Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In this hour, Several primary school children of the French École Beausoleil will deliver letters to the Mayor and to the Minister of Education, and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. The students will arrive by horse-drawn carriage to symbolize the antiquated provincial and municipal policies with respect to rights to French education. Erinne Branter, president of the Ecole Beau...

Steve Wallace, owner of Wallace Driving Schools, joined the program to help answer some questions about winter driving and roundabouts.

In the first hour of today’s show, Alan Perry was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified.ca for their weekly roundtable discussion.

Another huge leap forward for science: after a seven-month journey and a descent described as “seven minutes of terror”, the Perseverance rover sent to Mars by NASA and JPL has landed on the red planet and is already sending back not just pictures, but also audio, as it begins its mission to search for signs of life. Karun Thanjavur, astronomer, UVic's department of physics and astrono...

In this hour, Alan Perry was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed the provincial politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Alberta. Later, Steve Wallace, owner of Wallace Driving Schools, joined the program to help answer some questions about winter driving and roundabouts.

Several primary school children of the French École Beausoleil will deliver letters to the Mayor and to the Minister of Education, and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. The students will arrive by horse-drawn carriage to symbolize the antiquated provincial and municipal policies with respect to rights to French education. Erinne Branter, president of the Ecole Beausoleil Parents...

Alan Perry was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed the provincial politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Alberta.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the issues with mail-in voting during the December 2020 Victoria council byelection.

In this hour, Grumpy Taxpayer$ are calling on the province to amend legislation to establish an earlier nomination period that would enable mail election and by-election ballots to be made available earlier. John Treleaven, Chair, Grumpy Taxpayer$, joined Adam to discuss the issue. Later, Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on...

In this hour, Paul Jaffe, barrister and lawyer for Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford, and the Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack, joined the program to discuss the BC government’s application for an injunction being denied. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

Paul Jaffe, barrister and lawyer for Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford, and the Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack, joined the program to discuss the BC government’s application for an injunction being denied.

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience.

Grumpy Taxpayer$ are calling on the province to amend legislation to establish an earlier nomination period that would enable mail election and by-election ballots to be made available earlier. John Treleaven, Chair, Grumpy Taxpayer$, joined Adam to discuss the issue.

In this hour, with tax season here there are millions of Canadians that will have to pay the tax from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments they received in 2020.  Isaiah Chan, Director of Counselling - Credit Counselling Society, joined Adam to talk about the challenges of paying the CERB tax while already experiencing less than desirable financial situations. Later, Tem Gree...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam spoke with Ted Smith, founder & president, Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, about the Community Safety Unit forcing the Buyers Club landlord to evict the 25 year old nonprofit society. 

In this hour, Sylvain Charlebois, professor and senior director of the agri-food analytics lab, Dalhousie University, joined Adam to discuss why he thinks that the 9-5 work day as we know it is coming to an end. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

With tax season here there are millions of Canadians that will have to pay the tax from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments they received in 2020.  Isaiah Chan, Director of Counselling - Credit Counselling Society, joined Adam to talk about the challenges of paying the CERB tax while already experiencing less than desirable financial situations.

Adam spoke with Ted Smith, founder & president, Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, about the Community Safety Unit forcing the Buyers Club landlord to evict the 25 year old nonprofit society. 

Sylvain Charlebois, professor and senior director of the agri-food analytics lab, Dalhousie University, joined Adam to discuss why he thinks that the 9-5 work day as we know it is coming to an end.

Tem Greenhalgh - Security Manager at Themis Security, joined the program to chat about the increased need for private security in Victoria and Themis Security making the living wage their minimum wage.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the latest developments in the plan for Clover Point Park, and the City of Victoria’s history of neglecting the rights of those living with disabilities.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Mandeep Rana, chief executive of Lucky to Go, about his company expanding into food delivery and how they are different from the big companies doing food delivery in Greater Victoria. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

In this hour, Adam spoke with Valorie Crooks - Professor, Department of Geography, SFU, about snowbirds being stuck in the U.S. with the latest restrictions, and why this story is more complicated than it appears. Later, David MacDonald, senior economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, to talk about the percentage of BC residents that received CERB payments by region.

Adam spoke with Mandeep Rana, chief executive of Lucky to Go, about his company expanding into food delivery and how they are different from the big companies doing food delivery in Greater Victoria.

Adam spoke with Valorie Crooks - Professor, Department of Geography, SFU, about snowbirds being stuck in the U.S. with the latest restrictions, and why this story is more complicated than it appears.