The Govern...This!? Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

An in depth and broken down look at economics and the economy; and some of the building blocks that are involved in this extremely complex and seldom understood ‘Man Made’ system. 

“For us to break out of the current business, government lock on things, there has to be a change in consciousness to lead it first!”

A few of the things we touch on are:

• How banks and government fit in
• How debt is the basis of our system
• Inflation and how it works
• The debt of nations and national bonds
• Micro/macro economics
• The housing market and its affect on the world economy
• The ‘wage price spiral’ and what it means
• Arrogant governments and the lack of knowledge and understanding from our leaders
• Why small businesses are disappearing and their importance in driving the economy
• Property tax and the depths of its affect
• Government price caps and the dangers of their implementation

 

Thanks to you for listening – Until Next Time… Stay Strong and Stay Curious!

**If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.**

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An in depth and broken down look at economics and the economy; and some of the building blocks that are involved in this extremely complex and seldom understood ‘Man Made’ system. 

“For us to break out of the current business, government lock on things, there has to be a change in consciousness to lead it first!”

A few of the things we touch on are:

• How banks and government fit in
• How debt is the basis of our system
• Inflation and how it works
• The debt of nations and national bonds
• Micro/macro economics
• The housing market and its affect on the world economy
• The ‘wage price spiral’ and what it means
• Arrogant governments and the lack of knowledge and understanding from our leaders
• Why small businesses are disappearing and their importance in driving the economy
• Property tax and the depths of its affect
• Government price caps and the dangers of their implementation

 

Thanks to you for listening – Until Next Time… Stay Strong and Stay Curious!

**If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.**

To support the Podcast, just click below or go to the website…
 and Buy us some…
 Time, Energy or Equipment $$
a Beer $8…
a Coffee $5…
… Many thanks for all the Support!!

www.governthis.ca
www.facebook.com/governthis
twitter: @WeGovernThis

It was great to sit down with Esquimalt City Council member Tim Morrison the other day. We chatted about his extensive and interesting resume; what led him to be on city council; how he views his role as a city council member; and the upcoming 2019 federal election and how it affects local communities. Hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis            

In this episode my buddy Dylan and I talk about our first experience of going to see Parliament in Session at the BC Legislature. Photos on the Blog (sorry they don't show on the apps, so if you want to see him go to http://www.governthis.ca): Dylan on the left: Cleaned up... and on the right, what he first showed up wearing, I made him go home and change, haha. We talk about this on the podcast. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come            

So here we are in the middle of a very important Referendum in BC where many people either don't know about it or are confused. If you do know what's generally going on I'll bet you're missing a few key bits of information that Daniel brings to light here.  We got into the details of the referendum and the proposed voting systems... how they work, how they "could work" and what he is curious about in terms of how the government would structure and implement a few things – as some of the information is a little unclear and being left out of both the pro and anti campaigns. As well as the impact the systems might have on how MLA's could act. It gets detailed, but if I can follow and finally get a handle on it I'm sure you can to - and hey, that's what the rewind button's for right. To help sort things out... at the end of the episode Daniel shares his thoughts on where the best places to get information are - from academics more than from the campaigns as they are so currently polarized and as Daniel puts it, "... look for people who talk about trade offs, who acknowledge that there are problems with any kind of electoral system." Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come

This is the follow up episode with Professor Daniel Westlake where we talk more in depth about what is going on in BC and our own Electoral Reform. Daniel Westlake is a Professor from the University of Victoria who teaches Electoral Reform.  Check out the prequel where we get into the details of Electoral Reform and the types of systems there are and how they work. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come

British Columbia is in the midst of Electoral Reform with a referendum coming this fall. I was able to track down Daniel Westlake, a Political Science professor who teaches the subject and he agreed to sit down and give me the low down. In this episode we focus on what Electoral Reform is all about and the different types of systems that could come up and how they're structured. It was a great chat and it really helped me to understand what happens in elections and what could happen within different systems. It's all very complex and each system has their positives and negatives - so it's no easy choice. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come

OK... Montreal turned 375 this year... and Canada turned 150... what's going on... why is Montreal so much older, and what was happening before Canada became Canada? These are the few questions that started me down a road that I think will last for many sporadic episodes in the future. I'm so curious now as to how Canada began... what was going on for all those years after Montreal was a city and before Canada was a country. When did the provinces start, what was the order they joined Canada in, what were the years... among so many other questions that come up once I start learning that there really are no simple answers or explanations. To kick it all off I sit down with my buddy Nathan Walsh – a young and eloquent Canadian History buff – who tries to get me on track with some (we have lots more to cover) of the basics of what was going on leading up to Confederation and the culmination of the 'Dominion of Canada'. The main focus I suppose is "Colonial Canada" but some of the things we touch on include: - The early French and English Presence (and even the Dutch) - Upper and Lower Canada, what they are and where they were - How "Profit" had an impact on Colonizing - The Hudson's Bay Company - The Battle of the Plains of Abraham - The English and French and their alignments with the Indigenous people of the area - The Rebellion of 1837 - Lord Durham and his "Report" - The Railway - And how Nathan really likes and gets excited about the "Battles" (you'll have to listen through to get the feeling;) ) All in all, It's a lot more complicated and way more interesting than I ever knew or imagined. I will definitely be grabbing a couple more beers and sitting down with Nathan to drill him with more ignorant questions. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ :) *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come    

Bob Warwick and I take a few moments to sit down and talk about what it was like for him to manage BC Green Candidate Dr. Chris Maxwell's campaign during the 2017 Provincial Election in BC. Then we get into what goes on with political parties between elections and what it's like being a part of that on the Green side of things provincially and federally. We also talk about his almost Math degree - which is a nicely comical story... among lots of other little tidbits. We had a great time and lots of laughs. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ 🙂 *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come

Andrew Reeve returns to talk about elections and what happens on either side of one. Starting from when the campaigning begins as the Writ is Dropped and the current Government is dissolved, to what happens on election day and how to follow it. Then we get into our current 2017 BC Election and the different scenarios that could occur, regardless of how things actually do turn out. I found it all super interesting and insightful, and I hope you do as well. Thanks for listening & Until next time... Stay Curious – CJ 🙂 *If you like what you hear and you think it’s important, please share it with as many people as you can… hopefully we can all become a little more aware and involved.* Buy us a Coffee $5...  a Beer $8... or some Time, Energy or Equipment $$ - Many thanks for all the Support!! http://www.governthis.ca http://www.facebook.com/governthis twitter: @WeGovernThis *SHOW NOTES … to come