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Carole Taylor"s Journal

Conversations That Matter

A public affairs dialogue that digs deep into the most pressing issues of our times with veteran journalist and politician Carole Taylor.Over the course of her career, Carole has covered the major issues of Canadian and global affairs. Always balanced, always fair, always insightful.Each week Carole uncovers the story behind the headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39 | Food Banks Going Hungry (w/ Dan Huang-Taylor,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/04/23

On this edition of Journal, we look at how inflation and higher costs for just about everything, especially housing, are affecting British Columbians.Right at the pointy end of the stick are our food banks. They are among the first to sense when something is going very wrong. Usually when you say something has had a record-breaking year, it is a good thing. Not so with food banks.In the last 5 years, visits to food banks in our province rose 81%. One month topped 100,000 visits, the most ever seen

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38 | Breaking Down Trade Barriers (w/ Colin Hansen)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/04/16

On this episode of Journal, we try to understand the complexity of our interprovincial trade barriers – those infamous barriers everyone is now talking about. One man who knows something about this is Colin Hansen, one of British Columbia’s most accomplished politicians.In Gordon Campbell’s governments, he served as Minister of Health, Finance Minister, Minister of Economic Development, Minister responsible for the Asia Pacific and the Olympics, back to Finance after I left, and then was named

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37 | Columbia River Water (w/ Alec Lazenby, Vancouver...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/04/09

On this edition of Journal, we take a close look at something we all take for granted: water. That is, we took it for granted until President Trump started talking about taking it away from us.This is particularly important for British Columbia since he has focussed on the mighty Columbia River, whose headwaters are north of Cranbrook.This is the faucet that the president suggests could be opened so that more of Canada’s water could flow to the US, helping with the drought and wildfires of

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36 | Policing in Vancouver (w/ Chief Constable Adam...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/04/02

On this edition of Journal, we take a look at the dramatic changes we have seen in policing in the last few decades through the eyes of retiring Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Department, Adam Palmer.1987 was the year Adam joined the VPD, becoming Chief Constable in 2015. He leaves as the longest serving Chief in the department’s history. Just imagine how the streets have changed over those four decades.In ’87, Vancouver was coming off the high of Expo ’86. There was a feeling of pride in

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35 | Supportive Housing (w/ Julian Somers)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/03/26

On this edition of Journal, Dr. Julian Somers joins me to examine the need for a province-wide plan to support those with Complex Co-occurring Disorders, or CCDs. This refers to those individuals with substance abuse and mental disorders at the same time. The care required is complicated, involving “medical, psychiatric, housing, social and legal issues,” according to a paper co-written by Dr. Somers.Mayor Ken Sim of Vancouver shocked many when he announced the city would no longer permit net-new

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34 | Vancouverism Urban Planning (w/ Larry Beasley,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/03/20

In this edition of Journal, we wade into the fraught topic of city planning, density and affordability by examining Vancouver’s latest efforts to get more housing built – no matter what.In the beginning, when the province mandated more density around transit hubs, people grumpily agreed, even though it was stomping on the right of municipalities to control their own zoning.After all, having people live close to transit lines should lead to more people using the system, therefore making the massive

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33 | Polling and Pollsters (w/ Mario Canseco)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/03/12

In this edition of Journal, we take a close look at the art of pollsters. You know – if you want to know what your neighbours are thinking, or what Canada is thinking, ask a pollster.Poillievre is ahead of Trudeau by 20 points. Or now Carney is ahead, maybe. Or 45% of Americans think Trump is doing a swell job.And then we remember 2016, when the majority of American pollsters said with confidence that Hilary would win the election. Then she didn’t. Whoops.Since that time, much self-examination has

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32 | Hell in the Streets (w/ Mayor Leonard Krog)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/03/05

In this edition of Journal, we examine the “horrors that exist on our streets.” That phrase was used by Leonard Krog, the mayor of Nanaimo to describe what he sees every day in his city.Others use the euphemism “the disorder in our streets.” But whatever you call it, it certainly denigrates the liveability of so many communities – and it started way before decriminalization.All across North America, not just in British Columbia, there was a movement in the 1970s, away from institutionalized care for

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31 | To Tariff or Not? (w/ Roslyn Kunin)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/02/27

In this edition of Journal, “To Tariff or not to Tariff – that is the question.” With apologies to Hamlet, but it is what people are talking about.Whatever you think of him, President Trump has certainly turned the status quo upside down. From his point of view, it works.By simply threatening to apply tariffs to all Canadian goods if we didn’t take action on our border and fentanyl issues, our prime minister and premiers sprung into action. Helicopters to the border, more raids on mega drug labs

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30 | So You Want to Be The Mayor (w/ Mike Hurley,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/02/19

In this edition of Journal, we take a close look at the challenges that mayors face every minute of every day. There is no such thing as a time-out when you are in that job. It always surprises me when I hear our governments described in this way – most important, the federal level, next the provincial, then the municipal. When I served in Vancouver’s municipal government, I was often asked, “When are you going to run provincially, or federally?” – as if that must be the goal. It was never my

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29 | City at a Crossroads (w/ Andy Yan, city planner)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/02/12

In this episode of Journal, we take a close look at what is happening to city planning.When I was in civic politics, things were definitely not perfect, but I would say the governance structures and roles were clearer than today.For instance, at that time, the federal government did not deal directly with municipalities – they worked through the provincial government. Not today. The Trudeau government has gone straight to certain cities with financial enhancements, even if it’s not a provincial

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28 | Our leaky border (w/ Calvin Chrustie)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/02/05

In this edition of Journal, we look at the specific complaints of the President of the United States about Canada’s border security and fentanyl exports.Here’s a surprising question: is President Trump right on this? Does Canada have a problem with the protection of our border and are we exporters of fentanyl? He has repeatedly said these are genuine concerns, not a negotiating gambit to get a better trade deal. We’ll see.One thing for sure, President Trump has got the attention of our federal

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27 | What does the lieutenant governor do? (w/ Janet...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/01/29

In this edition of Journal, we take a look at the role the monarchy plays in the lives of British Columbians – bet that hasn’t crossed your mind recently!King Charles III is represented in Canada by the governor general in Ottawa, and in our province by the lieutenant governor. For the past 7 years, that has been the Honourable Janet Austin.It’s not uncommon for people to think this role is purely ceremonial. It is not.This is the highest ranking position in government. The lieutenant governor has

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26 | The Alberta Model (w/ Marshall Smith)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/01/22

On this episode of Journal, we tell the remarkable story of Marshall Smith, former Chief of Staff to Premier Danielle Smith and the man behind Alberta’s dramatic turnaround in its approach to drug addiction and treatment.What makes Marshall stand out is that he was once one of those individuals that we saw sleeping on the streets of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver. As an addict, he had been beaten up, repeatedly, put in jail, and threatened.What makes his story even more meaningful is that he

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25 | Seniors’ Living in BC (w/ Dan Levitt, British...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/01/15

In this edition of Journal, we focus on how we can better serve our seniors.Personally, I feel the longer we can support the decision of older citizens to remain in their own homes, stay in their familiar communities, living as independently as possible, the better.It’s better for them, better for the community, and better for the government all round, given the cost and shortage of long-term care beds.It surprised me to learn that 75% of seniors over 85 in British Columbia continue to live

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24 | Is BC Sliding Backwards? (w/ Chris Gardner,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/01/09

Well, 2024 was quite a year. Painful conflicts around the world, natural disasters of various kinds, and here in Canada, an economy that lags in so many ways – growth per capita, productivity, business investment. In today's Journal, we take a look at what has been holding us back.Chris Gardner is CEO/President of the 4500-member ICBA (Independent Contractors and Business Association) based in British Columbia and is an expert on labour and construction issues affecting our progress. He gets

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23 | Court of Appeal (w/ Hon. Robert J. Bauman,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2024/12/12

On this edition of Journal, we take a different look at the disorder on our streets – and boy, has it been a bad couple of months.There was the machete killing and hand maiming near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Then last week, a sucker punch dropped another stranger outside the Hudson’s Bay store, followed by the knife attack on two individuals in a store on Robson Street in the middle of the day.What is happening that led Vancouver’s Mayor Ken Sim to say, “Vancouverites are sick of this crap”

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22 | Retail in a War Zone? (w/ Caren McSherry,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2024/12/04

In this edition of Journal, we take a look at a real life story behind the cold data on retail crime in British Columbia – and the statistics are grim.A report released recently by the Canadian Federation of Small Business states that BC small businesses experienced a 27% increase in crime in just over the past year – and that is above the national average.8 in 10 small business owners fear for their own safety and that of their staff and customers.52% of businesses surveyed by the Save Our Streets

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21 | Is safe supply really safe? (w/ Adam Zivo,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2024/11/27

In this edition of Journal, we take a closer look at the “safer supply” of drugs in British Columbia.This refers to the distribution to drug addicts, by the health authorities, of a drug called hydromorphone, an opioid some say is as potent as heroin. The idea behind this initiative is to move individuals away from the toxic street drugs that are causing so many overdoses.But are they safe, as we understand the word? A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in the BC Supreme Court suggesting

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20 | An Extraordinary Ride (w/ Marc Garneau)

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2024/11/20

In this edition of Journal, a question: Do you remember how you felt when Canada sent our first astronaut up into space? The pride? The amazement?Did you ever wonder what it takes to be one of the chosen ones on this small team of would-be astronauts, when Canada didn’t even have a full space program?The year was 1984 and the man was Marc Garneau, today’s guest.His story is a remarkable tale of talent, guts, success and very hard work in a number of professions: a captain in our Navy, Canada’s first

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