Welcome to the The World Today Weekend with Sean Leslie! Every Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5pm, we bring you the latest in news, politics, current events, and much much more. Sean Leslie is also CKNW's Legislative reporter.
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THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND
SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND
GUEST HOST: SIMI SARA
EXTENDED: 3-6PM
3:06 KEVIN GAUDET, FEDERAL DIRECTOR, CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION
Re: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says few Canadians will be receiving tax relief next year, and some will see real tax increases. The group says most of the tax changes are occurring at the provincial level. Especially here in BC, we’ll be facing a higher tax bill b/c of the HST coming into effect July 1st. We hear why Kevin is calling on Premier Gordon Campbell to lower the HST by 2 % and offset any potential tax grab.
3:33 PHILIPPE DESROCHER, CAREER COLUMIST, 24HOURS, WWW.DR-CAREER.COM
re: more Canadian employers say they plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the new year, according to careerbuilder.com …are they being overly optimistic?
4:06 DR. MIKE WEBSTER, REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGIST, FORMER RCMP OFFICER
Re: three of the four Mounties linked to the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski have lost another legal battle against retired judge Thomas Braidwood. As well, RCMP officer Kevin Gregson was charged with first-degree murder and robbery after the killing Constable Eric Czapnik.
4:30 SUNIL RAM, INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY EXPERT
RE: Afghan Soldiers killed in Road Side Bomb, Canada’s involvement
5:00- 5:30:
MIKE DEVLIN, ARTS REPORTER, TIMES COLONIST
re: highs and lows of pop culture this past year/decade.
AT&T hangs up on Tiger Woods…will he survive? And the demise Charlie Sheen
5:35-6:00
MIKE KLASSEN, BLOGGER, CITYCAUCUS.COM
RE: Blogging and News - how 2009 was really the year that people started turning to blogs as an actual news outlet and whether or not this is going to continue. Why are people not satisfied with their sources of media? Is independent media becoming the more trusted sources?
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SUNDAY JANUARY 3RD, 2010
GUEST HOST: SIMI SARA
EXTENDED: 3-6PM
3:06 RANGA CHAND, ECONOMIST AND FINANCIAL AUTHOR
Re: outlook for 2010; views on the US economy..will it be a slow recovery? If
so, how will it affect Canada? Future of interests rates and its impact on
housing in Canada? HST- how will it impact Canadians?
3:30 STEFANIE RATJEN, BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION’S OLYMPIC PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR
RE: UBC frathouses evict students to cash in on the Vancouver Olympics.
3:45 MIRANDA FURTADO, STYLE AND SOCIAL NETWORKING EDITOR, WWW.DOSE.CA
re: the best and worst of 2009 and trends to watch for 2010
4:06
MICHEAL ALEX, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ACTION GUIDE, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
KRISTA HUNT, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ACTION GUIDE, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
Re: Yes Man Fix the World will be screened at Vancity Theatre Jan 4th. A documentary that looks at corporate greedheads. Michael and Krista produced a student/teacher action guide based on this film? Describe the guide? How does the guide encourage political discussions among students? What are your goals with the project? What’s your take on the documentary?
4:33 DR. MELISSA HERSHBERG, AUTHOR OF THE REBEL DIET
(FORMER COMPETITIVE GYMNAST AND FITNESS CHAMPION)
RE: Your fantasy diet-chocolate, bread, and caffeine-is here! Are you serious?
5-5:30
PEYMAN VAHABZADEH, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND IRANIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
RE: Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari says government in Iran is now being dominated by the military. So, the Revolutionary Guard will try to establish a dictatorship. Do you agree? Is the current government on its last legs. Or is this movement beginning of an end for Iran?
5:30- 6:00
JOHN CLERIDES, OWNER OF MARQUIS WINE CELLARS
RE: top 5 wine trends for 2010…a people going to go organic or bio-dynamic? Also, Canadians are drinking (wine) 12 per cent more than they did in 1998, according to Statistics Canada, and some industry watchers are attributing a significant portion of the increase to women.