Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the final hour of today's show, it is estimated it will take up to 18 months for the tourism industry to return to the levels of revenue necessary to fully sustain their operations and workforce. What are the next steps? Paul Nursey, CEO, Destination Greater Victoria joined the program to talk about reviving the tourism industry. Adam then closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

People in psychiatric settings are vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic, and several human rights groups are calling on the province to be transparent about the infection rates in these facilities, and conditions in which patients are being detained. Kendra Milne, Executive Director of Health Justice, joined Adam to explain why the government needs to be direct about the infection rates in thes...

We are now entering B.C.’s wildfire season, which means there will be smoke affecting some areas of the province. What effect could this have on COVID-19 patients? Dr. Michael Mehta, professor of geography and environmental studies at Thompson Rivers University spoke with Adam about the forest fire season ahead.

It is estimated it will take up to 18 months for the tourism industry to return to the levels of revenue necessary to fully sustain their operations and workforce. What are the next steps? Paul Nursey, CEO, Destination Greater Victoria joined the program to talk about reviving the tourism industry.

Ahead of tomorrow's CRD board meeting, Adam was joined by CRD Chair, Colin Plant, for a conversation about what is on the agenda for the meeting. They discussed a renewable Natural Gas project with Fortis BC at Hartland Landfill and the guiding  framework for the Land Acquisition.

In this hour, COVID-19 is requiring everyone to rethink how we go about our daily lives, including our police forces. How have officers needed to change and adapt to this new world? Rylan Simpson, assistant professor of criminology, Simon Fraser University joined the program to talk about how COVID has changed the way our police operate. Later, Barbers across the province are raising concerns abou...

In this hour, Just under half of Canadians feel it is a good idea to allow households to expand their “bubble”. What does this mean for the plans for entering the second phase? President of Research Co, Mario Canseco, joined Adam to share his expertise on how Canadians feel about expanding household bubbles. Later, SafeCare BC has been collecting donations of PPE for seven weeks when t...

In the first hour of today's show Adam ponders a recent motion by Victoria City Council to permanently ban all vehicles from accessing Beacon Hill Park. Later in the hour, ahead of tomorrow's CRD board meeting, Adam was joined by CRD Chair, Colin Plant, for a conversation about what is on the agenda for the meeting. They discussed a renewable Natural Gas project with Fortis BC at Hartland Landfill...

COVID-19 is requiring everyone to rethink how we go about our daily lives, including our police forces. How have officers needed to change and adapt to this new world? Rylan Simpson, assistant professor of criminology, Simon Fraser University joined the program to talk about how COVID has changed the way our police operate.

A change to the Workers' Compensation Act means workers who contract COVID-19 will soon get to bypass the bureaucratic process that can delay WCB claims. The president of the BC Federation of Labour, Laird Cronk, joined Adam to explain why it's a good move, but one that's not coming fast enough.

Barbers across the province are raising concerns about re-opening without solid guidelines to keep themselves and their clients safe. Thomas Hart aka Jimmy Slimz, owner of Slimz Brand Barber Lounge, is organizing an association of barbers in BC and joined Adam to speak about what needs to happen for barbers to safely return to work.

SafeCare BC has been collecting donations of PPE for seven weeks when their members, who work in care homes, were reporting a lack of PPE.  Jen Lyle, CEO, SafeCare BC joined the program to give an update on this project to collect PPE and how far they have to go to reach their goal.

Just under half of Canadians feel it is a good idea to allow households to expand their “bubble”. What does this mean for the plans for entering the second phase? President of Research Co, Mario Canseco, joined Adam to share his expertise on how Canadians feel about expanding household bubbles.

In the final hour of today's show, a change to the Workers' Compensation Act means workers who contract COVID-19 will soon get to bypass the bureaucratic process that can delay WCB claims. The president of the BC Federation of Labour, Laird Cronk, joined Adam to explain why it's a good move, but one that's not coming fast enough. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

Marsha Walden, CEO, Destination BC joined Adam to discuss BC's tourism industry and what it's future may look like as certain COVID-19 regulations are eased or lifted.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Experts around the world are working on developing a COVID-19 vaccine. When one eventually is created, what could that look like? Adam was joined by Dr. Michael Curry, Clinical Associate Profess...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Steve Mossop, president, Insights West joined Adam to talk about a recent poll by his organization that found BC residents strongly support Premier Horgan's plan to restart BC's economy. the pol...

Experts around the world are working on developing a COVID-19 vaccine. When one eventually is created, what could that look like? Adam was joined by Dr. Michael Curry, Clinical Associate Professor with UBC’s Department of Emergency Medicine to talk about a COVID-19 vaccine.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Dan Davies, MLA for Peace River North and Opposition Critic for Education, joined the program to explain why he is calling on Education Minister Rob Fleming to delay cuts to Independent Distribu...

Steve Mossop, president, Insights West joined Adam to talk about a recent poll by his organization that found BC residents strongly support Premier Horgan's plan to restart BC's economy. the poll also looks at a number of other questions having to do with restarting the economy.

Dan Davies, MLA for Peace River North and Opposition Critic for Education, joined the program to explain why he is calling on Education Minister Rob Fleming to delay cuts to Independent Distributed Learning (IDL) schools who were blindsided this week with news that the provincial government was slashing $12 million from their budgets. 

Jeff Bray, executive director of the Downtown Victoria Business Association, joined the program to discuss re-opening businesses in Victoria while maintaining the proper safety protocols outlined by Dr. Henry.

A recent poll by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation found two thirds of Canadians believe Members of Parliament should take a partial pay cut in solidarity with Canadians struggling financially. Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers' Federation joined Adam to discuss this.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Jeff Bray, executive director of the Downtown Victoria Business Association, joined the program to discuss re-opening businesses in Victoria while maintaining the proper safety protocols outline...

In this hour, Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, joined Adam for their weekly political discussion. This week they dissect part three of how the Liberals passed the Conservatives as the most popular national political party. Later, With the border being closed many street drugs are being mixed with toxic chemicals resulting in an increased amount of overdoses and d...