Welcome to the The World Today Weekend with Sean Leslie! Every Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 6 PM, 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 with Sean Leslie
Saturday, January 28, 2012
3:00 - 3:15
BURNS LAKE
Yesterday Minister Pat Bell was in Burns Lake to meet with community leaders about the town's economic future and to help find work for residents suddenly made jobless after an explosion and fire destroyed the Babine Forest Products sawmill last week. He said officials are tracking down short term jobs at mills and mines in neighbouring communities, and examining transportation options to help people commute to work from Burns Lake. For more on this, we chat with the minister.
Guest: PAT BELL
Title: MINISTER OF JOBS, TOURISM AND INNOVATION
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3:15 - 3:30
BURNS LAKE CONTINUED
We chat with the mayor of Burns Lake. Last week's explosion and fire killed two men, injured 19 others and left hundreds of local people without work. How are the injured workers doing? How is the community coping? What is the latest on the investigation? And what impact will the loss of the mill have on the local area?
Guest: LUKE STRIMBOLD
Title: MAYOR OF BURNS LAKE
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3:30 - 3:45
BULLYING IN THE WORKFORCE
Earlier this week CKNW contributor and Province columnist Mike Smyth said he received countless e-mails from government workers after he wrote a piece about workplace bullying. Premier Christy Clark responded by encouraging victims to come forward and make a formal complaint. Just how bad is workplace bullying at the government level? How often is it reported to management? And do victims who report the bullying receive support or does management not respond seriously to the allegations?
Guest: KELLIE AULD
Title: EMPLOYMENT/RELATIONSHIP SPECIALIST AND PRIMARYCONSULTANT AT SIMPLY COMMUNICATING IN KAMLOOPS
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3:45 - 4:00
B-C COURT BACKLOG
The resources are scarce and the dockets are so clotted that thousands of cases are in jeopardy of being tossed out in B-C for violating constitutional standards for timely trials. Meanwhile the Premier says she plans to stick with her pledge to televise the trials of those accused in the Stanley Cup riot, despite the fact that the applications will cause delays. How many provincial court cases are waiting to be heard? What steps need to be taken to speed up the unreasonable delays? Does the province need to hire more judges?
Guest: SAMIRAN LAKSHMAN
Title: PRESIDENT OF B-C CROWN COUNSEL ASSOCIATION
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4:00 - 4:30
A LOOK AT THIS WEEK'S POLITICAL STORIES
We chat about provincial politics with our new panelist, Mike Morton.
Guest: MIKE MORTON
Title: FORMER PRESS SECRETARY TO PREMIER GORDON CAMPBELL & FORMER EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR OF THE B-C LIBERAL CAUCUS
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4:15 - 4:30
MISSING WOMEN INQUIRY
We chat about what happened at the Missing Women Inquiry this week. Kim Rossmo - a former Vancouver police geographic profiler who was the first person to ring the alarm bell about a serial killer - testified this week. Rossmo agreed with lawyer Cameron Ward that the police could have solved the missing women case as early as 1999. And then we heard the big apology yesterday.
Guest: MARCELLA BERNARDO
Title: CKNW REPORTER
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4:30 - 5:00
WEEKLY TECH SEGMENT
Tune in to hear our weekly tech segment with Dave Texiera of dave.ca
Guest: DAVE TEXIERA
Title: TECH EXPERT AND OWNER OF DAVE.CA
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5:00 - 5:15
RCMP APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY IN PICKTON ARREST
Decades after women started to go missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the RCMP officially apologized yesterday for not doing more to arrest serial killer Robert Pickton sooner. Assistant Commissioner Craig Callens told victims' family members how very sorry he was for their loss - but that the RCMP's investigation practices have improved since 1998. Is the apology too little too late?
Guest: RICK PARENT
Title: CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR AT SFU & FORMER DELTA POLICE OFFICER
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5:15 - 5:30
RETIREMENT AGE TO RISE?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signaled his government will bring forward "major transformations" to the country in the coming months - in areas such as the retirement pension system, immigration, science and technology investment and the energy sector. Of those reforms, Harper said getting a grip on slowing the rising costs of the country's pension system is particularly critical. In the wake of Harper's speech, it now appears the Conservative government could be poised to gradually change the Old Age Security system so that the age of eligibility is raised to 67 from 65. But what does this mean for people on the brink of retirement?
Guest: KEVIN MILLIGAN
Title: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT UBC
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5:30 - 5:45
DUBIOUS DEGREES?
We talk about New Westminster's Douglas College and its flourishing education programs in China. These programs are taught in English, with a Canadian curriculum and offer a Canadian degree, and bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. But while the B-C government has trumpeted the success of the programs, the degrees may not be worth the paper they're written on. For more on this, we talk to Global National's China correspondent.
Guest: PATRICK BROWN
Title: GLOBAL NATIONAL CHINA CORRESPONDENT
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5:45 - 6:00
OPEN LINES
Share your thoughts on any of the segments you heard on today's show.
The World Today Weekend with Sean Leslie
Sunday, January 29, 2012
3:00 - 3:15
PROTECT YOURSELF WHILE USING THE INTERNET
Yesterday was Data Privacy Day - an annual international awareness initiative focused on educating people about the importance of protecting personal information and promoting education about good privacy practices. Minister MacDiarmid is someone who strongly believes in protecting your online identity. We ask her for some simple tips on how to protect personal information online, and how to protect yourself when you're using social media.
Guest: MARGARET MACDIARMID
Title: LABOUR, CITIZENS' SERVICES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT MINISTER
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3:15 - 3:30
BOB RAE AND BEYOND
We talk politics with Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae who is in Vancouver this weekend.
Guest: BOB RAE
Title: FEDERAL INTERIM LIBERAL LEADER
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3:30 - 3:45
B-C FERRIES REPORT RECOMMENDS CHANGES
B-C Ferries needs all hands on deck to ride out an economic storm whipped up by rising fares, fewer riders and mounting losses despite significant improvements, according to a new report released earlier this week by B-C Ferries Commissioner Gordon Macatee. The report makes 24 recommendations, including holding future fare hikes at the rate of inflation, increasing ridership while cutting service levels and getting more subsidy dollars from the provincial government. We chat with a member of the Ferry Advisory Committee who welcomes the report and its recommendations.
Guest: ALISON MORSE
Title: MEMBER OF BOWEN ISLAND FERRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE & MEMBER OF BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
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3:45 - 4:00
BROADCAST METRO MEETINGS?
A Vancouver City Councillor says Metro Vancouver handles a lot of taxpayer money, so it should be more transparent. George Affleck says he hopes to gain the support of five Vision councillors to call for the broadcast of future meetings on television or online. Affleck insists the new technology won't come at a huge cost to taxpayers, adding that the audio equipment is already installed and all they would need is a digital camera to stream the footage online. What is the likelihood of this motion being passed?
Guest: GEORGE AFFLECK
Title: VANCOUVER CITY COUNCILLOR
**AND OPEN LINE: Would you watch the meetings?
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4:00 - 4:15
WHERE WOULD YOU FLY OUT OF: YVR OR BELLINGHAM?
The Airport Improvement Fee at YVR is taking off! It was announced earlier this week that passengers flying out of Vancouver will be paying 25 per cent more in airport improvement fees by May to fund $1.8 billion in upgrades spread over the next decade. The fee will jump to $20 from $15 for improvements that Vancouver Airport Authority CEO Larry Berg said will make YVR the gateway of choice between Asia and North America. But are you willing to pay the extra $5 when you could save so much more money by flying out of Bellingham? According to the President and CEO of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry, business at Bellingham International Airport has tripled in the past 5 years - and he says they have travelers from the Lower Mainland to thank for that!
Guest: KEN OPLINGER
Title: PRESIDENT/CEO OF BELLINGHAM/WHATCOM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
**AND OPEN LINE: Do you prefer to fly out of YVR or Bellingham? What kind of savings have you seen flying out of Bellingham?
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4:15 - 4:45
THIS WEEK IN POLITICS
We hear about the top stories of the week.
Guest: DAVID SCHRECK
Title: NDP POLITICAL PUNDIT
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4:45 - 5:00
SURREY MLA DAYS AWAY FROM END OF WELFARE CHALLENGE
We check back in one last time with NDP MLA Jagrup Brar who is living on $610 this month, which is the current welfare rate for a single, employable adult in the province. He is only two days away from completing his welfare challenge. What has the past week in the DTES been like for him? What surprised him most about the challenge? What is the first thing he'll do once he returns home to his family? And what message does he want to share with others about his experience?
Guest: JAGRUP BRAR
Title: NDP MLA SURREY FLEETWOOD
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5:00 - 5:15
TWITTER CENSORSHIP
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base. Isn't this move #outrageous?
Guest: CHRISTOPHER SCHNEIDER
Title: UBC SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR & SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT
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5:15 - 5:30
WALKING TO RAISE AWARENESS
Today is the Investors Group Walk for Memories to help raise money for Alzheimer's research. We talk to CKNW reporter Laura Baziuk about her personal connection to the disease and why she's taking part in the walk.
Guest: LAURA BAZIUK
Title: CKNW REPORTER
Guest: JANET INGRAM-JOHNSON
Title: ORGANIZER
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5:30 - 5:45
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY EXACTLY A WEEK AWAY!
Super Bowl 46 kicks off next week and while many people are talking about the big game, others are curious to see the commercials! What makes an effective Super Bowl ad that people will remember? Why do companies spend millions for a 30 second ad?
Guest: KEN WONG
Title: MARKETING PROFESSOR AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
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5:45 - 6:00
OPEN LINES
Share your thoughts on any of the segments you heard on today's show.