September 2023

“This technology already exists. It’s very inexpensive technology. In newer electric vehicles, a lot of it can actually be implemented just by a software change or update. And we recently passed legislation and changes to the motor vehicle act in BC to require by 2025, that new commercial vehicles are speed limited.”

“… If you can’t change people’s behaviour through speeding tickets and fines and penalties and public messaging, then perhaps we need to force people’s behaviour to change through passing laws that limit the speeds that their cars will go.”

“I think part of the problem… is that the university was really looking at sexual assault from a university perspective or a high-level academic perspective… And they lost sight of the human element and in particular the unique humanity that Miss Hale had as a survivor of sexual assault. They forgot that the should take steps to make it less traumatizing for her in her particular circumstances.”

“This case has huge implications for all universities across Canada but definitely in British Columbia in how they investigate and handle sexual assault complaints but also in how they investigate and handle all academic and non-academic complaints..”

Kyla Lee and Mo Amir weigh in on the significance of carbon tax as the unaffordability and intensity of wildfires rises, the city of Vancouver staffs’ recommendations to hike up prices for a few things to level of 2024 residential tax hike, and the flavours of fall.

“I think we need to look at the carbon tax for what it is. We’re not seeing benefits that are discernible from where we’re all standing because we’re members of the public in how the tax is being applied… We’re spending any money we’re getting from the carbon tax on the climate emergencies. We’re having to repair roads, we’re having to evacuate people, we’re having to send in the military to assist with forest fires. All of these things are taking away the money we might be able to invest into better carbon-neutral strategies…”

Listen to the full segment here.