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Who should be the MP for Nanaimo—Ladysmith? Guest: Lisa Marie Barron, NDP Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith (INCUMBENT) Guest: Paul Manly, Green Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith  Guest: Michelle Corfield, Liberal Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith Guest: Tamara Kronis, Conservative Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the English federal leaders' debate go? Guest: Allison Gifford, Vice President of Policy and Public Affairs at Clear Strategy Do specific brain circuits determine our political passion? Guest: Dr. Jordan Grafman, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University How technology is making democracy better Guest: Dr. Lauren Fink, Member of THE LIVELabs Executive Team and Assistant Professor in McMaster University's Psychology Department The Weekly Cecchini Check-In for Apr 18, 2025 Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Who should be the MP for Nanaimo—Ladysmith? Guest: Lisa Marie Barron, NDP Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith (INCUMBENT) Guest: Paul Manly, Green Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith  Guest: Michelle Corfield, Liberal Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith Guest: Tamara Kronis, Conservative Candidate for Nanaimo—Ladysmith Kickin It with the Whitecaps for Apr 18, 2025 Guest: Jesper Sørensen, Head Coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode focuses on the relationships that underlie the buying and selling of food (and wine), including the ways in which trust is built up through exchange and communication. We start off with some sounds of feedback—but not the awful screechy kind. That's followed by conversations with Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet of the Montreal Public Markets and Tania Perreault, from the wine bar L'aPéro Buvette. (This conversation is in French—see transcript for English translation.) Both talk about the relationships, cycles, and feedback that make their businesses thrive, while also keeping the commercial aspect as humanistic as possible. The ‘Stick This in Your Mouth' segment gets pretty cheesy, as David and Maxime do some dances with dairy, and this episode's Food Questionnaire respondent is politician and environmental champion, the Honorable Sheila Malcolmson.Guests:Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet is the Director General of the Marchés publics de Montréal, a network that includes the Jean-Talon, Atwater, and Maisonneuve food markets, as well as six neighbourhood markets and three Solidarity markets in Montreal. He earned his master degree in Food Systems from the University of Vermont in 2017, and is the author of several articles, including “Poutine Dynamics,” a socio-political examination of the iconic québécois dish.Tania Perreault is an interior designer and co-owner/operator, with her partner Melisande Lefebvre, of l'aPéro Buvette, a natural wine bar in Montreal. During the day, the space doubles as Tania's design studio and office, Pero studio.Sheila Malcolmson was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada (for Nanaimo, BC) in 2019. Her work has included improving mental-health services and addressing the ongoing toxic drug crisis, as well as protecting the environment and clean up coastal waters. Previously, she served as a federal member of the Canadian parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith in BC. As an MP, she was a leading advocate for solutions to vessel abandonment, oil spill prevention and women's equality. Sheila lives on Gabriola Island with her partner, Howard.Host/Producer: David SzantoMusic: Story ModeStock media: soundsvisual / Pond5@makingamealpodcastmakingamealofit.com

This week, Annamie Paul announced that she will be stepping down as leader of the Green Party, following months of infighting and disappointing results in last week's election.Paul described her embattled tenure as leader as “the worst period of my life,” and has blamed “racism” and “sexism” as underlying the attacks against her leadership. On the other hand, back in May, some in the party strongly criticized Paul's lacklustre statements regarding Israeli airstrikes against the people of Palestine, and refusal to distance herself from a staffer who called for the replacement of Green MPs who called out Israeli apartheid.Following this dispute, former Green MP Jenica Atwin crossed the floor to join the Liberals.With so much division, it is perhaps not surprising that the Greens' popular vote share plummeted to 2.3 per cent. And although the party picked up a seat in Kitchener, thanks largely to the withdrawal of the Liberal candidate in that riding, the Greens lost MP Paul Manly in Nanaimo-Ladysmith.Questions remain about who will take over as the Greens' interim leader, and who will enter the race to take over the party's top job permanently. We spoke to former Green Party leadership candidate and self-described eco-socialist Dimitri Lascaris, who is considering running again for the party's top job.Further reading:Green Party members vote to support "bold" and "progressive" policies:dimitrilascaris.org/2021/09/04/gree…ssive-policies/35% of Canadians would like to see a move away from capitalism:innovativeresearch.ca/non-partisan-c…n-initiatives/Music credit: "Fluidity," by tobylane.pixabay.com/da/music/flde-fluid…y-100-ig-edit-4558/Support our journalism:www.readthemaple.com/subscribe-options/

Our focus in this episode heads north to the riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. Political watchers across the country have this pegged as one of the key ridings to watch on election night as the Greens fight to hold onto the mid-island seat. Rob Shaw and Joe sit down with the candidates from the four major parties to hear where they stand on some of the biggest issues in the riding.

Roy L Hales/ CKTZ News - Human rights lawyer and climate activist Jessica Wegg will be the Green Party candidate for North Island-Powell River during the next Federal election. “We can't keep having 40 degree summers in Comox, or wildfires destroying towns. There were tornadoes in Washington DC yesterday. It is so obvious, so apparent and completely unsustainable. And I need to know that I did everything in my power to make it better,” she said. According to Philippe J Fournier, of Macleans Magazine and the website 338Canada, the rumours swirling around Ottawa suggest the election will be in late summer or early next fall. “Crunching the numbers over the weekend, the only question that kept popping in my head is: Why?” he wrote. Recent polls suggest that if the election were held now, there would be another Liberal minority government. The most recent 338Canada's projection was made a week ago, at which point the Greens were leading in two Vancouver Island ridings: Saanich-Gulf Islands (a safe seat) and Nanaimo-Ladysmith (where they allegedly lead by a mere 1%). During the weeks leading up to the last Federal election, 338Canada's projects often showed the Greens leading in four of the seven island ridings. North Island-Powell River wasn't one of them, but in late August they were shown within 5% of the leading NDP. This groundswell of support disappeared in the week prior to the election and two Green MPs went to Ottawa. “I know that the Green Party made a strong showing in the last election and that was with people from the NDP telling them that they were going to split the vote, and it was a wasted vote. Making people think they would have to vote orange otherwise the Liberals or Conservatives were going to win,” said Jessica Wegg. “People can't be afraid anymore and I think they are seeing that. We have to focus on what is in our hearts and what we know. I think people are ready to do that.” Photo credit: Jessica Wegg and her son at the provincial legislature - courtesy Jessica Wegg

New in this update:Recovery plan for B.C. to be presented todayB.C.'s much anticipated economic recovery plan will be revealed today. At the start of the pandemic, the provincial government set aside $1 and a half-billion dollars for economic recovery. Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James will announce how it will be spent at 1:30 this afternoon. You can watch it live on the Government of BC Facebook page, Twitter account or YouTube channel. We will bring you details of the announcement on our news update at 3 p.m.Nanaimo—Ladysmith MP Paul Manly to host town hall on Guaranteed Livable IncomePeople interested in finding out more about a Guaranteed Livable Income can tune into a virtual town hall meeting today. The idea of providing a minimum annual income to Canadians is being studied by a senate committee. Senator Kim Pate and a panel of experts will explain the basics and talk about the pros and cons. The Zoom meeting event is being hosted by local MP Paul Manly. He says support for a Guaranteed Livable Income has been a Green Party policy since 2006. Manley says the COVID-19 pandemic has given the idea traction."There was a real scramble to ensure that Canadians were taken care of and the CERB is a type of guaranteed livable income payment. There's been some recent polling as well that shows that people want a different system in place for the social safety net and I think that this crisis with COVID 19 and the economic crisis that has been created by it demonstrates that we don't really have that social safety net in place for people."—Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith, Paul Manly.The town hall starts at 4 p.m. today and you can register at the website: Paul Manley, MP.Council cautious to define role in health and housing too quicklyNanaimo city council has decided to delay defining what role it will play when it comes to health and housing. It had planned to create a position statement, a guiding document that outlines its values and goals on housing and homelessness. But a staff report presented last Monday concluded the document needed work and recommended it be sent to the city's health and housing task force to be refined. But, the city councillor who chairs the task force, Erin Hemmens made a motion to delay defining the city's role for six more months."I didn't want the Health and Housing Task Force to wrestle with necessarily, what is the city's role. I think that's our job as nine council, to do that. And given that we're in this process in possibly reorganizing ourselves around a new mandate in this realm, that I'd like to defer it. Give it six months and I can digest it, we can all digest it and we'll have a lot more information in terms of where we're at in terms of health and housing."—Councillor Erin Hemmens.Council voted unanimously in favour of delaying the discussion until February. Meanwhile, the Task Force Action Report on Health and Housing is due at the end of October.

More than a million dollars in federal funding is about to be distributed to charitable and non-profit organizations in central and northern Vancouver Island. Applications are now open for the Canada Emergency Community Support Fund. It will assist organizations that provide immediate essential service to those affected by COVID-19. A recent survey found two-thirds of non-profits have had to reduce in-person services because of COVID-19, at the same time, they're seeing a doubling of demand for those services. The groups say much of their fundraising has been curtailed because of a ban on gatherings of large groups, The federal funds are meant to help those groups remain viable during the pandemic. The United Way will distribute close to $905,000 dollars, with $360,000 earmarked for the greater Nanaimo region. The Nanaimo Foundation will distribute a further $167,000 dollars. The Nanaimo Foundation plans to start writing cheques as early as next week as applications come in, but the United Way has decided to set a June 15th deadline, and then decide which organizations will receive funding.The Minister of Social Services and Poverty Development has declared victory in moving all of the people who have been living in encampments in Vancouver and Victoria. Shane Simpson says people living in Oppenheimer Park were moved to hotels and other housing two weeks ago. In Victoria, the movie took a little longer. Simpson says hotels rooms have now been secured for 340 people in Victoria, the last of whom will be relocated today. The Ministry says wrap-around support services will be available 24/7 at the sites, which includes the recently purchased Comfort Inn on Blanshard Street. In Nanaimo, however, no hotel rooms have been secured. Instead, the province has worked out a deal with the city of Nanaimo, to provide 35 emergency shelter spaces, no separate rooms, at the city's The Community Service Building. However, it will not open until June the 1st. Simpson says discussions are ongoing to try to find separate accommodation for the city's homeless.Parents and students who have questions about the provincial plan to open classes to part-time instruction can ask them at a virtual town hall meeting tonight. The Minister of Education and the President of the BC School Trustees Association will take questions starting at 7:15 on the provincial government's Facebook page. Parents in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district were sent a questionnaire last week, asking if they plan to send their children back to school when in-class instruction begins on June the 1st. Children in Kindergarten to grade five will receive 2-3 days of in-class instruction per week while kids in Grades 6 to 12 will go to class once per week. However, the plan is voluntary and all students will continue to be able to access online classes.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco. Senior Reporter and News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded in part by the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada through Heritage Canada in partnership with the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

The latest COVID-19 outbreak numbers show BC reporting its largest daily increase in infections. There were 92 new cases confirmed on Saturday, bringing the total in BC to 884 cases. Three new cases in the Island Health district brings the total here to 60. One new death was reported on the lower mainland. There were no new numbers released on Sunday. The Provincial Health Officer will update the figures this afternoon.It may be the end of March break, but students are not heading back to their classrooms today. Instead, parents are being asked to check out a new website to support learning at home. The website is openschool.bc.ca/keeplearning. Meanwhile, the Nanaimo Ladysmith and Cowichan Valley School Districts say teachers will be calling parents this week, with more details on how online classes or email assignments will work. Both districts say they will connect vulnerable students to food programs, but no details have been announced.Meanwhile, farmer's markets in BC are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Nanaimo's Island Roots Farmers' Market at Beban Park was shut down when the city cancelled all rentals. Market manager Michele Greene says it's setting up an online market, where customers can order their farm-fresh produce and baked goods. The same is true of the Qualicum Beach Farmers' market. However, it plans to reopen a modified market next Saturday as well. The Comox Valley Farmers' Market remains open and it too is planning to set up an online option this week.Starting at midnight tonight, anyone who is showing symptoms of COVID-19 will not be allowed to travel on airplanes or trains. The federal order does not apply to buses because they are regulated by the province. Nanaimo's transit system has taken steps to protect bus drivers by having riders enter by the side doors, and can ride for free. It has also gone to its summer schedule, which includes the cancellation of eight of its bus routes.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco. Senior Reporter and News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded in by the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada through Heritage Canada in partnership with the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Members of the provincial and federal Green parties travelled to northern B.C. this weekend to meet with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and other opponents of a natural gas pipeline set to run through their ancestral lands.   Guest: Paul Manly Green Party MP, Nanaimo-Ladysmith

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The soon-to-be newest member of the House of Commons, the Green Party's Paul Manly of Nanaimo-Ladysmith has found himself in some hot water after audio his comments on the podcast “Unbought and Unbossed” resurfaced about the media's coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.   Guest: Richard Zussman   Global News Online Journalist at the BC Legislature

The Greens win Nanaimo-Ladysmith and the federal government drops charges against Mark Norman. The post Ep 137: #TeamTrudeau vs the Defence Establishment appeared first on PolitiCoast.

Host Rob Shaw with guests Vaughn Palmer and Richard Zussman examine the Green Party’s win in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection, money laundering in B.C.’s luxury-car sector, Premier John Horgan's actions on gas prices, “photo radar 2.0” at intersections, and forestry issues.

The Greens win big in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith by-election, Ricochet takes home the investigative journalism award for online media at the Canadian Association of Journalists' annual conference and Associate Producer Savanna Craig joins Team Unpacking the News. Then, on a special presentation of episode 2 of 'Canada's Young Leaders', a conversation on a world of journalism in crisis and why democracies can only succeed when their electorates are well informed and how Ricochet media is responding to this crisis with independent and investigative journalism. Find 'Canada's Young Leaders' and many other great Canadian podcasts on the Upford Podcast Network at www.upfordnetwork.com 'Authentic Journalism Bouncing Back' by Canada's Young Leaders is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Find out more about Ricochet's CAJ win at https://ricochet.media/en/2602/ricochet-wins-national-investigative-journalism-award

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The Green Party's Paul Manly beat out six other candidates last night to win Nanaimo-Ladysmith in a federal by-election that many parties and political experts considered a test run six months before the nationwide vote.  Manly took about 38 per cent of the ballots in the former NDP riding - the NDP actually slid back into third place, with the Conservatives coming second.  In his victory speech, Manly promised to prove to his constituents that they've made the right choice. Manly says his victory shows the other parties that Canadians are serious about climate change, and he expects the Green wave of support will grow in the October election.  Manly will become the Green party's second member of Parliament, joining party leader Elizabeth May.   Guest: Keith Baldrey Global's BC Legislative Bureau Chief

The voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith choose a new MP. Andrew Scheer launches a series of speeches today, outlining his vision for Canada. The Liberals promise to increase the child care benefit.

Canada leans on the U.S. to help settle a dispute with China. Could the Greens win another seat, as voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith head to the polls for today’s by-election? What comes next, now that Saskatchewan has lost its carbon tax challenge?

Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection preview, gas prices and labour reforms The post Ep 136: No one gets any oil anywhere appeared first on PolitiCoast.

Dernière rentrée parlementaire avant les élections fédérales, les députés reprennent le chemin des Communes les yeux rivés sur le scrutin d'octobre. Quel sera le ton en Chambre? Entretien avec les députés Joël Lightbound, Alain Rayes et Guy Caron. Les conditions gagnantes sont-elles réunies pour une remontée du Bloc québécois? Nous recevons le nouveau chef du parti souverainiste Yves-François Blanchet. En Colombie-Britannique tous les yeux seront tournés vers la circonscription de Nanaimo-Ladysmith où une élection partielle pourrait changer l'équilibre du pouvoir. Explications avec Valérie Gamache. En panel, Alec Castonguay, Chantal Hébert et Michel C. Auger reviennent sur les critiques du Manitoba à l'endroit des demandes de François Legault et analysent les enjeux de la rentrée parlementaire fédérale. Sous le radar avec Yves Malo et Marie-Hélène Tremblay, un palmarès publié cette semaine place le Canada en excellente position dans le monde tandis que François Legault a profité de sa visite en Fra

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Liberals walk out after Conservatives pick anti-abortion MP for status of women committee chair