Conversations Live with Stuart McNish

For many British Columbians parties’ divergent views on BC’s economy will be top-of-mind when they step into the ballot box in the upcoming provincial election.  Join us October 7 when we sit down with a panel drawn from across the political spectrum for a conversation about The Election and the Economy. They are: Sonia Furstenau - Leader of the BC Green Party Moe Sihota - Former BC NDP MLA &...

We are travelling to Calgary October 1 to delve into carbon capture – technologies that could play a role in combating climate change, but that are not without controversy. According to the Government of Alberta the province is a “global leader in carbon capture, utilization and storage and continues to safely lead the way.” All carbon capture technologies involve capturing atmospheric carbon diox...

Join us for a series of wide-ranging conversations with BC’s provincial political leaders the week of September 16. Kicking off our third season, the Leaders Series will be three conversations over the week – all unscripted, unrestricted, and focused on the topics on British Columbians’ minds as we come into the October election. As always, we will take questions from our webcast audience over Sli...

Join us for a series of wide-ranging conversations with BC’s provincial political leaders the week of September 16. Kicking off our third season, the Leaders Series will be three conversations over the week – all unscripted, unrestricted, and focused on the topics on British Columbians’ minds as we come into the October election. As always, we will take questions from our webcast audience over Sli...

Join us for a series of wide-ranging conversations with BC’s provincial political leaders the week of September 16. Kicking off our third season, the Leaders Series will be three conversations over the week – all unscripted, unrestricted, and focused on the topics on British Columbians’ minds as we come into the October election. As always, we will take questions from our webcast audience over Sli...

Dryer summers and wetter springs mean farmers face too much water sometimes, not enough at others. Last winter’s cold snap killed Okanagan peach and apricot buds, which will curtail the yield this year. Record wildfire seasons and floods are threatening pasture and farmland. Add to these natural disasters the pressure on agriculture to protect the environment, use resources efficiently, reduce the...

A special edition from KPMG’s Vancouver AI Summit - Vancouver on the global tech stage. Vancouver is at the forefront of advances in artificial intelligence that are already transforming robotics, medicine, mining, and even permit processing.  In a special edition of Conversations Live, we will webcast live from KPMG’s Vancouver AI Summit 5 – 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. With an outstanding p...

Canada has designed 31 minerals as critical – essential to our green digital economy, but whose supply is threatened. From copper to cesium they are in batteries; every electronic device, computer, and EV; permanent magnets; optical instruments; wiring; bearings; run-of river dams, wind farms, and solar arrays; aerospace alloys; catalytic converters & carbon dioxide scrubbers; and medical equi...

Preparing for disasters has long been a consideration in municipal, household, and business budgeting. Earthquake prep perhaps attracted the most public focus in recent decades, before the 2020’s, while funding for some other streams fell off.  In late 2021 disaster preparedness became an urgent public priority virtually overnight when a series of storms dumped an unprecedented amount of rain...

On April 23 we will sit down for a 90-minute conversation with Premier David Eby – live and unscripted. When we sat down with Mr. Eby a year ago he had been premier for just over 100 days. More than a year later the honeymoon is over. Just this week S&P downgraded the province’s credit rating, expressing concern about BC’s financial health and rising operating deficit. BC’s most recent budget...

In December the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) quashed FortisBC’s plans to build a natural gas pipeline in the Okanagan – a $327 million project that would have seen a 30-kilometer line and two related power stations built to meet growing demand for gas in BC’s southern interior. FortisBC is warning that without additional natural gas transport capacity the region could start experience natural ga...

Our media partner Postmedia is taking a closer look at the troubling issues of tent cities in an in-depth investigation. Join us 11 a.m. PT March 12 for a special edition of Conversations Live with Stuart McNish where we will take on this critical matter with Postmedia and a panel of people facing this issue in their work every day. The impacts of tent cities are intensely local and personal – for...

A report issued in January predicts Metro Vancouver will hit 3 million residents this summer, 4 million in 2041 – just 17 years down the road. Overall, the province is on track to have 5.65 million residents on July 1 – up about 150,000 in just one year – and is projected to top 6 million people in 2028, 7 million just a decade later.  Every one of those people will need a safe and comfortabl...

Join us for a special edition about organized crime in BC - 2:30 p.m. February 6.  The panel: Kim Bolan – Vancouver Sun reporter Calvin Chrustie – Partner, Critical Risk Team Fiona Wilson – Deputy Chief Constable, VPD Neil Dubord – Chief Constable, Delta Police  We hope you can join us for the conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Canada’s population grew by a record 1.1 million people in the last year the push to build housing gained new urgency.  New housing requires expanded infrastructure capacity – not just municipal roads, sewer and water lines but also new electrical grid capacity all the way down to transformers on utility poles, gas lines, schools, and more transit. Existing infrastructure is already strain...

44 per cent of BC exports go to markets in the Asia Pacific. 20 per cent of Canadians have family ties to the region. According to Global Affairs Canada the “Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century.”  The region has 40 economies including China and India, almost two-thirds of the world’s population, and $47.19-trillion in economic ac...

More than 150 court victories have confirmed that the resources of Canada can only be developed when working with and obtaining First Nations approval. Many First Nations are on a road to reclaiming prosperity and revitalizing cultures. Some urban First Nations have become significant land-owners actively pursuing development with the potential to help address our housing crisis. In rural areas so...

A Conversations Live special edition – A dialogue with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim Join us November 9 when we sit down with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for a wide-ranging dialogue about his first year as Vancouver’s mayor. This special edition of Conversations Live will run 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., webcast on the Vancouver Sun and right here on our own website.  Viewers will have a chance to ask the mayor y...

On Oct 10 we will be joined by an outstanding panel of people actively engaged in fostering workplace accessibility from a variety of perspectives – not just as it relates to disability, but difference and diversity of all types. The panel: Stephanie Cadieux - Canada’s first Chief Accessibility Officer Charlotte-Anne Malischewski - Human Rights Commission interim Chief Commissioner Mark Wafer - Di...

We launch our second season with a deep dive into the new world of artificial intelligence with some of Canada’s top thinkers in the field. 7 p.m. Oct 3, Stuart McNish will moderate a panel including: Edoardo De Martin – CEO Industrio AI & Chief Development Officer, Digital Innovation Cluster Mark Low – KPMG Ignition Terri Griffith – Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Simon...

BC’s economy is slowing, along with economies around the world.      For our next conversation June 20 we have pulled together a panel of individuals with robust insights into the provincial, national, and global economies. Jock Finlayson – Senior Policy Advisor at the Business Council of BC Murray Leith – EVP & Director of Investment Research at Odlum Brown Christine...

On May 16 we will sit down with an outstanding panel to explore an emerging high-tech industry with the potential to become one of BC’s most important economic sectors – life sciences.    BC has become a hub of life sciences innovation in recent years, with hundreds of companies leading the way in research into new therapies, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. According to Life Sciences...

Join us April 6 when we sit down with Premier David Eby for a wide-ranging conversation.     The 100 days of action Premier Eby promised when he took on the role Nov 18 recently wrapped with an announcement of new cost-of-living payments for British Columbians. Buoyed by a one-time budget surplus he’s announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for housing, healthcare,...

Join us 7 p.m. March 28 as we circle back to the critical issue of feeding BC into the future, this time with a focus on climate smart agriculture.    We have pulled together a panel of people who are part of a quiet revolution underway in our food production, individuals deeply involved in the science, production, and evolution of how we will raise better food into the future. &nbs...

In February we are revisiting housing with a focus on rental.    The panelists: Jill Atkey, CEO of BC Non-Profit Housing Association Jon Stovell, President & CEO of Reliance Properties Wendy Waters, VP of Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors Michael Epp, Director of Housing Planning and Development, Metro Vancouver Rentals plays a key role in ensuring sufficient...