Full Show: Reactions to the BC budget deficit, camping in Vancouver parks, and a controversial building and rezoning issue

15/07/2020 57 min
Full Show: Reactions to the BC budget deficit, camping in Vancouver parks, and a controversial building and rezoning issue

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Chapter 1: Budget Q1 reactions with Andrew Wilkinson

Andrew Wilkinson joins us to talk about the BC budget deficit.

GUEST: BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson

Chapter 2: Camping in Vancouver Parks

Amending bylaws to allow camping in Vancouver parks was on the table last night at yet another BIG Vancouver Park Board Meeting. What are the new rules? 

GUEST: John Coupar, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner 

Chapter 3: West Broadway and Birch - NIMBY or too big for Broadway?

A rather controversial building and rezoning issue: originally approved at 16 stories, developers now want to build up much higher, to 28 stories. Yesterday the vote went off the rails in a way no one could have predicted.

GUEST: Peter Waldkirch, research Lawyer in Vancouver

GUEST: Michael Gellar, Architect, planner, developer, educator and blogger

Chapter 4: The Back to School Plan B for parents

Amid all the shutdowns, what will going back to school look like, and how does this affect the parents?

GUEST: Stephen Price, West Vancouver teacher and education columnist
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