Lorinda Strang is the Executive Director of The Orchard Recovery & Treatment Centre. She discusses the many faces of substance abuse, the new and inventive choices addicts are making in their poisons and the approaches to recovery that she knows from experience really work.
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http://OrchardRecove ry.com
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Martin Collacott is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Immigration Policy Reform and Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute. He discusses the many virtues and considerable challenges of Canada's national immigration policies.
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http://FraserInstitu te.org
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Greg Moore, Chair of Metro Vancouver and Mayor of Port Coquitlam, talks with David Berner about transportation, water and sewage management, urban planning, and the best kinds of regional governance.
Gail Sparrow, former Chief of the Musqueam, discusses criminal justice, alcoholism and drug addictions, the Indian Act, self-governance and new Aboriginal economic initiatives.
Jim Sinclair, President of the BC Federation of Labour, discusses the BC Teachers' Federation, the Anesthesiologists, the BC Government Employees, the De Patie Law, and farm workers, among other things. He holds back no punches.
Sharon Matthews, BC President of the Canadian Bar Association, argues that money must be spent now to clear over 2,000 backlogged cases awaiting their turn in court. At stake is the loss of dignity and higher costs for police, health and mental health services and social serves, not to mention justice denied.
Ed Helfrich, CEO of the BC Care Providers Association, spells out what we need to do to bring both residential and home care services up to the levels of need.
Seth Klein, BC Director of The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, discusses the way we, as a society, and our governments measure and view poverty, and how that affects us all.
Daniel Friedmann, President & CEO of MDA, a Vancouver aerospace company, has written a new book called "The Genesis One Code," in which he attempts to reconcile science and religion.
Sgt. Howard Chow of the Vancouver Police Department chronicles the follow-up to the June 15, 2011 riot following the Canucks loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
How is the investigation proceeding? How many charges will be laid against how many possible offenders? And when? What can we expect in a similar situation next time?
Adrian Mastracci, of KCM Wealth Management, discusses the worldwide impacts of the Euro crisis and the huge American debt load. How does all of this change the way you plan for your future and possible retirement?
For more info please visit: http://kcmwealth.com
Jim O'Rourke, Executive Director of VisionQuest Recovery Society, disagrees with Harm Reduction strategies regarding addictions and explains why.
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Adrienne Montani is the Provincial Coordinator of First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy. She discusses with David Berner the epidemiology of child poverty in the plentiful province of B.C. and the actions that are needed to combat this scourge.
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Mario Canseco, Vice-President of Angus Reid Polling, discusses Federal, local and US politics, the military, personal spending, drug legalization and much more.
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http://Angus-Reid .com/polls
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Jeremy McElroy, President of the UBC Alma Mater Society, represents the concerns of the 50,000 strong student body at the University of British Columbia.
He talks with David about rapid transit, student loans, job prospects, foreign students, and political action.
Dr. Bruce Wood, of Campbell River, BC, is part of the Victoria-Vanuatu Physician Project. He and his colleagues take turns spending 6 months with their families in a remote and underdeveloped community in the Pacific Islands. It's an amazing and beautiful story of people helping people.
For more info please visit:
http://VivaProjec t.ca
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Susan Lambert, President of the BC Teachers Federation, discusses her struggles with the BC Liberal government over funding, class size, report cards, the Teachers' College/Council, and the needs of children.
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http://bctf.ca
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Lance Berelowitz, an urban commentator and writer, talks about Vancouver, what it currently is, and how it could reinvent itself in the future.
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http://UrbanForum Associates.com
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NPA Councillor, Suzanne Anton, is determined to be elected Mayor of Vancouver on November 19th. She discusses taxes, housing, foreign investment, staffing, and the Occupy Vancouver phenomenon.
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http://SuzanneAnt on.ca
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Jonathan Fluevog, a music producer, the questions: "Where has all the music gone?" and "What's the current business model that allows music to flourish?"
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http://vogville.c om
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James Carl Green is a teacher, activist, V producer, musician and 2005 Vancouver mayoral candidate. He talks about civic politics as we head into the Fall elections. He is different and outspoken - a true Independent.
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