Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: the province wants a park board plan
Mo Amir and Kyla Lee speak with Gloria Macarenko about this week’s top news.
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Kyla on RadioNLNews Mornings with Jeff & Bill: Hudson’s Bay workers in Kamloops, B.C., walk off the job in wage dispute
“…You have to wonder if this is the right move or if this may push the employer into a position where they’re forced to close.”
“One of the problems between management and unionized employees is management are the people who know exactly how much it costs to run the business… the cost of all the overhead, the cost of the employees and the benefits programs and how much you have to sell per day just to keep the lights on… much less make a profit…”
Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: City of Vancouver’s move to abolish the elected Vancouver Park Board
Kyla Lee and Mo Amir speak with Gloria Macarenko about Sim’s big bet and the rise of the BC Conservatives.
…Kyla on on RadioNLNews Mornings with Jeff & Bill: Too early to say whether criminality played role in fatal McGill Road collision, police say
“It can take several months even up to a year for police to determine whether there’s been criminal behaviour in an accident like this…”
…Kyla in The Globe and Mail: Can sneezing count as distracted driving?
While sneezing behind the wheel doesn’t count as distracted driving anywhere in Canada, it’s still nothing to sneeze at.
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Kyla in The Globe and Mail: Can sneezing count as distracted driving? Read More »
Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: food bank, immigration and housing, and journalism
Our panelists Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer for Acumen Law Corporation, and Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, discuss food insecurity, Canada’s immigration and its impact on housing, and a debate on whether journalism is dead.
…Kyla in Hightimes: Minnesota Launches Pilot Program for Roadside Saliva Drug Tests
The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) announced its pilot project to launch a cannabis saliva test for determining impairment in drivers.
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Kyla on RadioNLNews Mornings with Jeff & Bill: Tractor ‘possibly involved’ in protest strikes police vehicle on Highway 1
“He’ll likely be on the hook for everything. Obviously a determination is going to be made by the insurer of both vehicles about who’s at fault first for the incident. And then whether or not there was a breach in the insurance policy…”
…Kyla Lee on the Mike Smyth Show: Encampments in BC, Dealing with ‘Sovereign Citizens’, & Fake Toonies smuggled from China!
“Can you beat a traffic ticket by claiming you are a sovereign citizen and the law doesn’t apply to you?”
“You haven’t provided me the documentation, you do have a driver’s license. You’re driving with no insurance and the wrong number plates, so you are going to be getting a traffic ticket today and the video is going to be towed, okay?”
“No I don’t agree to that. I don’t consent to any of this, you’re creating a non consensual security agreement on the side of the road without right”
“You guys understand you are breaching my peace, right? You guys are going to try to criminally harass me into your compliance”
“This is happening more often. It seemed to have started to gain traction during COVID, when people sort of were researching ways to get around vaccine mandates and restaurant shutdowns…”
“Nobody has ever won on the basis of making these arguments.”
“…it’s dangerous for people to engage in this rhetoric for a number of reasons, first of all, if you get sucked in this stuff it’s very hard to get out. People become so persuaded of it..”
“…they misinterpreted and twisted it to create this fiction, this legal fiction that’s now being disseminated on the internet…”
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Kyla Lee on CBC: Is Ken Sim trying to take credit for the Rolling Stones coming to town?
After the Rolling Stones announced its concert stop in Vancouver, the mayor and city council celebrated with an elaborate video production they later posted on X, formerly Twitter. Kyla Lee, a Vancouver-based lawyer and Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, share their thoughts on the video with Amy Bell.
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