Conversations Live with Stuart McNish

On April 23 we will sit down for a 90-minute conversation with Premier David Eby – live and unscripted.

When we sat down with Mr. Eby a year ago he had been premier for just over 100 days. More than a year later the honeymoon is over.

Just this week S&P downgraded the province’s credit rating, expressing concern about BC’s financial health and rising operating deficit. BC’s most recent budget forecasts a record deficit of almost ...

In December the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) quashed FortisBC’s plans to build a natural gas pipeline in the Okanagan – a $327 million project that would have seen a 30-kilometer line and two related power stations built to meet growing demand for gas in BC’s southern interior.

FortisBC is warning that without additional natural gas transport capacity the region could start experience natural gas shortages in the winter of 202...

Our media partner Postmedia is taking a closer look at the troubling issues of tent cities in an in-depth investigation. Join us 11 a.m. PT March 12 for a special edition of Conversations Live with Stuart McNish where we will take on this critical matter with Postmedia and a panel of people facing this issue in their work every day.

The impacts of tent cities are intensely local and personal – for both the homeless residents str...

A report issued in January predicts Metro Vancouver will hit 3 million residents this summer, 4 million in 2041 – just 17 years down the road. Overall, the province is on track to have 5.65 million residents on July 1 – up about 150,000 in just one year – and is projected to top 6 million people in 2028, 7 million just a decade later. 

Every one of those people will need a safe and comfortable home, reasonably near work and...

Join us for a special edition about organized crime in BC - 2:30 p.m. February 6. 

The panel:

• Kim Bolan – Vancouver Sun reporter
• Calvin Chrustie – Partner, Critical Risk Team
• Fiona Wilson – Deputy Chief Constable, VPD
• Neil Dubord – Chief Constable, Delta Police 

We hope you can join us for the conversation.

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As Canada’s population grew by a record 1.1 million people in the last year the push to build housing gained new urgency. 

New housing requires expanded infrastructure capacity – not just municipal roads, sewer and water lines but also new electrical grid capacity all the way down to transformers on utility poles, gas lines, schools, and more transit. Existing infrastructure is already straining under increased demand. Wate...

44 per cent of BC exports go to markets in the Asia Pacific. 20 per cent of Canadians have family ties to the region. According to Global Affairs Canada the “Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century.” 

The region has 40 economies including China and India, almost two-thirds of the world’s population, and $47.19-trillion in economic activity. It is home to half of Ca...

More than 150 court victories have confirmed that the resources of Canada can only be developed when working with and obtaining First Nations approval.

Many First Nations are on a road to reclaiming prosperity and revitalizing cultures.

Some urban First Nations have become significant land-owners actively pursuing development with the potential to help address our housing crisis. In rural areas some First Nations have taken o...

A Conversations Live special edition – A dialogue with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim

Join us November 9 when we sit down with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for a wide-ranging dialogue about his first year as Vancouver’s mayor. This special edition of Conversations Live will run 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., webcast on the Vancouver Sun and right here on our own website. 

Viewers will have a chance to ask the mayor your own questions via Slido.&...

On Oct 10 we will be joined by an outstanding panel of people actively engaged in fostering workplace accessibility from a variety of perspectives – not just as it relates to disability, but

difference and diversity of all types.

The panel:

• Stephanie Cadieux - Canada’s first Chief Accessibility Officer
• Charlotte-Anne Malischewski - Human Rights Commission interim Chief Commissioner
• Mark Wafer - Disability rights activist and key...

We launch our second season with a deep dive into the new world of artificial intelligence with some of Canada’s top thinkers in the field. 7 p.m. Oct 3, Stuart McNish will moderate a panel including:

• Edoardo De Martin – CEO Industrio AI & Chief Development Officer, Digital Innovation Cluster
• Mark Low – KPMG Ignition
• Terri Griffith – Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Simon Fraser University Beedie Scho...

BC’s economy is slowing, along with economies around the world.   

• For our next conversation June 20 we have pulled together a panel of individuals with robust insights into the provincial, national, and global economies. Jock Finlayson – Senior Policy Advisor at the Business Council of BC
• Murray Leith – EVP & Director of Investment Research at Odlum Brown
• Christine Bergeron - President & CEO of V...

On May 16 we will sit down with an outstanding panel to explore an emerging high-tech industry with the potential to become one of BC’s most important economic sectors – life sciences. 

BC has become a hub of life sciences innovation in recent years, with hundreds of companies leading the way in research into new therapies, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. According to Life Sciences BC the province is home to the count...

Join us April 6 when we sit down with Premier David Eby for a wide-ranging conversation.  

The 100 days of action Premier Eby promised when he took on the role Nov 18 recently wrapped with an announcement of new cost-of-living payments for British Columbians. Buoyed by a one-time budget surplus he’s announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for housing, healthcare, and agriculture. BC Ferries and Trans...

Join us 7 p.m. March 28 as we circle back to the critical issue of feeding BC into the future, this time with a focus on climate smart agriculture. 

We have pulled together a panel of people who are part of a quiet revolution underway in our food production, individuals deeply involved in the science, production, and evolution of how we will raise better food into the future.  

The panel:

• Federica Di Pal...

In February we are revisiting housing with a focus on rental. 

The panelists:

• Jill Atkey, CEO of BC Non-Profit Housing Association
• Jon Stovell, President & CEO of Reliance Properties
• Wendy Waters, VP of Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors
• Michael Epp, Director of Housing Planning and Development, Metro Vancouver

Rentals plays a key role in ensuring sufficient and affordable housing, and ...

On January 17 Conversations Live with Stuart McNish will explore the issue of BC’s energy future with a panel of individuals emersed in the facts and politics of this critical issue, and well-positioned to help us look towards our energy future. 

The panelists:

• Ian Anderson – Former Trans Mountain Corporation President & CEO
• Crystal Smith – Chief Councillor, Haisla Nation; chair of the First Nations LNG Alliance
• Ro...

BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon will join Conversations Live with Stuart McNish for a wide-ranging conversation 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 13. The Vancouver Sun’s Vaughn Palmer is set to join us in the room, and we expect he’ll bring his usual keen perspectives and questions to the conversation.

It should be a good one! 

Mark your calendars to join us as we address the big issues facing our province – housing, crime &am...

On November 15 we are bringing together a diverse group of people in the know to peel back the layers on food in BC. 

Heat domes, floods, fires, and rising costs of inputs such as fuel and fertilizer are putting unprecedented pressure on BC’s farmers and disrupting local food production. Factors as diverse as weather crisis, the war in Ukraine, and supply chain challenges are driving food prices up, making a trip to the gro...