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Welcome to UnSpun - your current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.
This week, Jody and George wonder if the people of Vancouver will receive an “emotional rescue” after they read the details of Vancouver’s annual budget, which includes an almost 10% increase in spending and no restraint of any kind. Whyyyyyy? But one thing is for sure: Surrey will literally have to take a Vancouver-style budget to the bank when they see real policing costs, representing 23% of a $2 billion budget in Vancouver—that is a lot of dough. And finally, speaking of emotional rescues, why does the latest video from Mayor Ken Sim about the Rolling Stones coming to Vancouver seem so cringeworthy? It does. But it shouldn’t All that and more on
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