The Mike Smyth Show

Should Vancouver allow super-tall skyscrapers? GUEST: Bill Tieleman- Political Strategist and former vancouver city council candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative MLA Peter Milobar joins us to discuss whether a cheaper interest rate be brought back for property tax deferral! Are electric vehicles making a big comeback? The current high gas prices are definitely proving to be an incentive for a lot of people. Insider trading! Are people getting rich off of Trump's social media posts? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Air Canada CEO is heading to Ottawa to explain the lack of French in his condolence letter to the lives lost in the LaGuardia tragedy. A Scottish midwife says Immigration Canada denied her work permit over a missing English proficiency test . Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As details continue to come out about the tragic collision at LaGuardia Airport, many people are now wondering if a similar incident could happen in Canada. Nation-wide power outages and fuel shortages continue to harm the Cuban tourism industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Keith believe that the BC Conservative Leadership race is likely going to be between 3 candidates. Premier Eby says he is not a fan of the temporary foreign worker program. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal auditor general Karen Hogan says 800 cases of fraud in the international student program were not investigated and some applicants went on to get other immigration permits. What's going on here? Guest: Michelle Rempel Garner - Conservative MP for Calgary Nose Hill, Official opposition critic for immigration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Students offered 10k for extortion crimes. Guest: Mohkam Singh Malik - 20-year-old UBC student, community leader, and member of the City of Surrey's Liveability, Social Equity and Public Safety Committee. He also hosts his own social series, "More Than a Suburb," all about Surrey, which recently hit over 2 million views in just the past 7 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump says there's progress being made in the Iran conflict, but Iran is saying different! Some big changes could be coming to our temporary foreign worker program, but BC would need to sign off on it first. With fraud and AI scams being seemingly everywhere these days, we bring on an expert to get some tips on how you can keep your money safe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC Conservative leadership race is beginning to tighten. 2 pilots are dead after an Air Canada Jazz plane collided with a fire engine at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iran war latest and US airport lineups GUEST: Dave Levinthal, Investigative reporter in Washington DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cracking down on corporations using "maple washing" as a sales tactic, but do these fines matter to grocery giants, or are they just the cost of doing business? Is switching to permanent daylight saving time putting kids at risk? B.C.'s struggling credit rating takes another hit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC's latest credit downgrade Guest: Trevor Halford, Interim Leader of the BC Conservatives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program - essential for business, or a way to keep wages low? The war in Iran is rattling global energy markets. With the Strait of Hormuz disrupted, how high could gas prices climb? And a teen's high-speed joyride in his mom's BMW ends in a crash - was the punishment enough? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Chris Galloway, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speeding teen's joyride in mom's BMW ends in crash Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic cop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new federal bill would give police officers easier access to our digital information! Is this overstepping on our privacy? Trump says he wants other countries to help the US take the Strait of Hormuz, but Mark Carney isn't budging. Have we reached the tipping point on tipping? A new survey finds most Canadians want to ABOLISH it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Premier David Eby's approval rating is now the lowest in Canada. Lytton's post-fire rebuild is happening at a painstakingly slow rate. What's taking so long? LNG Canada is getting ready to expand business amid the ongoing conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are seriously impacting the global oil supply. We're already seeing higher prices at the gas pumps... could it go even higher? Canada's latest jobs numbers are WAAAAY down. Slower hiring and growing uncertainty are raising concerns about where the economy is headed. The PST expansion is hitting the construction industry in a big way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harman Bhangu is officially dropping out of the BC Conservative leadership race. He also announced his endorsement of Caroline Elliot. BC's recruitment of American nurses is finally paying off. Speaking of America, Trump says he wants help from other countries in order to take the Strait of Hormuz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multiple Canadian soldiers developed frost bite during a recent military training exercise in the Arctic. Ottawa Citizen reporter Dave Pugliese comes on to unpack what actually happened. BC MLA Gavin Dew is under fire for alleged sexist comments made in the legislature. We speak to Gavin to hear his side of the story. Should Don Cherry get the Order of Canada, or is the former hockey commentator just too controversial for this country's highest civilian honour? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Don Cherry get the Order of Canada? Guest: Warren Kinsella - CEO of The Daisy Groupauthor of the forthcoming book “The Hidden Hand” on antisemitism and propaganda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the deal with the Musqueam deal? Guest: Adam Pankratz - Lecturer at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and sits on the board of B.C.'s Public Land Use Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gas prices are through the roof! Should Canada join the US/Iran conflict to help end the pain at the pump? Poilievre is SLAMMING PM Carney over the recent lost jobs report. Tara Armstrong recently introduced a bill that would eliminate the Human Rights Code. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.'s latest NDP budget is getting a chilly reception. Is this the most unpopular provincial budget in years? AI keeps advancing at lightning speed. But is it time to start putting guardrails in place to protect kids? Donald Trump's message about the war in Iran is loud and clear. The bigger question: is it actually true? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mike Farnworth, BC Minister of Transportation and Transit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world needs oil and we got it, what does Canada have to do to export our resources globally? Former NDP MP Lori Idlout crosses the floor right before a party leadership race. Hybrid sales are up but EV sales are down, is it time to scrap the provincial EV mandates? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legal trouble at Vancouver City Hall, Sean Orr sues mayor Sim for defamation... what happens next? What's Carney's latest position on the Iran war and will it stick this time? What is the Burger Wars and who are the big names involved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another floor crossing to the Liberals...this time from the NDP. Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Park Board's Queen Elizabeth park zipline proposal: A high-flying idea—or tough to stick the landing? New Massey tunnel continues to raise more questions than it answers.  A social media ban for teens, could it work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk the latest on the massively over-budget waste water treatment plant on the North Shore and the concerns around the Massey Tunnel. Also, more on the federal government's deal with the Musqueam nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And more reaction to the fallout in B.C. regarding the federal Musqueam land deal. Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report shows B.C. small businesses saw the sharpest decline in Canada in the last quarter of 2025. Wait times to see a health care specialist aren't getting any shorter. Is immigration going to account for most of our population growth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Distracted driving crackdown in March Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic police officer now a forensic consultant on Traffic Violations at Forensictrafficpro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Vancouver mayor Ken Sim finds himself in hot water over his drug distribution allegations, we recount other political gaffes in B.C. history. What's the outlook at the gas pumps with the ongoing conflict in Iran? A former VPD superintendent joins us to talk about his new crime novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier David Eby will be meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman today regarding the role ChatGPT played in the Tumbler Ridge Shooting. Also, how much did Premier Eby know about the federal government's deal with the Musqueam Nation? Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Trevor Halford, Interim Leader of the B.C. Conservatives and MLA for Surrey-White Rock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does America support the war in Iran? Guest: Keith Martin - Former MP now based in Washington DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've talked about how the permanent Daylight Savings time change will impact our schedules, but how will this big change affect our health? We bring on former traffic police officer Grant Gottgetreu to talk about the province's recent crackdown on distracted driving! We're now less than 100 days until the world cup, and the recently announced transit plan is raising eyebrows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The recent agreement between the Federal government and Musqueam Nation appears to also include Squamish territory, and the Squamish Nation is pushing back! Mayor Ken Sim is continuing his apology tour in the wake of his false accusations towards Councillor Sean Orr. BC's chief coroner is launching a coroner's inquest into the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Is this enough, or should there be a public inquiry? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the US attack on Iran actually legal? We speak with Dave Levinthal. He's an Investigative reporter in Washington DC. The recent Musqueam agreement with Ottawa is drawing mixed reactions from all sides, so we'll get into that! How did you feel when Premier Eby announced BC is permanently switching to daylight savings time? We take your calls! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the US attack on Iran even legal? To find out, we bring on Washington-based investigative reporter Dave Levinthal. Guest: Dave Levinthal - Investigative reporter in Washington DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iran war debate GUEST: Negar Mojtahedi , Reporter for Iran International, host of the Eye For Iran Podcast series GUEST: Tamara Lorincz, PHD candidate at the School of International affairs and member of Canadian voice of Women for peace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking news: A coroner's inquest is being launched into the tragic Tumbler Ridge Shooting. David Eby says his government was not briefed on the Musqueam deal with Ottawa, but it turns out he was AT THE SIGNING. BC is now permanently moving to Daylight Savings Time. How will this impact the province? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News legislative bureau chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crossings continue downward into Point Roberts Guest: Brian calder, Former Point Roberts chamber of commerce president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has apologized to city councillor Sean Orr for falsely accusing him of handing out free drugs. Does Sean Orr accept Ken Sim's apology? The Tumbler Ridge community is still reeling from the horrific shooting that happened a few weeks ago. What did ChatGPT know about the shooter? There are growing calls for a public inquiry. Lastly, we talk about how Canada should respond to the American attacks on Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Latest on the US/Israel attacks on Iran Guest: Siavash Rokni - Researcher and artist, a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University in Montreal who studies Iranian youth culture, pop music and the communication dynamics of social movements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump along with the Israeli government have launched an attack on Iran. PM Mark Carney says he supports it, but many Canadians are saying different. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will a new police academy bring real change to the Downtown Eastside? Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre comes out swinging on Canada's trade triangle with the U.S. and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices