Vancouver’s Budget Spin, Kits Pool Booking Madness & Iran-Israel Tensions | UnSpun Podcast Episode 293

UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck

Welcome to UnSpun – your go-to podcast and YouTube show for current events. In this episode, Jody Vance and George Affleck take it hyperlocal, starting with Vancouver’s latest budget drama—then escalating to global headlines:

💸 Vancouver’s Budget Games: Mayor Ken Sim promises a “low” property tax hike—but George calls out the political spin. Is this election-year math or fiscal mismanagement?

🏊 Kits Pool Booking Controversy: The city says “it’s fixed”—but you still have to reserve a swim at an outdoor public pool? Jody’s had enough, and Vancouver agrees.

🚧 City Decay & Priorities: Sidewalks crumbling, bridges closed, graffiti everywhere—yet money flows to PR projects. The basics are being ignored.

🌊 Ken Sim’s Popularity Problem: From communication failures to under-delivered promises, Jody and George debate what’s really gone wrong at city hall.

🛢️ Pipeline Politics & Eby vs Smith: Interprovincial tensions flare as BC’s Premier blocks major oil exports to Asia—angering Alberta and his own party.

🌍 G7 Diplomacy & Trump’s Exit: How did Mark Carney navigate Trump’s abrupt departure and make global trade allies in the process?

🧊 Empty Stadiums & ICE Arrests: Migrants vanish from public events in the U.S.—can America even host the World Cup like this?

⚠️ Iran vs Israel: With threats of nuclear escalation and global alliances shifting, is the world inching closer to World War III?

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