10 | Who is John Rustad? (w/ John Rustad, Conservative Party of BC)

09/11/24 • 22 min

I, along with many of you, have been surprised in this election year to see Mr. Rustad in a head-to-head with Premier Eby for the province’s top job... while the BC Liberals/United have basically disappeared.

What is going on? And how did we get here?

Well, we know some of the backstory from newspapers: the messy split between Kevin Falcon and John, leading to John sitting briefly as an independent and then his surfacing as the leader of a previously pretty quiet Conservative Party of BC.

Lo and behold, something about this reinvention has appealed to many British Columbians.

So, I ask again, who is John Rustad? What would his priorities be if he were to be elected Premier? Or, alternatively, how would he handle the job of Leader of the Opposition?

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Carole Taylor's Journal is a public affairs dialogue that digs deep into the most pressing issues of our times. For more, see our website at http://www.caroletaylorsjournal.ca.

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What is going on? And how did we get here?

Lo and behold, something about this reinvention has appealed to many British Columbians.

So, I ask again, who is John Rustad? What would his priorities be if he were to be elected Premier? Or, alternatively, how would he handle the job of Leader of the Opposition?

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Carole Taylor's Journal is a public affairs dialogue that digs deep into the most pressing issues of our times. For more, see our website at http://www.caroletaylorsjournal.ca.

ctj010 #bcpoli #cdnpoli #britishcolumbia

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09 | Vancouver’s Housing Conundrum (w/ Bob Rennie)

In this edition of Journal, we are going to jump into the fray and take a close look at the blizzard of housing announcements – 62 at last count, coming from all levels of government in this past year. Many of them promise affordable housing.

Finally, our politicians have noticed the angst in our community about the cost of housing, rising mortgage rates, the lack of housing options – but at the same time, the fear of density.

The important question is, besides all of the photo-ops, will these initiatives make a difference? Will Vancouver ever be affordable, or is that just a pipedream?

Join Carole Taylor and Bob Rennie in a discussion about Vancouver’s housing conundrum.

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Carole Taylor's Journal is a public affairs dialogue that digs deep into the most pressing issues of our times. For more, see our website at http://www.caroletaylorsjournal.ca.

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11 | Vancouver Art Gallery: Where to Go From Here? (w/ Bob Rennie)

The Vancouver Art Gallery – what started out more than 15 years ago as a shiny new vision

for an internationally-recognized art gallery based in BC has turned into one of those nightmares we have seen time and time again.

Its budget started out at around $300 million and has now doubled to a number in the $600 millions – before anything has been built.

How did this happen? Was the idea right in the first place? Did we need a costly, splashy international architectural firm to design it?

One person who has been public about his concerns with this project from the beginning is Bob Rennie. While most people know of Bob from his stellar real estate career, his big love in life

has always been the world of art.

He is regarded as one of the WORLD’S top collectors of modern contemporary art.

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Carole Taylor's Journal is a public affairs dialogue that digs deep into the most pressing issues of our times. For more, see our website at http://www.caroletaylorsjournal.ca.

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