Questions over police tactics in Texas, Cooling off period for housing & Riders returning to transit

Mornings with Simi

Ch1: Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail Thursday the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in small-town Texas.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global Washington Correspondent.

Ch2: The regulator for British Columbia’s real estate sector has recommended that the province adopt a so-called “cooling-off” period of three business days to protect people buying a home, through legislation tabled this spring.

Guest: Blair Morrison, CEO of the B.C. Financial Services Authority.

Ch3: Metro Vancouver’s transportation authority says its recovery of ridership that plummeted during the pandemic has been stronger than many other North American transit networks, but still hasn’t rebounded entirely.

Guest: Jonathan Cote, Chair of the TransLink Mayors' Council and a member of the TransLink Board.

Ch4: A group representing most of the world’s airlines is calling on the Canadian government to drop the remaining travel rules related to COVID-19 in a bid to reduce the delays people face at some airports.

Guest: Peter Cerda, IATA’s regional vice-president for the Americas.

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Chapters

1. Ch1 (00:00:14)

2. Ch2 (00:07:15)

3. Ch3 (00:17:05)

4. Ch4 (00:25:36)