that never comes. We talk with Denis Agar of Movement.
10:45 The recent elections in Germany and Ontario provide a sharp contrast in how much, or little, democracy a voting system can deliver. We speak with Ted Cragg of Fair Vote Canada.
11:10 Paul Paz y Miño of Amazon Watch on a SLAPP suit against Greenpeace in a North Dakota court which poses a serious threat to free speech and Indigenous rights.
11:35 Democracy Now speaks with the lawyer for U.S. permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, detained and threatened with deportation for his role in Columbia University student protests.
Mar 8, 2025
10:05 Anne Keary on a new report on the fossil fuel industry’s extensive influence on climate education for elementary and secondary school students in Canada.
10:25 Tim Kenyon joins us to discuss what’s behind Trump’s endless stream of bullshit and how it fits into a pattern of authoritarian political speech.
10:45 Ian Mass talks about the Jericho lands, bikes in Stanley Park, democracy at the School Board and much more in his regular City Beat report.
11:10 The BC budget was tabled on the same day that Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian imports. Economist Marc Lee joins us with his comments.
11:35 We hear an interview with Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, from Democracy Now.
Mar 1, 2025
10:05 Stuart Trew joins us to discuss the recent corporate hype touting the benefits of reducing interprovincial trade barriers and why we should be wary of the numbers.
10:25 Redeye collective member Ian Mass and his City Beat report talks about Ken Sim’s widely criticized plan for the Downtown Eastside.
10:45 Christopher Auchter on his feature-length documentary The Stand about how the Haida shut down logging on Lyell Island in 1985, now showing in Vancouver.
11:10 We speak with Sean Carleton of the University of Manitoba about who’s behind residential school denialism and the best way to counter it.
11:35 From Democracy Now, a conversation with Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works on the growth of fascism from the United States to Germany.
Feb 22, 2025
10:05 We speak with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood of the CCPA about the case for an east-west electricity grid, not a revival of the Energy East pipeline.
10:25 Beatrice Wayne discusses patterns of abuse on Twitter in the 2023 Alberta election campaign, documented in a report for the Samara Centre for Democracy.
10:45 Law prof Natasha Bakht joins us to talk about the Supreme Court of Canada’s leave to appeal Québec’s law banning the use of religious symbols.
11:10 An episode of the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast: Food as a tool of oppression. Vinita Srivastava speaks with Andrea Freeman, author of Ruin their Crops on the Ground.
Feb 15, 2025
10:05 NFU board member Matthew Wiens on the need to bolster Canadian food sovereignty and support farmers in the event of a trade war with the U.S.
10:25 The US and Canada have seen increasing attacks on the rights of transgender people. SFU professor Dr. Travers talks about how this is affecting trans people and their families.
10:45 Greater Vancouver is holding a special meeting to discuss budget cuts that could wipe out their climate action plan. We talk with Ashley Zarbatany of Dogwood.
11:05 From the podcast Sources, CLC economist DT Cochrane joins host Luke LeBrun to explain how serious Trump's tariff threats are for Canadian workers.
Feb 8, 2025
10:05 Ryan Kelpin, contributing author to the new book Against the People, on Doug Ford’s radical restructuring of municipal governments.
10:20 Liza Hughes of the BCCLA on their challenge to the City of Vancouver's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering by unhoused people.
10:45 Sharon Gregson of the $10aDay Child Care Campaign on Vancouver’s childcare plans and the campaign for higher wages for workers and lower costs for parents.
11:05 We speak with Marc Froese about a recent article he co-authored saying that Trump’s tariff threats show the brute power of an imperial presidency.
11:25 Peter Waldkirch of Abundant Housing joins us with his reaction to Ken Sim’s plan to reject any new supportive housing projects in Vancouver.
Feb 1, 2025
10:05 With Amazon planning to lay off almost 2000 workers in Quebec following union certification in Laval, we talk with Adam King on the worker struggle ahead.
10:25 On City Beat with Ian Mass, Mayor Ken Sim’s plans to update the DTES plan and switch the focus from protecting the low-income residents to making space for for-profit housing and businesses.
10:50 Excerpts from an evening with Rabbi Alissa Wise and Rebecca Vilkomerson, in Vancouver with their book Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist organizing.
Jan 25, 2025
10:05 Lower Mainland municipalities are resisting greater density, saying they can’t afford the infrastructure costs. Danny Oleksiuk says this argument doesn’t hold water.
10:20 Anna Lippman talks with us about Legal Artivism, a collaboration with Black youth using hip hop to teach their communities about their rights, justice and the law.
10:45 Sarah Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, with an impassioned speech on Union Power, via Alternative Radio.
Jan 18, 2025
10:05 Dr. Danyaal Raza on the long-awaited Canada Health Act interpretation letter regarding coverage of basic healthcare by non-physician providers.
10:25 As all levels of government spend millions on police body-worn cameras, we look at concerns about this technology with Chris Schneider of the University of Brandon.
10:50 In City Beat with Ian Mass; Adrienne Carr’s resignation, the future of South False Creek, water meters for everyone and more.
11:10 Excerpts from a reflection on Justin Trudeau’s years as PM from 2 progressive journalists, Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole, from The Breach Podcast.
Jan 11, 2025
10:05 A new opportunity to bring in proportional representation has opened up in B.C. We talk with Gisela Ruckert from Fair Vote Canada.
10:20 We speak with Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Simms about his new documentary Sons, exploring how we can teach our boys to become better men.
10:45 Nathan Crompton of the Mainlander on the demolition of the historic Dunsmuir hotel in Vancouver and the advantages developers get by leaving their properties empty.
11:05 Democracy Now speaks about Elon Musk with Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.
Jan 4, 2025
10:05 From April, an interview with Maya Wind, Jewish Israeli scholar and author of Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom.
10:20 We speak with Punjabi artist Jag Nagra about her art work in Vancouver commemorating the tragedy of the Komagata Maru in 1914, also from April.
10:45 From January 2024, family physician and scientist Tara Kiran talks about a new study comparing Canada with nine other countries in terms of access to primary care.
11:10 We speak with Dr. Julia Smith about her new book, Conscripted to Care, that documents the experiences of women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic, from October.
11:35 Also from October, we talk with Darrin Qualman of the NFU about plans to switch global jet fuel to agricultural feedstocks and the risks this poses to soil health and farmland.
Dec 21, 2024
10:05 We speak with Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada about charges being laid against Imperial Metals Corporation ten years after the Mount Polley tailing dam disaster.
10:20 Daniel Jaffee, author of Unbottled, on water bottling giant BlueTriton’s exit from the Ontario market, after years of effective opposition from water defenders.
10:45 From The Breach podcast, Desmond Cole speaks with Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish who stepped down from the police board, saying the budget was “out of control."
11:05 We talk with Levin Chamberlain, author of a new report on environmental racism and Indigenous resilience, produced by RAVEN Trust.
11:35 A second chance to hear our interview with director Jules Koostachin talking about her deeply personal look at intergenerational trauma, Waapake, now streaming at nfb.ca.
Dec 14, 2024
10:05 Julie Macfarlane of Can’t Buy My Silence on how NDAs are used to silence victims of harassment, discrimination and other abuses, and the need for legislation protecting victims in B.C.
10:20 We speak with Nathan Hawkins of Vision Zero Vancouver about their campaign to ban right turn on red and create a safer city for pedestrians and cyclists.
10:50 Djaka Blais of Hogans Alley Society on the revitalization of the historic community of people of African descent in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood.
11:15 Gemma Ware of The Conversation Weekly speaks with Canadian psychiatrist Sonu Gaind about why he opposes the expansion of MAID to people with mental illness.
Dec 7, 2024
10:05 Adam D.K. King of the Labour Studies Program at the University of Manitoba on the postal workers strike, the gig economy and precarious work.
10:30 Amnesty International researcher Budour Hassan talks with Democracy Now about Amnesty’s report finding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
10:45 Ian Mass talks about Vancouver’s 2025 budget, the Broadway plan, cryptocurrency and lots more in his City Beat report.
11:10 Dr. Meg Sears of Prevent Cancer Now on the regulatory flip-flop that led to a pesticide banned in the EU being allowed to remain on the market in Canada.
11:30 In an excerpt from the podcast Palestine Debrief, law prof Ardi Imseis looks at the consequences of Israel’s ban on UNRWA, due to come into effect at the end of January.
Nov 30, 2024
10:05 We speak with lawyer Randall Cohn who represents Canadian families trying to bring relatives into Canada under the Gaza Family Reunification Program.
10:20 From Below the Radar podcast, host Am Johal speaks wtih Chris Smalls and Brett Story about their film Union streaming this weekend only at gathr.com.
10:45 Immigration policy expert Lisa Brunner scrutinizes Trudeau's message on cutting immigration, and talks about how the rhetoric presents a simplified explanation for some complex realities.
11:10 We broadcast two interviews from Democracy Now at COP 29. Amy Goodman speaks with Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner of the Marshall Islands and Brandon Wu of ActionAid USA.
11:35 As the fifth session of UN negotiations for a plastics treaty take place in Busan, we air an interview from April with Dr. Neil Tangri about the climate impacts of plastics production.
Nov 23, 2024
10:05 Ian Mass covers the Broadway plan, the future of the Park Board, police body cameras and another VPD crackdown in the Downtown Eastside in this week’s City Beat.
10:25 Frank Deer of the University of Manitoba on Kimberly Murray’s final report on missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with residential schools.
10:50 Desmond Cole speaks with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese about Gaza and her recent visit to Canada, for The Breach Show podcast.
11:20 We talk with Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, co-directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, in an interview recorded earlier this year.
Nov 16, 2024
10:05 We speak with Miles Howe, author of the report Under the Guise of Charity, calling on the government to suspend the licenses of five Canadian charities.
10:30 Tim McSorley joins us to talk about the long-overdue review body for the CBSA, and the Mounties, and its strengths and weaknesses.
10:55 Economist Alex Hemingway joins us with a critical look at the tax breaks proposed in the BC NDP election campaign and ideas for a fairer approach to taxation.
11:20 An episode from The Environment in Canada podcast on calls for an emissions cap in Canada from survivors of climate change impacts such as wildfires and floods.
Nov 9, 2024
10:05 Lawyer Joshua Ginsberg on a legal victory for the MI First Nation requiring Quebec government consultation when mining claims are made on its territory.
10:25 Rosel Kim of LEAF on a case coming to the Supreme Court of Canada next week challenging the constitutionality of Canada’s laws governing sex work.
10:45 Teresa Gagné of Vancouver Peace Poppies talks about Let Peace be Their Memorial, the annual Wreath Ceremony to commemorate all victims of war.
11:10 On City Beat, Ian Mass talks about Christine Boyle’s move to provincial politics, the bylaw on gas heating and the VPD getting access to traffic cameras.
11:35 Yves Engler speaks with Shane Martinez, a lawyer bringing a case claiming the recruitment of Canadians to volunteer on Israeli military bases is illegal.
Oct 26, 2024
10:05 Andrew Longhurst joins us to discuss the connection between wait times for surgical procedures and the growth of for-profit health care across Canada.
10:35 We speak with Véronique Sioufi about a new research project to tackle racial inequality in Metro Vancouver's housing crisis.
10:55 Meghan McDermott of the BCCLA on complaints they and Pivot Legal Society are bringing about police violence and surveillance at protests in support of Palestine.
11:20 We speak with Dr. Julia Smith about her new book, Conscripted to Care, that documents the experiences of women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Oct 19, 2024
10:05 Vancouver digital artist Lorna Boschman joins us to talk about the new self-guided audio tour of Cottonwood Community Garden.
10:25 We talk with Darrin Qualman of the NFU about plans to switch global jet fuel to agricultural feedstocks and the risks this poses to soil health and farmland.
10:45 City Beat reporter Ian Mass has his eyes on city council – gas heating, corporate lobbying, deals for developers, South Asian discrimination and lots more.
11:10 The Palestine Debrief podcast talks with Corey Balsam and Nicholas Pope about the CRA’s recent revocation of the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada.
Oct 12, 2024
10:10 Anti-prison and anti-policing activist Meenakshi Mannoe joins us with her take on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs.
10:30 We talk with Adrienne Montani of First Call BC about the election toolkit they produced to help us become effective advocates for children and youth.
10:50 Della Duncan of the UpStream Podcast speaks with Dr. Gerald Horne, author of Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.
Oct 5, 2024
10:10 Jens Wieting says climate change and logging are pushing BC forests into uncharted territory. He joins us to discuss key forest trends.
10:25 ;Economist Marc Lee on how expensive housing is eroding BC’s economy and possible solutions in Building Equity: Lessons for Affordable Housing in BC.
10:45 Ian Mass joins us for City Beat with a focus this week on non-profit and social housing projects around Vancouver.
11:15 It's been a year since October 7th and the start of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza. We broadcast the show, Gaza, One Year Later, produced by Making Contact.
Sept 28, 2024
10:05 Award-winning Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter on his new feature-length documentary, The Stand, about how the Haida shut down logging on Lyell Island in 1985.
10:30 James Chamberlain on Expelling Transphobia, a new handbook of strategies to address transphobic attacks in the B.C. school system.
10:50 A second chance to hear Tiffany Prete and Deanna Starr on the urgent need for safe, affordable transportation for Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people.
11:25 A report by Montreal activist and radio host Stefan Christoff brings us the voices of local housing justice advocates recorded at Spartacus Books in Vancouver.
Sept 21, 2024
10:05 Environmental reporter Sarah Cox sets out to examine the state of species at risk in Canada in her book, Signs of Life.
10:20 Ian Mass is back with City Beat. This week, Vancouver politicians discss co-ops and social housing, waste to energy, the Jericho pier and lots more.
10:45 Journalist David Geselbracht joins us to talk about his new book Climate Hope: Stories of Action in An Age of Global Crisis.
11:10 Syed Hussan of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change joins host Martin Lukacs of The Breach Show to talk about the Liberal backtrack on status to undocumented people.
11:35 As BC restricts cell phone use in schools, we revisit a conversation I had with Sachin Maharaj about the risks social media use poses for kids.
May 11, 2024
10:05 A talk by Brian Klaas of University College London, author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, recorded in Copenhagen last year, from Alternative Radio.
11:15 The Breach podcast host Dru Oja Jay interviews Professor Jemima Pierre from UBC about Canada’s participation in 20 years of military occupations and failed elections in Haiti.
May 4, 2024
10:05 Ben Parfitt on a Ministry of Forests map that radically departs from recommendations of a panel appointed to advise the BC government on protecting old growth forests.
10:30 We talk Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, co-directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, playing closing night May 11 at DOXA 2024 in Vancouver.
11:10 From Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast, The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war, with journalism profs Sonya Fatah and Asmaa Malik.
April 27, 2024
10:05 Dr. Neil Tangri tells us what will it take to get an international treaty on plastics, the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gases.
10:35 An interview with Maya Wind, Jewish Israeli scholar and author of Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom.
10:55 We speak with Punjabi artist Jag Nagra about her art work in Vancouver commemorating the tragedy of the Komagata Maru in 1914.
11:20 Tiffany Prete and Deanna Starr on a new report about the need for safe, affordable transportation for Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people.
April 20, 2024
10:10 Ellen Woodsworth joins us to talk about the On to Ottawa Peace Caravan 2024 leaving Vancouver on May 12.
10:35 On City Beat today with Ian Mass, Police Board funding cut, Crab Park decampment, housing initiatives and more.
11:00 Amid continuing attacks on Palestine, parents and teachers are calling for the Nakba of 1947-49 to be included in the BC social studies curriculum.
11:25 Sachin Maharaj on Ontario school board lawsuits over harms to youth caused by social media apps like Instagram and Tiktok.
Apr 6, 2024
10:05 We talk with Andhra Azevedo, one of the lawyers in a court case against FortisBC for misleading the public in its advertising.
10:20 Tamer Abu-Ramadan talks with us about why 40,000 Palestinian flags were planted in a park in Vancouver’s West End.
10:45 In City Beat, Redeye’s Ian Mass talks about the upcoming debates on magic mushrooms, overdose prevention and e-bikes on the seawall.
11:10 We bring you an episode of Don’t Call me Resilient about the historical use of forced famine as a tool to control land, resources and people.
Mar 30, 2024
10:05 We speak with Mark Worthing of the Awi'nakola Foundation about the need for bear dens to be protected in BC’s Wildlife Act.
10:20 Vancouver City Councillor Pete Fry joins us to make the case for regulating mushroom dispensaries rather than criminalizing them.
10:45 Democracy Now speaks with international human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber about Monday’s resolution in the U.N. calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
11:10 An excerpt from our interview last year with Rebecca Solnit about the climate urgency, hope, activism and the book she co-edited: Not Too Late.
11:35 Peter Dietsch of the University of Victoria on NDP MP Charlie Angus’ private members bill seeking to ban fossil fuel advertising.
Mar 23, 2024
10:05 Sussanne Skidmore, president of the BC Federation of Labour, talks with us about a comprehensive plan for investing in public transit to link all of BC.
10:20 Devin O’Leary, co-author of the Carnegie Housing Project’s 2024 report, on the urgent need for governments to build housing that low income people can afford.
10:45 Dr.Joel Lexchin on the need for transparency about how much Big Pharma gives to doctors and medical professionals in Canada.
11:10 Vinita Srivastava, host of Don’t Call Me Resilient, with Hilal Elver, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, on the use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
Mar 16, 2024
10:05 In an episode from the Sources podcast, Luke LeBrun interviews journalist Luke Savage about Ed Broadbent and his lifetime contributions to social justice and democracy.
11:10 David Barsamian of Alternative Radio interviews Sarah Leah Whitson, ED of DAWN, Democracy for the Arab World Now, about Gaza, international Law & the Biden presidency.
Mar 9, 2024
10:05 Elaine MacDonald of Ecojustice on the environmental racism legislation stalled in the Senate and the fight to get Ontario’s Chemical Valley cleaned up.
10:20 In City Beat, Ian Mass talks about a proposal to redevelop Skeena Terrace, magic mushroom dispensaries, Wi-Fi in the Downtown eastside and lots more.
10:45 Mandi Gray on her book Suing for Silence, exposing the phenomenon of defamation lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those disclosing sexual violence.
11:10 In a critical look at productivity culture, Making Contact host Lucy Kang interviews Jenny Odell, author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.
Mar 2, 2024
10:05 We speak with refugee advocate Matthew Behrens about the barriers facing applicants to Canada’s temporary residency program for Palestinians.
10:25 We speak with Nik Barry-Shaw about the Pharmacare legislation tabled this week in Parliament, and the imperative to expand it.
10:45 Dennis Agar of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders on what to do about the crisis facing the bus network in Metro Vancouver.
11:10 From the Breach podcast, Emma Paling interviews Alex Cosh on Canada's growing military exports to Israel.
11:40 Former editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger talks with Amy Goodman about the significance of Wikileaks and the campaign to extradite Julian Assange.
Feb 24, 2024
10:05 On City Beat with Ian Mass, Vancouver Council’s debate on living wages, the climate emergency plan and major upgrades to West End facilities.
10:25 We speak with Alex Hemingway, senior economist and public policy analyst with the CCPA-BC, for his take on Thursday's provincial budget.
11:25 Israel and Russia Don't Belong in Paris 2024, an episode of The End of Sport podcast with host Johanna Mellis and guests Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff.
10:45 Marusya Bociurkiw on her film Analogue Revolution: How feminist media changed the world, the opener at the 2024 GEMFest in Vancouver.
Feb 17, 2024
10:05 Lawyer Bruce McIvor on the troubling colonial legal principle behind the Supreme Court ruling on the Trudeau government's Indigenous child welfare law.
10:20 We speak with Chandni Desai, one of a group of scholars who say Israel is intentionally destroying education and cultural institutions in Gaza.
10:45 The living wage in Metro Vancouver rises to $25.68 amid soaring costs, according to a new report co-authored by economist Iglika Ivanova.
11:10 Award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger died on Dec 30. We hear a talk he gave on the sad state of mainstream journalism, recorded in Chicago in 2007.
Feb 10, 2024
10:05 Charlotte Dawe of Wilderness Committee tells us about an important court victory to protect migratory birds.
10:25 We speak with lawyer Matthew Bergman about taking social media giants to court on behalf of vulnerable victims.
10:45 Journalist Brandi Morin on her arrest and the charges she faces for covering a decampment in Edmonton.
11:05 We speak with Corinne Mason about the draconian anti-trans laws proposed by Alberta premier Danielle Smith.
11:30 From Democracy Now, the impact of the funding cut to UNRWA and questions about the evidence it was based on.
Feb 3, 2024
10:05 Ian Mass with City Beat brings us an update on the 100 mental health nurses promised by Ken Sim, the living wage policy, Vancouver’s Park Board and more.
10:25 Leah Hamilton comments on the new cap on international students and efforts to scapegoat them for Canada’s housing and health care woes.
10:50 Researchers Manjulika Robertson and Samantha Chu on interference faced by Canadian scientists and the serious consequences for climate policy.
11:15 Former UN Special Rapporteur on Housing Leilani Farha, human rights lawyer Alex Neve and former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Michael Lynk on the ICJ decision last week.
Jan 27, 2024
10:05 We speak with law prof Heidi Matthews about Canada’s hypocrisy in failing to support South Africa in its genocide case at the ICJ.
10:25 OneCity councillor Christine Boyle joins us to look ahead to some of the issues coming before Vancouver City Council in 2024.
11:00 Alice Mũrage on how government subsidies have helped the BC hotel industry bounce back since Covid-19 while the mostly female and racialized workforce is left behind.
11:20 After 17 years of dictatorship, democracy was restored in Guatemala with the election of President Bernardo Arévalo. Democracy Now speaks with activists from Guatemala.
Jan 20, 2024
10:05 Family physician and scientist Tara Kiran talks about a new study comparing Canada with nine other countries in terms of access to primary care.
10:20 Nikki Skuce talks with us about the rush to mine critical minerals and the environmental and social issues at stake in BC’s new critical minerals strategy.
10:45 On City Beat, Ian Mass fills us in on Vancouver’s Budget Task Force report, which recommends big changes to what the city should be prepared to fund.
11:05 From Don’t Call Me Resilient, profs Vershawn Ashanti Young and Anthony Stewart dig deep into stereotypes of Blackness in response to the satirical film, American Fiction.
Jan 13, 2024
10:05 We talk with Ted Rutland of Concordia University about the fact that police budgets are on the increase in Canada and the implications that has for real safety.
10:25 Burnaby City Councillor Sav Dhaliwal joins us to talk about why Burnaby decided to include caste as a ground for discrimination in its equity policy.
10:40 Véronique Sioufi of the CCPA-BC on the good, bad, and ugly of BC’s first stab at extending equitable protections to vulnerable workers in the gig workforce.
11:00 We hear former UN Rapporteur Richard Falk on South Africa's submission to the International Court of Justice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
11:20 Democracy Now speaks with Tariq Habash, the first Biden appointee to publicly resign from the government to protest the president’s ongoing support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
Jan 6, 2024
10:05 Lawyer Caitlin Shane from Pivot Legal on the BC Supreme Court injunction suspending the province’s decriminalization rollbacks.
10:20 Jens Wieting of Sierra Club BC talks about COP 28, and what it means for BC and Canada.
10:40 A conversation with professor Adam Hanieh about the political economy of Palestine, courtesy of the Upstream podcast.