Episode 23: Canucks on Columbia, planting trees, decriminalization and political donations to civic parties

Special guest Councillor Paul Minhas joins host Daniel Fontaine to discuss a number of issues of interest to local New West residents and businesses. What do you think about setting up a Canucks on Columbia Fan Zone? It would consist of a couple of big screens and would allow fans to visit Hyack Square to watch the playoffs. It would be a BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair) event and would be family-friendly. Will it happen?Does New West need more trees? During a recent bi-annual tree sale the City undertakes each year, the allotment of trees was sold in a matter of minutes. A motion coming to city council aims to increase the number of trees residents can purchase and plant on their private property or apartment balcony. Will the motion get majority support next week? The NDP government's decriminalization experiment appears to be going horribly wrong. There are multiple stories of the diversion of government supplied drugs along with the consumption of illicit drugs in health care facilities like Royal Columbian. Will the NDP finally abandon this experiment before the provincial election? Or will the feds step in and pull the plug first? We also discuss the recent NWP fundraising event and provide a clip from the Cambie Report podcast which talks about who is attracting more financial support when it comes to elector organizations in New West. You might be surprised to learn what was reported by Elections BC last week. These topics and much more are on this week's edition of For the Record which is available for download on all major platforms!