Too late for small biz, Researching COVID-19 measures & Social media storm for BC Greens

Mornings with Simi

Chapter 1: Small businesses can now apply for rent relief from the federal government, but after months of lockdown is it too little too late?

Guest: Dan Kelly, President and CEO at the CFIB

Chapter 2: It’s a strange time to be celebrating national tourism week in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the reality is that we need to think about the Canadian tourism industry more than ever right now.

Guest: Charlotte Bell, President and CEO at Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Chapter 3: This was the first full weekend bars, restaurant, stores, and salons have been allowed to reopen...did you go out this weekend/what did you experience?

Chapter 4: What’s unfolding in Hong Kong right now? Pro democracy supporters there faced water cannons over the weekend while a couple hundred people gathered at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver.

Guest: Mabel Tung, chair of Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement, protest organizer.

Chapter 5: Researchers at UBC have kicked off a public consultation to find out what people think about COVID-19 policies, and they’re hoping it will help shape decisions going forward.

Guest: Kimberlyn McGrail, Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at UBC.

Chapter 6: Vancouver’s city council will vote on whether to support a policy change that would allow drinking in public spaces. But many of Vancouver’s largest public spaces are run by the parks board, so are there any plans to consider drinking in parks?

Guest: John Coupar, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner.

Chapter 7: You can’t take the family to the PNE right now, but you CAN get a taste of it. PNE president and CEO Shelley Frost joins me to explain why you need to act fast if you want to get in on the delicious action!

Guest: Shelley Frost, PNE President and CEO.

Chapter 8: A social media post about 4-day work weeks from BC Green MLA Sonia Furstenau prompted an explosive response from former leader Andrew Weaver over the weekend.

Guest: Adam Olsen, Green MLA representing Saanich North and the Islands.

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 (00:00:00)

2. Chapter 2 (00:05:25)

3. Chapter 3 (00:14:02)

4. Chapter 4 (00:20:06)

5. Chapter 5 (00:26:02)

6. Chapter 6 (00:33:46)

7. Chapter 7 (00:41:42)

8. Chapter 8 (00:44:56)