The Mike Smyth Show

Emergency room closures in BC Guest: Dr. Claudine Storness-Bliss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we need a healthcare audit in BC? Would more competition in Canadian skies lower flight prices? Cracking down on illegal short-term rentals! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cracking down on illegal STR’s Guest: Ravi Kahlon, BC Minister of Housing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC United is doing so poorly in the polls, the party is now actually asking for a change to the ballots! Speaking of BCU, ANOTHER one of their MLAs is crossing the floor! Team Canada's 6-point penalty appeal was shut down. Do they still have a chance at getting through to the next round? Will Donald Trump EVER debate Kamala Harris? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would more competition in Canadian skies lower flight prices? Guest: Duncan Dee, Airline industry analyst and Former Air Canada COO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens if Translink follows through with their threatened service cuts? Thousands of short term rentals are still operating in BC. Are e-scooters hazardous to pedestrians?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another BC United MLA is jumping ship! How do YOU feel when you see MLAs cross the floor? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thousands of short term rentals still operating in BC Guest: Orion Rodgers, Property Rights Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arrest of Mexican drug kingpin El Mayo Guest: Douglas Century, organized crime reporter and co-author of the book “Hunting El Chapo: Taking Down the World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A legal fight is ensuing over the Tori Dunn bail hearing transcript. Could strategic voting wipe out the BC United party? The Canada Soccer spying scandal deepens! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How's BC United doing in the polls? Are people finally cluing in to their name change, or is it too late? Kamala Harris is gaining traction in US polls. Is Donald Trump regretting making JD Vance his running mate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TransLink is threatening service cuts if they don't get an additional $600 million in funding! Wildfires are rampaging throughout Bc and Jasper. Vancouver is reversing its ban on natural gas heating in new buildings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC is dropping its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers! What prompted the change? $64,000 for a wine and cheese party?! Metro Van's spending is out of control. TransLink's CEO is threatening cuts to transit services if he doesn't get more funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one with BC Premier David Eby! Where did BC United go wrong? Could we see them changing their name BACK to the BC Liberals? Should Canada have a mandatory national service program for young people? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Translink is threatening cuts to service if they don't receive an additional $600 million per year! Will the Eby government follow through? Taxpayer spending is OUT OF CONTROL in Metro Vancouver. $64,000 for ONE wine/cheese event! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is public healthcare better than private? Metro Vancouver spending is getting more and more ridiculous. DIY sunscreen and other health scams/myths! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The amount of lavish taxpayer spending by Metro Vancouver board members is JAW-DROPPING. Millions upon millions of dollars have been donated to Kamala Harris' campaign fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The growing trend of sober living Guest: Alexandra Walker, Marketing and Event Coordinator for Sober Babes Vancouver  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why DIY sunscreen is a bad idea and health myths and scams Guest: Tim Caulfield. Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tori Dunn case, catch-and-release justice system Guest: Frank Caputo, Conservative MP for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taxation debate: are BC taxes too low or too high? POCO Mayor Brad West comes on to discuss Metro Vancouver's population surge. Should road-blocking protesters receive jail time? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Biden officially out of the US Presidential race, endorsements are ROLLING IN for Kamala Harris. Will we see a Harris/Trump debate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taxation debate: are BC taxes too low or too high? Guest: Alex Hemingway, Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative Guest: Carson Binda, BC Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the national dental plan doomed? The Great Debate! With Biden exiting the US Presidential race, where do Americans go from here? Are the boomers to blame for everything? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Huge news! US President Joe Biden has announced he will NOT be running for re-election. This means Kamala Harris will be taking his place! Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices