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[28 Apr 2005]

The NDP candidate in Vancouver-Kensington, David Chudnovsky went on the line with Joseph Planta about the issues in this provincial campaign.

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[28 Apr 2005]

Veteran independent journalist John Twigg of the newsletter, The Twigg Report, talked with Joseph Planta this afternoon, about his view of the BC election campaign thus far.

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[28 Apr 2005]

Journalist, broadcaster and corporate communications consultant Gary Bannerman talked with Joseph Planta about his thoughts on federal politics, the provincial election, and the state of broadcasting.

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[28 Apr 2005]

Broadcaster and author Rafe Mair joined Joseph Planta to talk federal and provincial politics, and how the BC campaign looks some 19 days to Election Day.

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[21 Apr 2005]

David Schreck a political pundit, former NDP MLA, and former advisor to two NDP premiers, and the publisher of his own site strategicthoughts.com, talked with Joseph Planta about the election campaign, how the NDP is doing, and why he’ll be voting ‘no’ in the STV referendum on electoral reform.

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[21 Apr 2005]

From what ridings to watch to the image of Gordon Campbell and Carole James, some 26 days before Election Day in British Columbia, Ian King covered the waterfront in his chat with Joseph Planta. King writes the ‘Ballotbox Bulldog’ column in Terminal City Weekly, and has his own blog up at ianking.ca.

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[19 Apr 2005]

Besides the general election on May 17th, there’ll also be a referendum on electoral reform. From Kelowna this afternoon, Nick Loenen, a former Social Credit MLA, talked with Joseph Planta about why he’s supporting STV and why British Columbians should vote for it on Election Day.

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[18 Apr 2005]

Adriane Carr, the leader of the BC Green Party and their candidate in Powell River-Sunshine Coast talked with Joseph Planta about how the campaign was shaping up across the province and in her riding; as well, why British Columbians should consider voting Green on May 17th.

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[1 Apr 2005]

Geoffrey Gaul, the Director of Legal Services for the Criminal Justice Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General, talked with Joseph Planta about the prosecution of the Air India trial, of which he was the Crown’s media spokesperson; as well he addressed the length of time it has taken for the Robert Pickton trial to proceed.

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[31 Mar 2005]

Weddings, karaoke and kung fu, plus a fair amount of eye candy. That’s what you’ll get when you see the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre company’s latest, Sex in Vancouver . . . Undressed. Performances begin Sunday, April 3rd at the Roundhouse, and the show’s producer, Joyce Lam talked to Joseph Planta about the show, the concept of episodic theatre, and what you’ll see.

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[24 Mar 2005]

The danger of electing Hillary Clinton president in 2008 is discussed and argued in Hillary: America’s First Dictator (Trafford, 2005). Its author, Chuck Slate talked to Joseph Planta about why Clinton is perhaps ill-suited for higher office, as well as decried the culture of apathy and complacency in the United States.

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[23 Mar 2005]

Nancy Southam, the author of Pierre: Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew (McClelland and Stewart, 2005), talked with Joseph Planta about the new memoir she’s edited about the personal and private side of Pierre Trudeau.

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[21 Mar 2005]

Denis D. Metin, an American teen who has written a vitrolic but thought-provoking book, This Great Nation of Ours: Fighting American Ignorance (Trafford, 2005), talked with Joseph Planta about ignorance in America and its government’s ignorance in its foriegn policy.

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[21 Mar 2005]

Comedian Brent Butt will be hosting the 2005 Juno Awards, Sunday, 03 April 2005. The co-creator, producer and writer of Corner Gas, the popular CTV program, spoke with Joseph Planta about hosting the Junos, Canadian music, performing, and the much-anticipated third season of the hit, Corner Gas.

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[21 Mar 2005]

Freedom of the press is under seige. Throughout the world, but in particular the United States and Canada there are glaring examples of where your right to know is seriously being challenged. Tanya Churchmuch is the Canadian president of Reporters Without Borders, an international organisation advocating for greater freedom of the press worldwide, and she talked with Joseph Planta about examples in Canada and beyong, like the case against Juliet O’Neill and more.