Cambie Report

Live show: Our next live show is Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7pm at Dubh Linn Gate on Main Street. RSVP on Eventbrite or Facebook . On this week's show: Peter Ladner endorses Shauna Sylvester , which begs the question: Do endorsements matter? Mike Howell muses about transition allowances , which we all agree are a good thing. A Surrey political party unexpected implodes , while a media Darling ste...

Matthew Naylor is on holiday this week but instead we have political scientist and Twitter commentator Stewart Prest ( @stewartprest ) joining us to talk about his take on the Vancouver election. Then we get into the nine council candidates the NPA has chosen to run, and whether that's too many names for us to keep track of. The City of Vancouver announced the expropriation of the Regent and Balmo...

CBC Vancouver Social Media Editor Tamara Baluja joins this week's episode to talk about the social media discussions happening in this election. Baluja and Metro Affairs Reporter (and past guest) Justin McElroy together launched Metro Matters, the new CBC municipal politics newsletter. Subscribe: www.cbc.ca/metromatters Also in this episode: Yes Vancouver announces its election slate The Mayor's C...

Live from The Belmont in Vancouver. Patrick Condon and Ken Clement both announced they're not intending to run this year following health issues. The Vancouver & District Labour Council released it's endorsements for the upcoming election. ResearchCo has a new poll showing Ken Sim and Kennedy Stewart in a statistical tie in the race for mayor. Over in Burnaby, the city looks set to take a radi...

In our first extended look at the Burnaby race, we have Kelvin Gawley come on who recently started reporting for the Burnaby Now community newspaper. We talk firefighters, the punk rock band DOA, demovictions and pipelines. We also chat about the Vision race, the interesting way in which they worked their ballot and the different ways party members vote in nomination races. To the surprise of the...

Live Show Announcement Our next live show is on Thursday, July 19 at 7pm at The Belmont Pay-what-you can tickets on EventBrite or RSVP on Facebook Patti Bacchus is the Georgia Straight K-12 Education Columnist and past Vision Vancouver School Board Trustee and the VSB's longest serving chair. She joins Patrick and Ian to talk about what the role of trustees and the school board are and what some o...

In our first look into the environs, we get a tour of Surrey municipal politics and who's running in this upcoming election. Then we turn our sights to the controversial decision by developer Boffo to pull the plug on a proposed social housing project with local charity The Kettle Society. Next we have a few updates from the Vancouver race, including some policy discussions, Kennedy Stewart's camp...

Patrick reports from OneCity's nomination meeting as to who their council and school board candidates will be. Raymond Louie becomes the latest Vision Vancouver councillor to announce his plans not to run for reelection, leaving Heather Deal as the sole remaining Vision councillor seeking re-election. The BC Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs launched a complaint against the...

Announcement: We're launching a Patreon! You can now support the show at patreon.com/cambiereport . In our first segment, Squamish Nation Councillor Khelsilem ( @khelsilem ) joins us to talk about Squamish nation politics, Jean Swanson's latest rally, the COPE nomination meeting, Ian Campbell's acclamation as the Vision mayoral nominee and randomized ballots. Then sitting city councillor Andrea Re...

Live Show: We're doing a live show on Monday, June 11 at 7pm (doors at 6) at The Emerald (555 Gore). RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite In a surprising result, Ken Sim won the NPA mayoral nomination defeating sitting Park Board Commissioner John Coupar and populist Glen Chernen. We break down who Sim is, what this means for the NPA and where Chernen may end up. Then we discuss a mixer held by the Brem...

This week we look at the race for Vision Vancouver's mayoral nomination between Chief Ian Campbell and former federal Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed. Then we have an interview with Hector Bremner and discuss the possibly YesVancouver slate he's pulling together. Finally, we speak to some Vancouveratta about Stanley Park. Glen Chernen (and Ken Sim), if you're listening, we'd still love to tal...

Ken Sim, John Coupar and Glen Chernen are the final three vying for the NPA mayoral nomination but who are these men who would be mayor? It turn out it can be a bit hard to find out! We look at a new video from Ken Sim , Ian spoke with John Coupar and we try to figure out what's up with Glen Chernen. But first, we speak with data analyst, political scientist and pro-housing activist Jennifer Brads...

Non-profit developer and Hogan's Alley advocate Stephanie Allen ( @builtjustice ) joins the podcast to talk about her work, Hogan's Alley and racial justice in Vancouver housing. Then we get into the ongoing pickle that is the NPA mayoral race as the #SupplyBros and Gregory Baker continue to get into public fights over Hector Bremner's declined mayoral bid. Plus we spend some time on how racist th...

Right after finishing recording our next episode we heard a rumour that Vision Vancouver has walked away from Vancouver District & Labour Council talks with COPE, OneCity, Greens and Team Jean. We wanted to get this out right away as this is shocking news that suggests a very divided field going into this fall's municipal election. We'll have a full episode (recorded before this news) that we...

Burnaby South NDP MP Kennedy Stewart announced this afternoon that he'll be resigning as a Member of Parliament and is launching an independent bid for Mayor of Vancouver. Stewart is hoping progressive parties will line up behind him and support his bid. Ian and Matthew were there at his press conference to record his introductory remarks and ask a few questions. Ian then spoke with ResearchCo pol...

Hector Bremner announced today that the NPA board had rejected his bid to run for mayor, despite the green light committee recommending he be approved. Ian spoke with Hector by Skype and then calls in Patrick for reactions. This is an ongoing story, so expect more soon.

Vancouver's progressive parties jockeyed in advance of the Vancouver District & Labour Council's meetings to try to reach a unity consensus. Ian reports from Jean Swanson's The City We Need platform launch and Patrick reports from the Crossroads conference where he spoke with mayoral hopefuls Shauna Sylvester and Kennedy Stewart. Then we take a preliminary crack at the state of the NPA race -...

Ian Bushfield and Patrick Meehan are joined by StarMetro's Jen St Denis ( @jenstden ) to catch up on the latest news in Vancouver politics. First, we look at the conflict of interest claims filed against NPA councillor Hector Bremner and how the party says it won't not use a loophole in municipal campaign finance laws. Then we go into the latest independents to come forward for the "progressi...

Frances Bula has been covering urban issues and city politics in Vancouver since 1994. From drug policy to bike lanes to billion-dollar development projects to homelessness to garbage debates and more, Frances has covered it. Today her work can be found in the Globe and Mail and she's previously written for Vancouver Magazine, BCBusiness and over 20 years at the Vancouver Sun (plus many, many othe...

Mario Canseco ( @mario_canseco ) is a pollster with the new company Research Co. His first poll looks at the popularity of several potential mayoral candidates. Ian, Matthew and Patrick talk with Mario about polling, his new company and the state of the race.

Shauna Sylvester has launched an independent bid for mayor of Vancouver but is she a Vision plant? Meanwhile on the left, COPE is reportedly urging UBC urban designer Patrick Condon to seek their nomination. And on the right, John Coupar seems to be sucking all the air out of the NPA nomination race. Finally, we revisit the ongoing remuneration row going on at the Metro Vancouver board and we look...

Ian, Patrick & Matthew look at the state of the Vancouver mayoral election, the Metro Vancouver board's decision to vote themselves a pension increase, more mayors who aren't running again and finish off by responding to the incredible feedback from episode 1!

In the first full episode of Cambie Report, Ian Bushfield and Patrick Meehan are joined by Erin Reddekopp ( @reddekoppter ) from The Tipsy Archives ( @TipsyArchives ) podcast to dive into the history of Vancouver politics, break down how municipal elections work in the city and look at the state of the race. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Send us an email: cambiereport@gmail.com Follow Ian Follo...