Podcast appearances and mentions of maria dobrinskaya

Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director at the Broadbent Institute

By popular demand, we present a special segment of "WTF with Maria Dobrinskaya," where Maria makes mincemeat out of a leaked BC Liberal event video - where BC Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite sexualized her fellow North Vancouver MLA, the BC NDP's Bowinn Ma, at an online "roast" for retiring West Van BC Liberal MLA Ralph Sultan - and the party's tone-deaf, foot-dragging response to the controversy that followed. For the Mo Amir/@vancolour tweet that shared the video for the first time, visit: https://twitter.com/vancolour/status/1315138165888307202?s=20

Call the Question’s Maria Dobrinskaya returns to discuss the Legislature’s busy first week and what effect the debate will have on the election. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an... The post Ep 159: It’s Debatable appeared first on PolitiCoast.

Call The Question podcast hosts Lesli Boldt and Maria Dobrinskaya join Mike and Rob to discuss Chinese sponsorship of UBCM, public trust in politicians, reductions to the electric vehicle rebate program, the government sale of surplus properties, and new research into Airbnb’s impact on rental rates in Vancouver.

On BIV Today... Business in Vancouver's daily podcast BIV Today hosted a live debate on electoral reform. Former B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton and the Broadbent Institute's B.C. director Maria Dobrinskaya debate the economic impacts of proportional representation and first past the post systems. Hayley Woodin hosts, see more at https://biv.com/

With as little as 3.7% of referendum ballots returned as of last week, our discussion of electoral reform in BC continues. Last week, we heard from Maria Dobrinskaya, advocating in favour of Proportional Representation. This week Am Johal is in conversation with Bill Tieleman from the 'No' side. A political commentator and former NDP political strategist, Bill argues for a rejection of PR in the 2018 referendum. Read more from Bill Tieleman on his website: http://billtieleman.blogspot.com/

In this episode, editor-in-chief Gordon Price opens with an audio op-ed, on how Vancouver’s #CouncilSoWhite may not be as telling as we think. The main segment features Price Tags managing editor Colin Stein talking to Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director of the Broadbent Institute, and Simka Marshall of the BC Federation of Students, on electoral reform in the province…and why Pro Rep is LIT. Read more »

With a referendum on Proportional Representation looming, BC will decide whether or not to move to a new way of electing our provincial government — or stick with our current First Past the Post system. Our first guest is Maria Dobrinskaya, BC Director of the Broadbent Institute. Maria shares why she is advocating for BC residents to vote ‘Yes’ to PR when they mail in their ballots this month. She is interviewed by your host, Am Johal, the director of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Inform your vote! Here is some supplemental reading from the Broadbent Institute: http://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/electoral_system_for_all_bc