Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Adam discusses provincial issues, development debates and interactions between government messaging at different levels of government. Listeners call and text in.

Listeners share their thoughts on development and municipal issues in the West Shore and beyond. Plus, Adam explores more provincial issues, including drug policy, harm reduction and treatment, as he reviews key moments from Premier Eby and top officials speaking to the press today.

Explore local and municipal issues in Langford and beyond, including discourse on permissive tax exemptions. Listeners call and text in. 

Adam explores amalgamation discourse and more current issues in Victoria and beyond. Mike Kozakowski joins to discuss current issues, including the patchwork of short-term rental rules across municipalities.

Adam discusses the risks of messaging that “there is no housing crisis, there is an affordability crisis,” as he explores current issues. Listeners weigh in via open lines and text. Colwood Councillor Kim Jordison, Sooke Councillor Herb Haldane and John Treleaven each call in.

Victoria council discussion on a zoning issue today explores several questions involving cannabis. Plus, Adam catches up on discourse on reported PKOLS signage and fencing vandalism as he discusses current events. Listeners text in.

Adam discusses current issues in Saanich, Victoria and beyond. CRD DOGG (Dog Owners and Friends for Good Governance) Society President Eulala Mills calls in. Michael Mulligan joins for this week’s edition of Legally Speaking.

It’s a Victoria council day, and Adam discusses local current events in the region as police resourcing, housing development and community dynamics are topical. Plus, an update on what happened at the CRD board proceedings involving a scholarship named for the late Langford councillor Lillian Szpak. Adam also reads listener texts and explores more current events in Saanich, including the ado...

Listeners join the conversation on the community issues in the West Shore and capital region. Rishi Sharma, who is running for mayor in Saanich, calls in via open lines.

Adam explores community issues as listeners weigh in via open lines and text. Former Langford councillor Lanny Seaton calls in. Plus, Adam tunes into what’s happening at the CRD board today, including proceedings involving a memorial scholarship in honour of the late Langford councillor Lillian Szpak. 

Listeners share their thoughts on military and international relations issues, housing policy and development debates & more as Adam explores current events.

Adam explores local and federal debates as condo bail-out accusations, development cost charges, military procurement politics, new technology and international relations are at issue. Listeners call and text in.

Adam discusses key moments at a federal ethics committee today as part of the conversation on the feds and province floating a vacant condo buy-up. Plus, more local development debates including current events in Esquimalt.

Adam explores development debates, tenant displacement and more current issues in Saanich and beyond as listeners text in. Plus, tense ethics committee proceedings after accusations of a condo bailout in Ottawa.

Short term rental debates in Saanich and beyond continue as Adam discusses current events and issues, with analysis of key council moments. Plus, more on development discourse, including public participation and concerns involving tenant displacement from certain buildings.  

Adam explores local current events in Victoria, Saanich and beyond, including the latest updates after an attack with a weapon at Beacon Hill Park late last week. Plus, the drawn-out debate in Saanich on how many nights per year short-term rentals can operate in the district.

Discussing proposed pipeline projects and a potential new supertanker terminal at Roberts Bank, the politics surrounding energy infrastructure, Alberta and Ontario's pipeline plans, climate policy, and took callers' views on MLAs crossing the floor.

Today on the show, Adam discussed proposed pipeline and oil export projects, including a potential supertanker terminal at Roberts Bank, the politics surrounding energy development, shifting public support for pipelines, and took calls on MLAs crossing the floor.

Today on the show, Adam Stirling discusses a proposed Roberts Bank expansion that could allow VLCC supertankers to load directly off B.C.’s coast, alongside a broader look at recent federal–provincial energy and infrastructure deals, pipeline politics, and listener reaction to the announcements.

Saanich council’s ongoing short-term rental debate and municipal housing targets, then unpacks B.C. politics following a high-profile floor crossing to the NDP—revisiting past comments, party dynamics, and what it could mean for constituents.

Adam devotes the final hour to local issues as he shares the vote on Councilor Marg Gardiner’s supervised consumption site motion. Open lines feature conversations about various issues in the City of Victoria. 

Examining a heated Victoria City Council debate over the Harbour supervised consumption site on Pandora Avenue, focusing on public safety, harm reduction, and downtown livability. Adam Stirling compares councillors’ past and present statements to highlight how their tone and arguments have shifted over time, particularly as municipal elections approach. Exploring tensions between harm reduct...

Adam Stirling discusses Victoria City Council’s ongoing debate about the supervised consumption site in the 900 block of Pandora. He compares council discussions from November 2025 to a more recent meeting, focusing on how councillors’ tone, participation, and arguments appear to have shifted over time. Highlighting differences in who spoke more or less, changes in voting positions (no...

Adam Stirling breaks down a major energy announcement linking Alberta and BC that goes far beyond pipelines. The key detail: a potential VLCC-capable tanker terminal on the West Coast, an infrastructure shift that could reshape Canada’s export capacity, global energy reach, and the political battle over how it all moves forward.

Adam reviews Victoria council’s debate and decision on Councillor Marg Gardiner’s motion involving the supervised consumption site on Pandora Avenue today. Plus, more on provincial and federal economic issues of the day.