Hotel Pacifico

Hello guys thank you for putting out this podcast every week. I’ve been a fan of the other air quotes pods so of course i had to get onboard with a pod about my home province. Kates rant about permitting has inspired me to write this review. I really enjoy your insight & interviews. The issue im concerned with that doesn’t get much attention is how we have 21 municipalities in the lower mainland and 13 for greater Victoria! Maybe they made sense once upon a time but metro van has grown we are 1 big city in denial about being 1 city. between 1 and 21 theres many other numbers to choose from (my vote is for 4-5). Here in surrey there was - huge issue about rcmp vs surrey pd. I say neither it should be metro vancouver PD! Lack of leadership is very depressing. Sorry for my long rant just 1 last point if you every go to willowbrook mall in langley some of it is in the city of Langley and some is in the township of Langley 🤪make it make sense! Best wishes.

One of the best overall podcasts anywhere!! These hosts know BC and have exceptional guests that have great insights. However the discussion on natural resource permitting, while very interesting is mis-informed. Permitting delays/timelines are almost completely about government policy, not about the public service just going slow (although there is some truth to that). DRIPA requires consent. It is a veto, although lawyers may say that by legal definition is not. There are fixes to permitting in BC but it is more about changes significant policy decisions as it is about creating more efficiency in the public service. The province recently reorganized ministries from a one window approach back to a sectoral approach adding more delays. Anyway great discussion looking forward to more.

Supremely enjoyed the Election countdown, your insightful guests, and the many unexpected insights. Recently, I prefer you to the Herle Burly show. The old fella has awesome guests, but of late he has gotten a little too “hail-fellow-well-met hardy-har-har bow-wow woof-woof empty banter banter banter” which I associate with being stuck on the Lion’s Gate listening to morning radio. I like the way the three of you mix, with Mike and Geoff (the two curmudgeons who know too much) asking good hard questions (though not often enough) and Kate keeping things going and sometimes attempting to ask hard questions when the old guys are winded and start lapsing into the same old war stories we heard last month. Keep up the Skookum work!

Your 18 election daily podcasts were insightful and a true delight. You all also show such respect and good feeling towards each other. So, I raise my vanilla latté to you, for a job well done.