The Full Show with Guest Host George Affleck: Provincial government's plan to help Ukrainian refugees, Public vs Private healthcare and judgement day for Flair Airlines
Provincial Government’s plan to support Ukrainian Refugees
Chris Friesen, Chief Operating Officer of the Immigrant Services Society of BC discusses the latest plans outlined by Nathan Cullen, B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs to aid Ukrainian refugees entering the province.
The benefits of Public Healthcare
Yesterday we spoke with Dr. Brian Day who discussed some of the positives of privatized healthcare and how it could help British Columbians. Today we discuss the importance of public healthcare with Dr. Michael Klein, Member of Order of Canada and Professor Emeritus of Family Practice at UBC and Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Cancer cases rise amidst growing, aging population Should our medical system be privatized? Or do we keep it public?
Rami Rahal, Vice President of Cancer Systems Performance and Innovation at Partnership Against Cancer discusses rising cancer rates
Anti-racism legislation and how it relates to healthcare
The BC government announced anti racism legislation on Monday, that will start gathering data from racialized communities to help us better understand how to combat racism in policing and other government agencies.
CKNW Contributor Eric Chapman stops by to talk about a specific part of the information being gathered.
History of Roe v Wade
Margot Young, Professor at UBC’s Peter Allard School of Law w a specialty in quality law and theory, women’s economic equality, urban theory, and local housing politics and rights discusses the history and historical significance of Roe v Wade within the United States abortion laws
Blanche MacDonald’s presentation to help Ukrainian Refugee
Gina Hansen, Executive Director of Management and Retail Operations at Blanche MacDonald discusses how they helped a make up artist who fleed the Russian war in Ukraine
Judgment day arrives for Flair Airlines as company must prove they are operating legally in Canada
Last month, we spoke about how one of Canada’s low-cost airline companies found themselves in hot water with the Canadian Transportation Agency. The CTA alleges that the Edmonton-based airline has failed to meet ownership requirements and that too much of their operation is controlled by a major partner based in Miami. Our show contributor Jawn Jang joins us now with the latest on Flair.
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