Mike Farnworth

I think Faulkner is technically wrong because there are a couple of Green Party MLAs in the BC legislature and that party has been very broadly supportive of Dolph, right? So it's not that there's no political constituency, but he's right overall that like, it does seem like the NDP is mad about this.

The former public safety minister, Mike Farnworth, has already called on the federal government to appeal the decision.

And I think overall, he's also right that like, There is basically a political consensus in the province that the government shouldn't be doing policies that would stop the death themselves and that if people take it into their own hands to try to save their family and friends lives that they need to be arrested to have an example made of them.

That's right.

Okay.

Mike Farnworth, though, he was on the show yesterday, the former NDP Solicitor General, running for re-election.

He says if the Conservatives win and they do this, you better get set to pay through the nose for your auto insurance.

Have a listen.

And so you're left with a company that can essentially act with impunity.

And so combining those things, it produces very unfair results in serious cases.

Okay, let's have a listen to Mike Farnworth again.

So this is Farnworth on the show yesterday running for re-election for the NDP.

The BC NDP are claiming that if this plan goes through, the BC Conservatives getting elected and changing ICBC, your rates would effectively double.

Is that true? Here now to discuss Mike Farnworth, BC NDP candidate for Port Coquitlam.

Thanks so much for being here.

I appreciate your time this morning.

It provides thousands of jobs right across the country, right across the province.

Why would we go to a system where your insurance premiums are going to double? That

Mike Farnworth, I wish we had more time to discuss.

I really appreciate you coming on and speaking on this topic.

[upbeat music] On today's episode, what's wrong with no-fault auto insurance? BC's Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth says insurance rates could double if we go private.

There's lots to discuss there.

Plus, with the municipal election and the provincial election both on at the same time, are we seeing election fatigue with voters? We'll get into that one as well.

We will have limits around what litigation will look like and the, and the cost of, uh, what a lawyer will be able to charge.

Okay.

Mike Farnworth, though, he was on the show yesterday.

The former NDP solicitor general running for reelection.

He says if the Conservatives win and they do this, you better get set to pay through the nose for your auto insurance.

Who's right? Let's discuss it with my guest now.

Mike Farnworth, the NDP candidate running for re-election in Port Coquitlam.

Of course, the former solicitor general.

Mike, thanks for coming on today.

And the bombshell court ruling throwing out drug trafficking convictions against two harm reduction advocates.

How did that happen? It's all coming up on the Mike Smyth Show podcast.

All right, let's continue with our B.C. election coverage now.

My guest is Lorne Dirksen, leader of the B.C. Conservatives running for re-election in Caribou, Chilcotin.

Surely they're worried about $2 on the price of a bottle of their favorite drink.

Okay, do you agree that gas prices are too high as well?

Listen, I know where this is going, Mike, so I think they are too high.

What we're going to do about that, I'm not sure.

I'm not saying who to vote for in Burnaby newest Winster, but I'm just saying Papa Raj is beloved amongst cat lovers.

Uh, Mike Farnworth running for what I believe is his 87th term in office.

I'm not that you'd have to double check the number on that.

He helped with confederation and here he is now, uh, still in office, poor Brad West, just waiting for Mike to retire, not happening anytime soon.

Well...

Mike McDonald plus AI is a very dangerous thing.

But I did, and I cross-checked it, and I made sure the AI was accurate.

I want to know, is there a majority government in British Columbia that called an election sooner than what David Eby did this week? What's the smallest amount of time served by a majority government? Well, guess what? David Eby broke the record.

It's that they can't sell them to get their money back.

This is the smelling salts of capitalism, reviving the markets.

Mike, I'm surprised to hear you waffling on that.

I mean, if they can't find a buyer at the price, shouldn't they be lowering the price? And if they don't lower the price, that tax seems reasonable.