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The head of B.C.'s extortion task force is walking back comments he made Tuesday that the region is not in an extortion crime-related crisis after Premier David Eby demanded he step up his urgency or step down from his role. Surrey community leader and Swift 1200 AM host Jinny Sims joins the show to take listeners' calls on their concerns about whether extortion is being prioritized by police.

With Chinese electric vehicles soon to hit Canadian roads, we look into the whole EV market, the technology and whether it's a good option for car buyers as we move away from vehicles powered by fossil fuels. Electric vehicle expert and EV Revolution Show host Kenneth Bokor joins the show to take listener questions.

We hear reaction from both sides of the political spectrum following Premier David Eby's announcement that B.C. will revise the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. MLA and B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Peter Milobar joins the show to argue for why DRIPA should be repealed, and Tsartlip First Nation member and former Green Party MLA Adam Olsen explains why the act has been an important step towards reconciliation. We ask listeners to weigh in.

Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Around Victoria and Taste Around B.C. return this week offering set-priced menus for foodies as restaurants struggle. Ross Derrick, owner of Derrick's Steakhouse in Kelowna and inductee into the B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame, and Margot Baloro, general manager of Wildlight Kitchen and Bar in Vancouver, join the show to take listeners' comments about what keeps them from dining out and what would draw them back into restaurants.

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying he thinks threats to annex Greenland and aggression towards Canada and other countries are being used by the U.S. and other major powers to upend the existing world order. UBC international law professor Michael Byers joins the show as we ask you what you think the next steps are for Canada amid shifting global dynamics.