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The Jas Johal Show

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The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Global News Radio newsroom rounds out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provides fresh perspective and lively conversati...

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Gift card bonanza 25.02.2026 8:31

Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gift card spending spree 25.02.2026 51:03

Gift Card Bonanza (0:54) Carson Binda, B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation The Debt Spiral: Paying More to Get Less (8:43) Mike De Jong, Former MLA & Finance Minister Can AI firms be compelled to report online threats? (22:57) Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law at the University of Calgary Policy Whiplash and Global Trade Tensions F...

Puerto Vallarta: Are Canadians making their way home? 25.02.2026 15:41

Claire Newell, travel expert, and President of Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Debt Spiral: Paying More to Get Less 25.02.2026 15:57

Guest: Mike De Jong, Former MLA & Finance Minister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stranded or Escaping? Canadians Navigate Puerto Vallarta Fallout 24.02.2026 9:32

Guest: Claire Newell, travel expert, and President of Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. tourist describes chaos in Puerto Vallarta 24.02.2026 55:01

Chaos in Mexico: B.C. Traveller Details Puerto Vallarta Violence (0:32) Guest: Ryan Voutilainen, Vancouver resident currently in Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta: Vancouver Real Estate Marketer Caught in Cartel Crossfire (10:10) Guest: Bob Rennie, founder of Rennie, a Vancouver based real estate marketing firm After El Mencho: Could the Fallout Reach Vancouver? (20:09) Guest: Christian Lepreucht, P...

The Agenda - B.C.’s Budget Reckoning: Do Deficits Matter? 24.02.2026 19:03

Guests: Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver real estate marketer caught in Mexico crossfire 24.02.2026 10:41

Puerto Vallarta: Vancouver Real Estate Marketer Caught in Cartel Crossfire Guest: Bob Rennie, founder of Rennie, a Vancouver based real estate marketing firm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver’s Iranian community uneasy amid U.S.–Iran tensions 24.02.2026 15:53

Vancouver’s Iranian Community on Edge as U.S.–Iran Tensions Escalate Guest: Negar Mojtahedi, reporter for Iran International, host of the Eye For Iran Podcast series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. traveller recounts violence in Puerto Vallarta 24.02.2026 10:21

Chaos in Mexico: B.C. Traveller Details Puerto Vallarta Violence Guest: Ryan Voutilainen, Vancouver resident currently in Puerto Vallarta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supreme court kills Trump’s emergency tariffs 21.02.2026 57:13

Supreme Court Kills Trump’s Emergency Tariffs: What It Means for Canada and B.C. (0:39) Plus, how Canada will be impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs? (10:55) Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent Massey Tunnel’s $4.1B Price Tag Now Comes With an Asterisk: Why Won’t Government Say the Real Cost? (14:33) George Harvie, Mayor of Delta Trump runs into tariff roadblock,...

OpenAI had information on the Tumbler Ridge shooter 21.02.2026 9:40

Why didn’t they tell the authorities? Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street 21.02.2026 18:13

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: Inside the Quiet Separation Shaping Immigrant Families Wiley Wei-Chun Ho, author of The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour 21.02.2026 53:15

This week: The Supreme Court blocks Trump’s emergency tariffs — hours later, he unveils a new 10 percent global levy. What does it mean for Canada and B.C. exporters? Washington correspondent Reggie Cecchini joins us. (1:24) Keith Baldrey drops by to ask: did anyone in the NDP view this budget through a political lens — or just an accounting one? (11:54) Deficits once signalled crisis. Now they’re...

Trump tariff roadblock as Eby’s deficit grows 21.02.2026 16:40

Trump runs into tariff roadblock, while Eby’s deficit slides downhill Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Real cost of Massey Tunnel unclear 21.02.2026 8:41

Massey Tunnel’s $4.1B Price Tag Now Comes With an Asterisk: Why Won’t Government Say the Real Cost? George Harvie, Mayor of Delta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should the Pattullo Bridge become B.C’s High Line? 20.02.2026 7:52

Surrey mayoral candidate says yes Linda Annis, Surrey First city councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gas prices spike to highest levels since September 20.02.2026 51:14

Gas prices spike to highest levels since September (0:55) Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy Former Finance Minister Gary Collins on Balancing the Books — and the Tough Choices It Took (15:41) Gary Collins, former Finance Minister of B.C under Premier Gordon Campbell Viaducts at a Crossroads: Demolition Delayed, Costs Climb, and the Financing Fight Begins (31:28) Geoff Megg...

Viaduct demolition delayed as costs climb 20.02.2026 18:15

Viaducts at a Crossroads: Demolition Delayed, Costs Climb, and the Financing Fight Begins Geoff Meggs, former Vancouver City Councillor, and former Chief of Staff to Premier John Horgan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Collins reflects on balancing B.C.’s budget 20.02.2026 17:29

Former Finance Minister Gary Collins on Balancing the Books — and the Tough Choices It Took Gary Collins, former Finance Minister of B.C. under Premier Gordon Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.’s growing debt puts food industry in jeopardy 20.02.2026 8:22

James Donaldson, CEO of B.C. Food and Beverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horgan’s restraint versus Eby’s red ink 19.02.2026 55:51

Horgan’s Caution vs. Eby’s Red Ink: B.C.’s Fiscal Turn (0:48) Selina Robinson, former Finance Minister of B.C Should the Pattullo Bridge be repurposed into a pedestrian park? (16:37) Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Human Trafficking in B.C.: Exploitation Hiding in Plain Sight (25:10) Susannah Pierce, Founder, Human Trafficking...

Canada’s New Defence Strategy: Bold Reset or Repackaged Promises? 19.02.2026 18:23

Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies, comparative defence management approaches and foreign policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human Trafficking in B.C.: Exploitation Hiding in Plain Sight 19.02.2026 15:27

Susannah Pierce, Founder, Human Trafficking Prevention Network of B.C., and former Country Chair of Shell Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Budget Is Brenda Bailey’s—But the Deficit Is David Eby’s 19.02.2026 13:44

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