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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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76 | What’s Happening at the Legislature? (w/ Alec...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/04/22

On this edition of Journal, we lift the curtain on the chaos of the NDP in British Columbia.If you are shaking your head in disbelief at some of the stunning flip-flops and bad policy choices of our current provincial government, you are not alone.Decriminalization: a disastrous policy now abandoned.How about the infamous Land Act, which would have given First Nations co-control with the government of all the Crown land in the province? It was so controversial that it disappeared.Premier David Eby

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75 | State of Forestry in British Columbia (w/...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/04/15

On this edition of Journal: a closer look at the recently released forestry report that says we have to abandon the old ways of managing our forests because the status quo is not working.That statement won’t be a surprise to anyone touched by this industry, be it municipalities, First Nations, the provincial government, or the workers and their families. More than two dozen mills have closed in the past four years, laying off more than 8,000 workers. Many companies have decided to do their capital

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74 | Less Ribbon-Cutting, More Action (w/ Brad West,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/04/08

On this edition of Journal, mayor Brad West of Port Coquitlam walks us through some of the failures we are seeing in our governments at all levels and some of the solutions.Brought up by his mother after his father died, Brad remembers the importance to the family when she finally got a union job, good wages, and good hours. Brad went on to study at the University of Victoria before taking a job in communications with the United Steelworkers.You can see with his personal experience he would be a

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73 | Help From Above (w/ Owen Sitnam, Helicopters...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/04/02

On this edition of Journal, we open our eyes to the challenges and needs of those living in some of British Columbia’s most remote communities.We have highlighted the crisis in healthcare that many of our cities face every time their local ER is unexpectedly closed, or the maternity ward, or the pediatric unit.But imagine if you lived in a community where there may be limited road access – or no access at all. How do you get food supplies? Medications? Medical attention?Owen Sitnam, a helicopter

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72 | Supporting Arts in the City (w/ Christopher...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/03/24

On this edition of Journal: the role arts and culture play in our lives.My premise is they are essential to a vibrant community. They lift us up out of our daily worries. They help form our identity. Think of New York: Broadway. Think of Paris: galleries. Italy: opera.So, why are they constantly underfunded here, especially since they are also economic engines providing jobs, not just for the actors, the singers, the painters, and directors, but for the people who build the sets, write the words,

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71 | Protecting Vancouver (w/ Steve Rai, Chief...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/03/18

On this edition of Journal, Chief Constable Steve Rai. It’s almost a year since he was chosen to lead the Vancouver Police Department into the future – the first South Asian Chief for the VPD.His story is so interesting: born in Punjab, India, he came with his family to Canada at age 5. A boy who lived next door to him in Kitsilano was unable to pronounce his name, Satwinder Singh, so he named him Steve. So, Steve it is.A new immigrant, his dad found work in maintenance at the Vancouver Police

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70 | Musqueam: What Does it Mean? (w/ Thomas Isaac,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/03/11

On this edition of Journal, we try to untangle the evermore confusing issues surrounding aboriginal title in British Columbia and what it means for private property owners.My head is spinning with all the contradictory information that is out there. Private property is not affected, says our premier. Oh, maybe it is, says a judge.One pattern is emerging – decisions are being made by governments in negotiations with First Nations in private, then grandly announced as a fait accompli to the broader

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69 | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Governing...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/03/04

On this edition of Journal, a subject that is near and dear to me – governance.I know, I know. Your heart is beating faster at just the thought of this topic, but bear with me.If you are a government or a nonprofit or a business of any size, if you get the governance right, then you are on your way to success.Sadly, it is often in government that we find problems. The example that is glaring in its unmanageability is Metro Vancouver.Imagine: you are the Chair of this organization with 41 members,

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68 | Death By a Thousand Taxes (w/ David Williams, VP...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/02/25

On this edition of Journal, we join the chorus of voices repudiating British Columbia’s new budget.To be charitable, Premier Eby is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (to borrow from a children’s book).Even before the actual numbers were released, one headline from Business in Vancouver magazine stated: “Eby may go down as the worst fiscal manager in BC history.”Another said, “The stunning deterioration in BC’s fiscal health during Premier Eby’s tenure will not soon be

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67 | Electricity for All? (w/ Barry Penner, Energy...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/02/18

On this edition of Journal, we examine one of the received truths in British Columbia: that one of our economic advantages is that BC offers businesses and industry a plentiful supply of hydroelectric energy at reasonable cost.What could be a better pitch? It is clean energy to run your enterprise.In fact, Premier Eby has had press conferences highlighting the government’s demand that new mines, LNG, data centres, will be powered by electricity.Sounds pretty appealing in a time of climate awareness

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66 | Canada as a Breadbasket (w/ Dr. Lenore Newman,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/02/12

On this episode of Journal: an examination of the worrisome new expansion of what it means when we talk about food security.In the good old days – actually only 9 months ago – when Journal last spoke with Lenore Newman, one of Canada’s top experts in this field, much of the focus was on the effects of climate change: how our supply chains must adjust and how Canada’s own agriculture would be affected.Who would have believed that Lenore would now pen an op-ed that says, “We are living in a world of

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65 | Paramedics’ Emergency Call (w/ Ian Tait,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/02/04

On this edition of Journal, we take a closer look at one piece of our health care system that doesn’t usually get much attention, even though we see them working on our streets all the time: paramedics.We hear about doctor shortages and nurse shortages, but did you know we have a paramedic shortage? In rural and remote areas of the province alone, there are close to 400 vacancies.The problem is exacerbated when an emergency call comes in but the ER is closed or on diversion. According to Mayor Goetz

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64 | Decriminalization: Where to go from here (w/...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/01/28

On this edition of Journal; an opportunity to look back at British Columbia’s failed experiment of decriminalization – and look forward to what might come next.Dr. Julian Somers, a clinical psychologist and distinguished professor at Simon Fraser University, was one of the first voices to speak up about the perils of decriminalization and safe supply of drugs when these initiatives were first announced, and the powers-that-be didn’t like that – or him. At one point, he was told to destroy his report

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63 | Downtown Eastside is Dying (w/ Clint Mahlman,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/01/21

On this edition of Journal, we look at the sad Vancouver tale of the rise and fall of Woodward’s on Hastings Street.Built in 1903, the Woodward’s building was the place to be in Vancouver – a one-stop department store famous for its renowned food floor. Glory days.But few things stay the same forever. The Woodward's decline began in the 1960s as both shopping patterns and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside began to change. Many shoppers chose the shiny new suburban malls rather than the deteriorating

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62 | Complications for reconciliation in British...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2026/01/14

On this edition of Journal: another hitch in the plan for a smooth path to reconciliation in British Columbia.First, we had the BC government’s introduction of the Land Act, which unsettled many of its assertions of co-management with First Nations of all the Crown land in the province. The Act was withdrawn, but not before some name-calling.But then in a splashy press conference, Premier Eby announced the granting of aboriginal title to Haida Gwaii. When people of all stripes and professions raised

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61 | To Dream the Impossible Dream (w/ Beau Jarvis,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/12/17

On this edition of Journal, we try to make sense of the mish-mash of housing initiatives coming at us from all directions – federal, provincial, and municipal governments.Two things seem obvious. First, no one is coordinating these various programs, since some of them overlap and some even contradict each other. At one point last spring, research showed there were at least 60 initiatives aimed at developers and builders, supposedly to increase the supply of housing, therefore leading to

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60 | There Goes the Neighbourhood (w/ Larry Beasley,...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/12/10

On this edition of Journal, we examine what is happening to the City of Vancouver – and what can be done, if anything, to turn this situation around.When I was a councillor in the late eighties, I remember one example of how neighbourhood planning was done in those days: on the street, not in backrooms.A brand new False Creek residential development, to be built on industrial land, while controversial, was to be a centrepiece of new urban planning principles. Immediately, questions arose. How can

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59 | Turmoil on the Right in British Columbia...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/12/03

On this edition of Journal: What has happened to the centre-right coalition that ran British Columbia for so many years, under various names (SoCreds, BC Liberals, etc.)?The latest iteration was cobbled together just before the last provincial election when John Rustad, who had been kicked off the BC Liberals before they became BC United, joined up with the dormant Conservative party – and then Kevin Falcon, the BC United leader, pulled his party out of the race.And we’re seeing the same kind of

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58 | Is British Columbia’s Healthcare on Life...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/11/26

On this edition of Journal: healthcare.How can we ever have a meaningful discussion on how to improve healthcare delivery in Canada when we aren’t even allowed to ask the question? Medicare is perfect – until it isn’t.Tangentially, this reminds me of the President Biden situation, when all his spokespeople were insisting that he was in perfect health until the public saw with their own eyes during the debate – that, in fact, something was very wrong.So what are we seeing with our own eyes about

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57 | Seniors in Poverty (w/ Dan Levitt, British...

Carole Taylor"s Journal ·

2025/11/19

On this edition of Journal: the complexities and needs of our aging population.I’m a baby boomer and to this day, I am astounded that institutions never saw us coming. With at least five years’ warning before this population boom hit the school system, it seemed to be a surprise when we all arrived – not enough desks, not enough classes, not enough schools.But that bureaucratic “miss” is nothing compared to what we face today, as these same baby boomers age. Who knew?Who knew boomers would need more

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