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Coastal Front is a Vancouver-based media company providing in-depth reporting and opinion, with a strong focus on government accountability at all levels in Canada. As part of our work, the Coastal Front podcast, hosted by Andrew Johns, features conversations on business, politics, and community, exploring the stories shaping our city, province, and country.
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Prem Gill is the CEO of CreativeBC, the organization responsible for bolstering Vancouver’s creative sectors, comprised of Motion Picture, Interactive & Digital Media, Music, Book & Magazine Publishing. Prem has been named one of Canada's 100 most powerful women, Vancouver Magazine’s “Power 50” and received the Community Catalyst award from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. Prior to CreativeBC, Prem spent eight years working with TELUS as the Director of Production and Original Programming.
For an organization that largely operates in the shadow of these 4 industries, CreativeBC makes an incredibly large impact on BC's economy. In fact, throughout the 2018/2019 fiscal year, the four industries served by CreativeBC contributed over $6.2 Billion to BC’s economy, with a workforce of over 108,000 workers.
Podcast Episode Summary
Tax incentives and credits to attract and support talent in Vancouver
The monetary benefit of filming movies in Vancouver
Tax loopholes for entertainment tech giants (Netflix, Amazon, Apple)
BC’s largest film and tv productions
Amplify BC and Music’s impact to BC’s economy
Should we look at creative investments the same way we do businesses?
CreativeBC Impact Report
“With the creative industries, it is a long game...someone who’s working on a TV show... it may take three or four years along with travel grants to go to market, to pitch your program, or to develop your show so that it’s ready to be sold … It may not show in the year that the investment is made...That’s what we’re working on tracking now.”
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Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Stacy Webb of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC is here to discuss the health of the province's freshwater fish stock and habitat.
The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC is a private, non-profit organization created to enhance and conserve BC's freshwater fisheries for public benefit. BC is home to some of the finest freshwater fishing in the world. Each year, over $300,000 licensed anglers spend around $500M in BC, predominantly in rural and remote areas. That being said, in 2018, the program ran a deficit of $700K, and all hands point towards the incredibly low cost of an annual fishing license, which is set by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, & Natural Resources. This organization needs funding to maintain habitats, and to protect fish populations, including endangered fish species such as the white sturgeon.
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Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Matt Horne is a Climate Policy Manager for the City of Vancouver. In this episode you’ll learn how Vancouver plans to eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels by 2050.
Surprisingly, nearly 100% of Vancouver’s emissions come from two contributing factors. Can you guess what they are? Knowing this, it becomes a lot easier to conceptualize a plan that will enable Vancouver to become an emission free City.
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
In 2018, overdoses in BC killed over 1500 people. Fentanyl is so rampant in Vancouver that it’s rare to come across an addict who still uses heroin on a regular basis. Walk through the Downtown East Side after welfare payment day and you’ll see collapsed bodies leaning against walls on every street. It’s an epidemic, and one that is not being addressed properly.
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Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Doctors in BC don’t make enough money!
Jeff Stein is medical doctor in BC and the owner of Stein Medical. He runs three clinics in downtown Vancouver, and has experienced the short-falls of BC’s public healthcare system for 30 years.
There is a massive shortage of GPs and family doctors in Vancouver. It can take hours to see a doctor at a clinic.
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
