The Lynda Steele Show

Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO surge Mike Agerbo, CEO and Executive Producer, Get Connected Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa invests $3.2 billion towards food production and affordability (0:57) Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Inside The House (16:27) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Our Energy Future: Building another pipeline in B.C.'s tidewater (31:47) Gary Mar, CEO of the Canada West Foundation Should parents be accountable for youth e-scooter injuries? (47:32) Mahyar Saeedi, founder of Vancouver ESK8, the official Personal Electric Vehicle community of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahyar Saeedi, founder of Vancouver ESK8, the official Personal Electric Vehicle community of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Mar, CEO of the Canada West Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: The B.C. Conservatives have a new leader, a new chief of staff, and a platform drawing battle lines. Plus David Eby's approval just hit a personal low. 31 percent. After nine years of NDP government, British Columbians are losing patience. Keith Baldrey fill us in (1:07) Canada's auto industry says there's no future without the U.S. Now they want Ottawa to scrap a deal letting 49,000 Chinese EVs in every year. Will Mark Carney blink? (16:31) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Cheng, Director of Project Delivery for the Coquitlam Water Supply Project and Coquitlam Water Main Project at Metro Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada Post converts half a million addresses to community mailboxes (0:49) Marvin Ryder, Associate professor at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business 12-year-old's guardian ticketed after child riding e-scooter hits car (10:56) New poll rates Premiers' performance; Eby hits new low (21:33) Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson No whey: Is Canada heading towards a protein shortage? (33:33) Ellen Goddard, Agricultural Economist at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences The world arrives in Vancouver as the FIFA World Cup kicks off (48:23) Murray Mollard, author of Winning Pitch: The Canadian Men's Soccer Team at the World Cup and Beyond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump not looking to renew CUSMA (0:47) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Nearly 380,000 Canadians weighed in on Ottawa's LED headlight survey (17:20) Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic officer, now a forensic criminal and traffic consultant at Forensic-traffic-pro.com Our Energy Future: Is there room for nuclear energy in B.C.? (25:32) David Novog, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at McMaster University Should Canada walk away from Chinese EVs and focus on the U.S auto market? (42:05) Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots (55:04) Peter Chow-White, Professor in the School of Communication and Director of the genalab at Simon Fraser university Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots Peter Chow-White, Professor in the School of Communication and Director of the genalab at Simon Fraser university Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Energy Future: Is there room for nuclear energy in B.C.? David Novog, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at McMaster University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly 380,000 Canadians weighed in on Ottawa's LED headlight survey Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic officer, now a forensic criminal and traffic consultant at Forensic-traffic-pro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Landlords in New West now have to keep rental units under 26 degrees Celsius Nadine Nakagawa, New Westminster City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Local business forced to close during FIFA World Cup match days (0:45) Kreig LeBlanc, co-owner and manager of Aquariums West Auto industry group wants feds to scrap Chinese EV deal and focus on U.S market (11:16) Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association Should water and sewer no longer be managed by Metro Vancouver? (20:49) Brad West, chair of the Metro Vancouver Water Committee, and mayor of Port Coquitlam Average rent prices in B.C. drop, but remain among the highest in Canada (32:24) Brendon Ogmundson, Chief Economist for the B.C Real Estate Association Metro Vancouver's Stage 3 water restrictions (39:56) Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should water and sewer no longer be managed by Metro Vancouver? Brad West, chair of the Metro Vancouver Water Committee, and mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Local business forced to close during FIFA World Cup match days Kreig LeBlanc, co-owner and manager of Aquariums West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Granville St. pedestrian closure begins as Vancouver welcomes FIFA (0:50) Peter Meiszner, ABC Vancouver City councillor B.C. Politics at a Crossroads: Conservatives Tie NDP as Voters Search for Something New (9:00) Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Rainforest Running Dry: How Metro Vancouver's Own Planning Created a Water Crisis (20:11) Our Energy Future: Can B.C.'s Grid Handle the AI Data Centre Rush? (26:00) Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist Motorcycle deaths rise in B.C: how riders can stay safe (40:17) Ambrose Ho, motorcycle instructor and co-owner of Pacific Riding School in Surrey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Motorcycle deaths rise in B.C: how riders can stay safe Ambrose Ho, motorcycle instructor and co-owner of Pacific Riding School in Surrey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Agenda: The NDP Is Slipping, the Conservatives Are Surging, and Half of BC Wants Neither Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Energy Future: Can B.C.'s Grid Handle the AI Data Centre Rush? Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Meiszner, ABC Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Mayors want flood mitigation as a nation building project (0:51) Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford Inside The House (11:40) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Our Energy Future: Pipeline nation vs. green province (26:09) Adrian Dix, B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Canadians can soon switch phone plans without being charged (42:29) Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: A new poll shows the B.C. Conservatives have pulled ahead of the NDP for the first time since the last election — and Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been leader for less than a week. Keith Baldrey joins us to break it down. And if the Conservatives are firmly planting their flag on the right, is there now an opening for a resurgent centrist party to fill the space the old BC Liberals used to own? (1:27) Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West joins us to dig into one of the defining questions of this political moment: why is it so hard to carve out space in the centre when the political world keeps pulling further apart? (15:59) Surrey Police Board chair and Semiahmoo First Nation Chief Harley Chappell joins us to pull back the curtain on the backroom manoeuvring that led to the ousting of Police Chief Norm Lipinski. He was there. He saw it unfold. And he is not staying quiet (26:55) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ted Field, Global B.C. Assignment Editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Dix, B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Marie Macdougall, Executive director at Battered Women's Support Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allen Schoenborn granted a conditional discharge: is our justice system too lenient? (0:56) Rob Dhanu, Former Federal Crown prosecutor, Criminal defense Lawyer and co-founder of Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group Metro Vancouver's water restrictions leave some businesses running dry (12:12) Bert Bos, owner of Bos Sod in Abbotsford The Future of Remote Work: Court ruling says work-from-home no longer just a perk (22:12) Geoff Mason, Employment and Human Rights Lawyer, and partner at Miller Thomson LLP Another Surrey police board director walks after chief Lipinski's removal (34:15) Mike Starchuk, Mayoral Candidate with Imagine Surrey, Former Surrey City councillor and NDP MLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse Miller, Social Media Expert and Founder of Mediated Reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ceinwen Pope, Medical Health Officer for the Sea to Sky region with Vancouver Coastal Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey police transition mired in local politics (0:50) Former Vancouver Canucks player hits the studio with new country hit (13:29) Aaron Volpatti, former Vancouver Canucks player Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? (24:32) Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission Brown Lawns, Dry Times: Metro Vancouver water restrictions reach Stage 3 (44:03) Linda Parkinson, Metro Vancouver's director of policy, planning and analysis for water services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brown Lawns, Dry Times: Metro Vancouver water restrictions reach Stage 3 Linda Parkinson, Metro Vancouver's director of policy, planning and analysis for water services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Vancouver Canucks player hits the studio with new country hit Aaron Volpatti, former Vancouver Canucks player Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey Police Board Chair steps down after Lipinski's departure as chief (0:39) Harley Chappell, former Chair of the Surrey Police Board Lipinski out as Surrey's police chief: what does this mean for the SPS? (29:40) Darin Sheppard, Vice President of the Surrey Police Inspectors Association Climate change and a strong El Nino: could 2027 be the hottest year yet? (43:37) Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteorologist for Global B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lipinski out as Surrey's police chief: what does this mean for the SPS? Darin Sheppard, Vice President of the Surrey Police Inspectors Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey Police Board Chair steps down after Lipinski's departure as chief Harley Chappell, former Chair of the Surrey Police Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Conservatives lurch right: who speaks for the middle? (0:55) Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Has B.C.'s youth been shut out of the workforce? (11:47) Jairo Yunis, Director of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia Our Energy Future: Are electric vehicles in retreat? (21:22) Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com Vancouver Park Board considers jetski ban (38:03) Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner and Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner and Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C Conservatives lurch right: who speaks for the middle? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jairo Yunis, Director of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: Did the Supreme Court of Canada just handed BC a potential lifeline in the Cowichan Aboriginal title case, and Saturday is decision day for the BC Conservatives. A new leader gets chosen, and what happens next could shake up B.C. politics for years. Keith Baldrey (1:05) and Richard Zussman (16:32) weigh in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices