The Week That Was in Politics

Donald Trump axes trade talks (0:47) Guest: David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent The Week That Was in Politics (14:36) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News legislative bureau chief B.C. changes rules around graduate drivers (29:07) Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic officer, now a forensic criminal and traffic consultant at Forensic-traffic-pro.com Broadway Blues: Another year of construction chaos as subway delays pile up (36:33) Guest: Matthew Greenwood, Owner of Up In Smoke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus, why has tipping spread to so many industries? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Denis Holton, Producer 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

NBA illegal gambling & rise of sports betting culture (0:40) Guest: Sandy Garossino, Former Crown prosecutor and Columnist with the National Observer Surging gold prices (11:38) Guest: Robert Levy, director at Border Gold Corp. Should Surrey entertainment district plan should be on election ballot (18:56) Guest: Linda Annis, Surrey City councillor The cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomus fined record $177M by Fintrac (26:38) Guest: Werner Antweiler, Associate Professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business Canada’s pivot to Asia: How real is it? (38:27) Guest: Jeremy Nuttall, Reporter at Green Street News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Karin Kirkpatrick, leader of CentreBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.’s housing policy “troublesome”, says View Royal township mayor (0:45) Guest: Sid Tobias, Mayor, Township of View Royal B.C. Conservative management joins list of people who want John Rustad out (11:24) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter What does PM Mark Carney have in store for the federal budget? (21:38) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent How do babies learn language? How ‘Mama’ and ‘Dada’ can help (37:43) Guest: Dr. Alexis Black, associate professor at UBC’s School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City councillor, and possible mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Is there a new Canada/U.S. tariff deal on the horizon? (0:51) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Single-family homeowners push back against rise of four-storey multiplexes (10:56) Guest: Kathy Corrigan, former B.C. NDP MLA Has the public mood shifted on tanker bans? (22:47) Guest: Mike Witherley, partner at Fairview Strategy Are grocers the scapegoats while global food giants rake in record profits? (39:25) Guest: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mike Witherley, partner at Fairview Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices