The Mike Smyth Show

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program - essential for business, or a way to keep wages low? The war in Iran is rattling global energy markets. With the Strait of Hormuz disrupted, how high could gas prices climb? And a teen’s high-speed joyride in his mom’s BMW ends in a crash - was the punishment enough? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Chris Galloway, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speeding teen’s joyride in mom’s BMW ends in crash Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic cop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new federal bill would give police officers easier access to our digital information! Is this overstepping on our privacy? Trump says he wants other countries to help the US take the Strait of Hormuz, but Mark Carney isn't budging. Have we reached the tipping point on tipping? A new survey finds most Canadians want to ABOLISH it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Premier David Eby's approval rating is now the lowest in Canada. Lytton's post-fire rebuild is happening at a painstakingly slow rate. What's taking so long? LNG Canada is getting ready to expand business amid the ongoing conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are seriously impacting the global oil supply. We're already seeing higher prices at the gas pumps... could it go even higher? Canada’s latest jobs numbers are WAAAAY down. Slower hiring and growing uncertainty are raising concerns about where the economy is headed. The PST expansion is hitting the construction industry in a big way. Learn more about your ad ch...

Harman Bhangu is officially dropping out of the BC Conservative leadership race. He also announced his endorsement of Caroline Elliot. BC's recruitment of American nurses is finally paying off. Speaking of America, Trump says he wants help from other countries in order to take the Strait of Hormuz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multiple Canadian soldiers developed frost bite during a recent military training exercise in the Arctic. Ottawa Citizen reporter Dave Pugliese comes on to unpack what actually happened. BC MLA Gavin Dew is under fire for alleged sexist comments made in the legislature. We speak to Gavin to hear his side of the story. Should Don Cherry get the Order of Canada, or is the former hockey commentator j...

Should Don Cherry get the Order of Canada? Guest: Warren Kinsella - CEO of The Daisy Groupauthor of the forthcoming book “The Hidden Hand” on antisemitism and propaganda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the deal with the Musqueam deal? Guest: Adam Pankratz - Lecturer at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business and sits on the board of B.C.’s Public Land Use Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gas prices are through the roof! Should Canada join the US/Iran conflict to help end the pain at the pump? Poilievre is SLAMMING PM Carney over the recent lost jobs report. Tara Armstrong recently introduced a bill that would eliminate the Human Rights Code. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

B.C.’s latest NDP budget is getting a chilly reception. Is this the most unpopular provincial budget in years? AI keeps advancing at lightning speed. But is it time to start putting guardrails in place to protect kids? Donald Trump’s message about the war in Iran is loud and clear. The bigger question: is it actually true? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mike Farnworth, BC Minister of Transportation and Transit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world needs oil and we got it, what does Canada have to do to export our resources globally? Former NDP MP Lori Idlout crosses the floor right before a party leadership race. Hybrid sales are up but EV sales are down, is it time to scrap the provincial EV mandates? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal trouble at Vancouver City Hall, Sean Orr sues mayor Sim for defamation... what happens next? What's Carney's latest position on the Iran war and will it stick this time? What is the Burger Wars and who are the big names involved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another floor crossing to the Liberals...this time from the NDP. Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Park Board's Queen Elizabeth park zipline proposal: A high-flying idea—or tough to stick the landing? New Massey tunnel continues to raise more questions than it answers.  A social media ban for teens, could it work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk the latest on the massively over-budget waste water treatment plant on the North Shore and the concerns around the Massey Tunnel. Also, more on the federal government's deal with the Musqueam nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And more reaction to the fallout in B.C. regarding the federal Musqueam land deal. Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report shows B.C. small businesses saw the sharpest decline in Canada in the last quarter of 2025. Wait times to see a health care specialist aren't getting any shorter. Is immigration going to account for most of our population growth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Distracted driving crackdown in March Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic police officer now a forensic consultant on Traffic Violations at Forensictrafficpro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Vancouver mayor Ken Sim finds himself in hot water over his drug distribution allegations, we recount other political gaffes in B.C. history. What's the outlook at the gas pumps with the ongoing conflict in Iran? A former VPD superintendent joins us to talk about his new crime novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices