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Jen St. Denis is a Vancouver-based journalist for The Tyee, covering housing and city issues with a focus on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Kyla Lee is a high-profile criminal defense lawyer representing Acumen Law.She is also the author of the children's book "Sit Still Jackson".

As a co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), Garth Mullins is a harm-reduction activist, award-winning journalist, writer, broadcaster, and musician.He is also the host and executive producer of Crackdown, a podcast where drug users cover the war on drugs as war correspondents.

Brenda Locke is the Mayor of Surrey, B.C. as elected in 2022. She is also a former BC Minister of State for Mental Health and Addictions.Dr. Randeep Gill is an Emergency Physician at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Steve Saretksy is the founder of the Saretsky Group, as his business is among the top 1% of Greater Vancouver realtors. His weekly newsletter reaches several thousand readers and his podcast "The Loonie Hour" provides Canadian-based maco-economic analysis.

Angela Valiant is the host of "The Angela Valiant Show" weekdays from 6am-10am on Sonic Radio (104.9FM Vancouver; 107.5FM Chilliwack; 92.5FM Abbotsford; online at sonicradio.ca).

"Are Landlords Okay?"A MOment on This is VANCOLOUR Thursdays at 9pm on CHEK News

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and columnist for The Guardian, New York Times best-selling author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger), and tenured professor at the University of British Columbia, where she is the Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Justice.

JJ McCullough is a Canadian political commentator and a YouTube content creator with nearly a million subscribers.

"Daddy Seabus" is the anonymous creator of British Columbia's most prominent Internet meme account, Seabus Memes. Follow Seabus Memes (@seabusmemes) on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter.