The Jas Johal Show
The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Global News Radio newsroom rounds out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provi...
The Jas Johal Show: Nov. 6, 2026
Missing the Boat: Why B.C. Keeps Losing the Ferry Funding Fight (0:51)
Eric McNeely, President of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union
Inside The House: Back to Work Before Christmas? Doerkson Eyes a Quick Fall Session (10:55)
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
Ten Grand for a Mattress? Surrey’s Crackdown on Illegal Dumping (25:21)
Doug McCallum, Mayor of Surrey
380,000 or 600,000? The Immigration Number Ottawa Didn’t Count (34:52)
Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Educat...
The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
Welcome to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour — where the week’s best political conversations keep going.
This week:
New Sheriff, Empty Wallets: Doerkson’s Fast Start and the Findlay Money Flood. B.C.’s new government isn’t even sworn in yet, and it already wants back in the chamber. Lorne Doerkson is weighing a quick fall session before Christmas: smart move, or rookie rush? Then follow the money. Kerry-Lynne Findlay walked out the door, and Conservative donations poured in, including $800,000 in a single day, while NDP donors kept their wallets shut. Keith Baldrey breaks it...Inside The House: Back to Work Before Christmas? Doerkson Eyes a Quick Fall Session
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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The Jas Johal Show: Nov. 5, 2026
Budget 2026: Carney Bets Big on Canada - But Who Benefits? (0:43)
Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent
Budget 2026: Feds extend foreign buyers’ ban, while sparing new builds (15:30)
Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant
Mining B.C'.s Future: The Waiting Game: Why does it take so long to open a mine in B.C.? (28:03)
Michael Goehring, President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia
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Mining B.C.'s Future: The Waiting Game: Why does it take so long to open a mine in B.C.?
Michael Goehring, President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia
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The Jas Johal Show: Nov. 4, 2026
Trump’s Midterm Beating and Canada’s Leverage
GUEST: Maxwell Cameron, Professor at UBC’s Department of Political Science
Is Carney the Big Winner of the Midterms?
GUEST: Matt Stickney, Senior Partner at Quorum Strategies
The Massey Tunnel Nobody Wants to Finish
GUEST: Bryan Railton, Business Manager with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115
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Is Carney the Big Winner of the Midterms?
GUEST: Matt Stickney, Senior Partner at Quorum Strategies
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Is Your Town Ready for the Next Disaster?
GUEST: Michael Lee, former MLA for Vancouver-Langara and now Chief Strategy Officer at UrbanLogiq
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The Massey Tunnel Nobody Wants to Finish
GUEST: Bryan Railton, Business Manager with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115
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Mining B.C.'s Future - Striking Gold: Inside One of BC’s Biggest Mining Success Stories
Ryan Beedie, President of Beedie, and a member of Artemis Gold Inc.’s Board of Directors Steven Dean, executive chair, founder, and former CEO of Artemis Gold Inc.
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The Jas Johal Show: Nov. 3, 2026
Lame duck or Angry Duck: Is a Cornered Trump Worse for Canada?
GUEST: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics.
Bridge or Tunnel? The Bill for Changing Course on the Massey
The latest on the U.S Midterm elections
GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington correspondent
MINING B.C’S FUTURE - Striking Gold: Inside One of BC’s Biggest Mining Success Stories
GUEST:
-Ryan Beedie, President of Beedie, and a member of Artemis Gold Inc.’s Board of Directors
The Jas Johal Show: Nov. 2, 2026
Canucks’ Practice Facility Hunt Moves Downtown. Is This the One? (0:42)
Patrick Johnston, Sports columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Province
A Former NDP MLA Says Kill the Six-Plex Law (18:22)
Kathy Corrigan, former B.C. NDP MLA
Years in B.C.’s Backcountry: Brad Sills on a Life in Search and Rescue (48:51)
Brad Sills, Search and Rescue veteran, author of Echoes on the Wind: Fifty Years of Search and Rescue in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains
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Years in B.C.’s Backcountry: Brad Sills on a Life in Search and Rescue
Brad Sills, Search and Rescue veteran, author of Echoes on the Wind: Fifty Years of Search and Rescue in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 30, 2026
Ottawa fast tracks Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (0:45)
Peter Xotta, President and CEO of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Inside The House (9:47)
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
Out With the Old, In With the New: Metro Vancouver Delays Budget Vote (23:58)
Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor
B.C.’s permanent time shift: Could Your Calendar Be Wrong? (35:03)
Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com
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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
Welcome to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour — where the week’s best political conversations keep going.
This week:
Keith Baldrey on the Conservative Sweep and the Cabinet Scramble (1:11) How the B.C. Conservatives Won: Inside the War Room with Dimitri Pantazopoulos (15:28) Geoff Meggs on What Went Wrong for the NDP (43:25)Pull up a chair. Fire up the expense account.
The Political Happy Hour starts now.
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Inside The House
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 29, 2026
The NDP’s Wreckage: Can Jennifer Whiteside Rebuild? (1:10)
Ben O’Hara Byrne, Global B.C Legislative Reporter
Remembering Patrick Stewart: From a Yorkshire Outhouse to the Enterprise (10:54)
Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor
A $14 Billion Hole and a $1,000 Promise: Can Doerkson Balance the Books? (19:00)
David Williams, Vice President of Policy for the Business Council of B.C.
Why RBC, TD and BMO Are Slamming the Door on AI Agents (43:59)
Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Jour...
Why RBC, TD and BMO Are Slamming the Door on AI Agents
Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist
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A $14 Billion Hole and a $1,000 Promise: Can Doerkson Balance the Books?
David Williams, Vice President of Policy for the Business Council of B.C.
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Remembering Patrick Stewart: From a Yorkshire Outhouse to the Enterprise
Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 28, 2026
Higher Rates, Shakier Market: Sutton Group’s CEO on What’s Coming (0:54)
Ross McCredie, CEO and Chairman of Sutton Group
The Snap Election Disaster: Inside the NDP Collapse (25:52)
Michael Gardiner, Managing Partner at Current Public Affairs, former executive director of the BC NDP, was the director of John Horgan’s successful leadership campaign
Refugee Roots, Michelin Honours, and a Pop Star Who Couldn’t Stay Away (41:51)
Vincent Nguyen, Co-founder & owner Anh and Chi & Good Thief
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Refugee Roots, Michelin Honours, and a Pop Star Who Couldn’t Stay Away
Vincent Nguyen, Co-founder & owner Anh and Chi & Good Thief
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The Snap Election Disaster: Inside the NDP Collapse
Michael Gardiner, Managing Partner at Current Public Affairs, former executive director of the BC NDP, was the director of John Horgan’s successful leadership campaign
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 27, 2026
Eby’s Gamble, and the Fall of the BC NDP (0:48)
Geoff Meggs, co-host of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast
Massey Crossing: Tunnel Out, Bridge Back In (23:34)
Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C.
A Lame-Duck Board and a Billion-Dollar Budget (35:17)
Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster mayor-elect
DRIPA on the Battleground (47:21)
Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations
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Massey Crossing: Tunnel Out, Bridge Back In
Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C.
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 26, 2026
Blue Wave. How the NDP Lost Everything (0:43)
The $14 Billion Question: What Gets Cut First (30:32)
Laura Jones, President and CEO of the Business Council of B.C.
Inside the Conservative War Room (45:21)
Dimitri Pantazopoulos, former strategist for Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal Party, President of Yorkville Strategies, and partner at Maple Leaf Strategies
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Inside the Conservative War Room
Dimitri Pantazopoulos, former strategist for Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal Party, President of Yorkville Strategies, and partner at Maple Leaf Strategies
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The $14 Billion Question: What Gets Cut First
Laura Jones, President and CEO of the Business Council of B.C.
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The 30th Anniversary of the Eastside Culture Crawl
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Alannah Clamp, Executive & Artistic Director Eastside Arts Society
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Fundraising for the B.C. Hospitality Foundation Lottery
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Alana Dickson, BCHF Executive Director
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Canada’s Short Track Speed Skating Legacy
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Nathalie Lambert, Canadian Speed Skating Legend
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New AirBnB rules say homeowners can’t ask renters to do chores and still charge a cleaning fee
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Dr. Makarand Mody, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Hospitality Marketing at the Boston University School of Hospitality Administration
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Trump Administration set to drop tariffs on some Canadian goods
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Eric Kam, Professor in the Department of Economics at Toronto Metropolitan University
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 22, 2026
Dark Mornings Forever? B.C.’s Permanent Daylight Time Gamble (0:46)
Jamie M. Zeitzer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , and Co-Director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences at Stanford University
$14 Billion in the Red: The Last Premier Who Made the Hard Calls (15:51)
Gordon Campbell, Former Premier of B.C.
10,000 Interviews and Heading Back to the Mountains: Strombo on Whistler Film Festival (42:37)
George Stroumboulopoulos, award winning television and radio host
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10,000 Interviews and Heading Back to the Mountains: Strombo on Whistler Film Festival
George Stroumboulopoulos, award winning television and radio host
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$14 Billion in the Red: The Last Premier Who Made the Hard Calls
Gordon Campbell, Former Premier of B.C.
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 21, 2026
B.C.’s provincial parties clash over Newton Skytrain; what about UBC? (0:42)
Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City Councillor-elect
Housing Revolt: Did Bill 44 Just Torch Metro Vancouver’s Councils? (14:32)
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 20, 2026
Does a Newton SkyTrain Make Sense? (0:35)
Denis Agar, Executive Director of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
Election spending, who pays? (15:03)
Alberta Rejects Separation; Canada Stays United (59:39)
Courtney Theriault, host of The Courtney Theriault Show on 880 CHED in Edmonton and CHQR Calgary
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 19, 2026
Ken Sim Ousted: Pete Fry Wins Vancouver’s Mayoral Race (0:40)
Pete Fry, Vancouver mayor-elect
No More N Test: Easier Licensing or a Road Safety Risk in B.C.? (15:10)
Kate Harris, CEO and owner of DriveWise B.C.
Repercussions of the municipal election (24:47)
Hosts of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast:
Mike McDonald Geoff MeggsWill Alberta remain in Canada? The high stakes referendum is underway (41:34)
Courtney Theriault, host of The Courtney Theriault Show on 880 CHED in Edmonton
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Repercussions of the municipal election
Hosts of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast:
Mike McDonald Geoff Meggs
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