Podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee weigh in on a B.C. Supreme Court decision that forces the City of Surrey to transition to a municipal police force, saying most people in Surrey would like to move on from the saga.
“It is a short decision. Interestingly, when you are appealing a decision of a judge sitting on judicial review, essentially the court of appeal kind of does a brand new hearing… They use alol the same evidence but it’s kind of like another kick at the can at the appellate level…”
Mo and Kyla break down the decision from the Supreme Court about moving forward with the Surrey police transition and Mayor George Harvie’s trip to Amsterdam.
Months after B.C.’s Pay Transparency Act came into effect, some B.C. companies are still dragging their heels when it comes to compliance.
The new legislation requires that, as of Nov. 1, all provincially regulated employers in B.C. must include the expected salary range in publicly advertised positions.
However, nearly a quarter of job posts for positions in the province missed the salary information, according to a recently released report from job site Indeed, which examined job posts on its site in February…
Our Soapbox Social panel, Mo Amir and Kyla Lee, weigh in on speculation about the B.C. Conservatives working with B.C. United to beat the B.C. NDP, the emotional roller coaster Vancouver Canucks fans are on, and the opening of Canada’s first Hello Kitty Cafe in Vancouver on Friday.
This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits down with Acumen Law’s Kyla Lee break down the connection of cannabis legalization and impaired driving. Cannabis has been legal since 2018, are more people driving impaired?
“The most recent, most comprehensive study looking at what happened after cannabis legalization, found that there was actually a decrease overall in impaired driving. There was no increase in cannabis impaired driving and alcohol impaired driving has actually been on the decrease since legalization”
“They (opponents of drug liberalization) created this horrible bogeyman and made really, really strict impaired driving laws when really they should have just waited for it to play out because actually cannabis legalization seems to be good overall”
Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, and Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer for Acumen Law Corporation, discuss the impact of the cyberattack on the provincial government, the need for transparency for the extent of the damage inflicted and the Vancouver Canucks play off campaign effects in the political sphere.
“We need more information. I don’t think I’m going to feel confident, I’m not personally at risk, that my information is not personally at risk until we get a good accounting of what happened, how it happened, why it happened and what steps have been taken to correct it. I recognize that a private corporation like London Drugs doesn’t really owe use an explanation. But our government does.”
The BC Prosecution Service is appealing the not-guilty verdict for a man charged in a tragic crash that killed a Vancouver child.
Seyed Moshfeghi Zadeh was acquitted of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm on April 9 after a three-day judge-alone trial in B.C. Provincial Court.
In this episode Kyla answers dozens of questions about common driving offenses, including impaired driving and dangerous driving. Topics include how these offenses work, roadside prohibitions vs. criminal charges, defenses to impaired driving charges, distracted driving and more.