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Ep. 540: Rental Development: Risky Business
We invited Kerri Jackson of Concert Properties and Beau Jarvis of Wesgroup to join us for Conversation That Matters about the value of purpose-built rentals and why it’s a risky business.
Ep. 539: Housing Affordability: It’s More Than DCC’s
We invited Raul Allueva to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how cities need to fund parks, roads and sewers.
Ep. 538: Selling Vancouver
We invited Jacquie Griffiths, the CEO of Invest Vancouver, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about Greater Vancouver’s efforts to attract foreign direct investment.
Ep. 531: Real Estate Development Permit Crisis
We invited Anne McMullin, the President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how to encourage builders to build.
Ep. 519: Better Food, Better Lives
We invited James Donaldson to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the challenges the industry faces in BC and paths to solutions that will ensure we have access to the food we need at prices we can afford.
Ep. 509: Meet the BC Conservative Leader
We invited John Rustad to join us for a Conversation That Matters about his agenda for British Columbia.
Ep. 505: Has the Floatel Sunk?
We invited Christine Kennedy to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the process the company followed in the development of the floatel and what this potential rejection means to the project and to BC’s investment reputation.
Ep. 490: Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit
We invited Mark Liedemann to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the never ending work of planning and building the infrastructure the province requires.
Ep. 482: Save Our Streets: Combating crime and lawlessness
We invited Jess Ketchum of SOS to join us for a Conversation That Matters about ways to combat crime and lawlessness.
Ep. 475: Rent control: A blunt tool
We invited David Hutniak of Landlord B.C. to join us for a Conversation That Matters about effective ways to create affordable rental housing.
Ep. 469: Boosting scientific innovations in British Columbia
We invited Minister Bailey to join us for a Conversation That Matters about BC’s strategy to build a vibrant life sciences, biomedical and high-tech base that will help to reshape our future.
Ep. 460: Creating Sustainable Pet Food
We invited Christine Mallier, the sustainability manager at Petcurean, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about caring for our pets and our planet.
Ep. 459: British Columbia’s economy is a question mark
We invited Jock Finlayson to join us for a Conversation That Matters about BC’s economy – now and for the foreseeable future.
Ep. 457: Can fish be farmed on land?
We invited Tony Pantages to join us for a Conversation That Matters about protecting wild salmon through the use of new tank materials and construction materials and processes.
Ep. 456: A Lost Decade Ahead for Canada
We invited David Williams to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the bleak forecast of stagnation young Canadians will face over the course of their careers.
Ep. 450: Fighting Cancer with CAR-T Cells
We invited Sarah Roth to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the many research projects underway in British Columbia that will help us defeat cancer.
Ep. 449: Eight Deaths Per Day
We invited Troy Clifford, the Provincial President of the Ambulance Paramedics & Emergency Dispatchers of BC, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the relentless toll drug poisoning is having on patients, the system, and paramedics.
Ep. 443: Monitoring the Ocean in Real-Time
We invited Dr. Scott Beatty of MarineLabs to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the importance of real-time wind and wave data and the long-term insights it provides to coastal communities and the plan for changing climatic conditions.
Ep. 434: The State of Salmon in British Columbia
We invited Jason Hwang, the Vice President of Salmon at the Pacific Salmon Foundation, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the state of salmon in BC.
Ep. 432: Solving a Wicked Problem
We invited Douglas Todd to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how we got to now in the Downtown Eastside and how to figure out where to go.