Transportation safety issues and traffic solutions drive much of Ryan & Lisa's conversation today as listeners call in. 

Prime Minister Carney is pitching private investors managing Canada’s four largest airports for set lease periods, keeping transport with Transport Canada. He says this would free up federal funding to reinvest in smaller regional airports to ultimately reduce the price of travelling to those destinations. Let’s get an advocate perspective now. Air Passenger Rights founder Gábor Lukács joins. 

A B.C. supreme court ruling found the provincial government isn’t authorized to make internationally trained medical graduates practice in underserved areas like rural communities. This news comes as a hospital in Vancouver is rolling out on-site 3D printing of custom splints for injury, a first in North America. Meanwhile, e-scooter safety remains at issue. Health minister Ravi Kahlon joins. 

As local election season heats up, we’re going to invite all the mayoral candidates for the City of Victoria on to meet each of them individually. Today, we meet businessman Mike Harris who is pitching a fresh start for Victoria, with a platform that includes launching a “ independent organizational and value-for-money review.”

Gasbuddy showing average prices in Victoria have dipped ever so slightly, but still nowhere close to what it was before the spike that started with September.  This comes as Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been attacking critical oil infrastructure and islands along Red Sea shipping routes, with Saudi Arabia saying a major pipeline route that dodges the Strait of Hormuz will be out of service for weeks. What can we do about the situation? Canadians for Affordable Energy president Dan McTeague joins.