The Morning Bite

How to maintain healthy habits during the holidays Guest: Kathryn Walton, Assistant Professor of Applied Nutrition & Registered Dietitian, University of Guelph

Shop owners are working together to combat street disorder Guest: Jeff Bray, executive director of the Downtown Victoria Business Association

Why was there no emergency Alert of Fraser Valley Floods? Guest: Bruce Banman, MLA for Abbotsford south

Why haven’t we been able to fix BC Emergency Rooms? Guest: Damien Contandriopoulos, Professor, Associate Director of Graduate Education & Grad Advisor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria

Libraries are using more E-Books than normal books! Guest: Zoey Peterson, Manager, Digital Services, Vancouver public library

Birth Tourism is on the Rise in Canada Guest: Andrew Griffith, a former director-general at the federal immigration department

What would a cashless Canada look like? Guest: Peter Shawn Taylor, senior feature editor at C2C journal

Why can’t we get the extortion issue under control? Guest: Galib Bhayani Professor of Criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and former Chief Superintendent with the RCMP

Is Metro Vancouver Imploding? Guest: Tony Luck, MLA for Fraser-Nicola and the Official Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs and Local Government

Are you prepared for a weather related emergency? Guest: Jason Small, Red Cross Spokesperson

Why do good people bend and break the rules at work? Guest: Lorne Hartman, behavioural scientist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Are more MPs going to cross the floor and join the Liberals? Guest: Asa McKercher, Research Chair in Canada-US Relations and Associate Professor in Public Policy and Governance at St. Francis Xavier University

Where does BC stand with DRIPA and what should be done next? Guest: Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation

Talking to the Emergency Minister Guest: Kelly Greene, BC minister of emergency management

Santa Fox 50/50 to help SHARE Family & Community Services Guest: Claire MacLean, Chief Executive Officer, SHARE Family & Community Services

Is it a good idea to use a “Buy now and pay later” program? Guest: Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill

Feeling Burnt out?  You might have ‘festive exhaustion’! Guest: Amanda Jewson, sleep expert with over 17 years of experience in the education and sleep consulting industry

Should we ban social media in Canada? Guest: Matt Hatfield, Executive Director of open media, an advocacy group for digital rights, democracy, and freedom

Could David Eby call a spring election? Guest: Stewart Prest, Political Scientist and lecturer at UBC

Will you need to show your social media if you cross the US border? Guest: Evan Green, Managing Partner, Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law at Green and Spiegel

Update on the Terror attack in Australia Guest: Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative

Should Canada Ban Non Disclosure Agreements? Guest: Dr. Julie Macfarlane, Member of the Order of Canada Emerita Distinguished University Professor, University of Windsor Co-Founder of Can’t Buy My Silence

Vancouver council rejects move to fast-track social housing Guest: William Azaroff, CEO of non-profit housing provider Brightside, and who is currently seeking OneCity’s mayoral nomination

Another Conservative MP crosses the floor Guest: Dr. Daniel Béland, Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University

Aboriginal titles that could set precedent? Guest: Dwight Newman, Law prof; Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law, University of Saskatchewan