Adam Stirling: The Podcast

According to university and community-based researchers, four per cent of Canadian gay and bisexual men—approximately 20,000 individuals across the country—have been exposed to conversion therapy. Travis Salway, assistant professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University, joins Adam for a conversation on this damaging and fraudulent practice and how common it still is. Adam close...

It’s been almost a week since Uber and Lyft were approved on the mainland. Ian Tostenson, president and CEO of Ridesharing Now for BC, joined Adam to talk about how the service has been running so far.

In response to British Columbia’s proposed new vaping regulations, Imperial Tobacco Canada encourages the province to review the latest facts and evidence as it determines the best regulatory approach for vapour products. Eric Gagnon, head of corporate and regulatory affairs at Imperial Tobacco Canada, explains his company's position.

Lori Daniels, professor with UBC’s Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences and co-principal investigator of the Wildfire and Carbon project, joins Adam to discuss efforts to de-escalate the devastating forest wildfires that are increasingly occurring due to climate change.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is launching a campaign end to per-vote subsidy for political parties in British Columbia. Kris Sims, BC Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, explains why her organization is calling for an end to what she calls "Political Welfare".

According to university and community-based researchers, four per cent of Canadian gay and bisexual men—approximately 20,000 individuals across the country—have been exposed to conversion therapy. Travis Salway, assistant professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University, joins Adam for a conversation on this damaging and fraudulent practice and how common it still is. 

Adam takes calls on a number of subjects including the B.C. NDP's, the James Bay Wolf and the Victoria 3.0, the City's draft economic plan for next 20 years.

Adam opens the show by giving his thoughts on the wolf that was captured in James Bay this weekend. He then moves into talking about the B.C. NDP party and the promises and goals it has accomplished or failed to accomplish to date.

On Monday, CFIB released its "Paperwait Awards" for the worst examples of red tape in Canada. Small business owners have been voting for their pick for the worst of the worst all week. The results are in and the Business Owners' Choice for the worst regulation in the country is BC's Employer Health Tax. Muriel Protzer, BC policy analyst, CFIB, joins the program to dissect the issues with the...

Adam is joined in studio by Catherine Holt, CEO of Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, for an update on what Victoria 3.0, the City's draft economic plan for next 20 years, is trying to accomplish.

Cheryl Alexander, an environmentalist and conservation photographer, is very familiar with the wolf named Takaya, believed to have swam from his home on Discovery Island to Victoria. She joined Adam for an update on the situation and what she believes should be done with the wolf. Later in the hour Adam is joined in studio by Catherine Holt, CEO of Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, for an upda...

On Monday, CFIB released its "Paperwait Awards" for the worst examples of red tape in Canada. Small business owners have been voting for their pick for the worst of the worst all week. The results are in and the Business Owners' Choice for the worst regulation in the country is BC's Employer Health Tax. Muriel Protzer, BC policy analyst, CFIB, joins the program to dissect the issues with the...

Cheryl Alexander, an environmentalist and conservation photographer, is very familiar with the wolf named Takaya, believed to have swam from his home on Discovery Island to Victoria. She joined Adam for an update on the situation and what she believes should be done with the wolf.

Jon Buss, lead volunteer at HospitalPayParking.ca, joins the program to shed some light on how much Hospitals in our province are making off of pay parking.

Jon Buss, lead volunteer at HospitalPayParking.ca, joins the program to shed some light on how much Hospitals in our province are making off of pay parking. Later, Boat wrecks are piling up on local shores faster than the bureaucratic process required to clean them up. Strong winds over the weekends washed 6 wrecks up on Cadboro Bay beaches. Eric Dahli of the Dead Boats Society, joins the program...

Adam speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, senior director at Dalhousie University's Agri-food Analystics Lab, about the federal government launching a 25-million-dollar “Buy Canadian” campaign to educate people where their food comes from.

Dave Korzinski, Head of research at the Angus Reid institute, to discuss a new poll,  finding that most Canadians feel the world is more dangerous since the airstrike on Qasem Suleimani.

Michael Mulligan, of Mulligan Defense Lawyers, joined Al to talk about if the BC Ferries protest on Monday in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'un hereditary chiefs was actually legal or not.

A downtown Victoria restaurant has started charging an extra 1% on customer bills to help cover the costs of BC’s due to B.C.'s new Employers Health Tax. Adam is joined by Kris Sims, BC director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, as she gives her thoughts on the tax and how the restaurant is dealing with it. Later in the hour Dave Korzinski, Head of research at the Angus Reid institute,...

Boat wrecks are piling up on local shores faster than the bureaucratic process required to clean them up. Strong winds over the weekends washed 6 wrecks up on Cadboro Bay beaches. Eric Dahli of the Dead Boats Society, joins the program to discuss the issue of the derelict boats.

Adam begins the show by having a discussion on the legal ramifications of the BC Ferries protest in solidarity with Wet'suwet'un hereditary chiefs.