BC Today from CBC Radio British Columbia

Sarah McLachlan, a Grammy and Juno award-winning singer-songwriter, and Seven Taviss, a student at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, on the difference music education makes in people's lives.

Master Gardener Brian Minter offer gardening tips and advice.

David Hutniak, CEO of LandlordBC, Doug King, executive director of Together Against Poverty Society, (TAPS), Kim Claggett, President of the Queen Charlotte Heritage Housing Society and Queen Charlotte Housing Development Society, John Dubé, Senior Manager of Settlement Programs with MOSAIC.

Kasari Govender, Executive Director, West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund, Lorelei Williams, who testified at the MMIWG Inquiry, and Judy Wilson, Chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band and Executive Member of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs on the 6 month extension for the MMIWG inquiry.

Stanley Woodvine, Blogger on homelessness in Vancouver, Judy Graves, homeless advocate, Alina Turner, homeless strategy consultant, Kevin Donaghy, tent city organizer and homeless advocate.

Colin Robertson, former Canadian diplomat and a frequent commentator on international affairs, Andrew Wynn-Williams, Divisional Vice President for B.C., Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Carlo Dade Director of the Trade and Investment Centre, Canada West Foundation and senior fellow at the School of international development and global studies and University of Ottawa, Ken Neumann, National Director for Canada, United Steelworkers Union, and Phil Germuth, mayor, District of Kitimat.

Mario Canseco, President, Research Co and Stewart Prest, Instructor in the Department of Political Science at Capilano University.

Justin McElroy, CBC Reporter covering politics based in Victoria, Maria Dobrinskaya, spokesperson for Vote PR BC, and Bill Tieleman, president of the No B.C. Proportional Representation Society, on the upcoming proportional representation referendum.

A two-hour BC Today special. We are joined by Alberta@Noon for the first hour, and then resume the discussion on BC Today for the second hour. Duane Bratt, Political Scientist at Mount Royal University, David Moscrop, Political Scientist at Simon Fraser University, Zain Velji, political strategist with Northweather, Thomas Gunton, Director and Professor, Resource and Environmental Planning Program at Simon Fraser University, Jonathan Wilkinson, MP for North Vancouver and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Judy Wilson, Chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band, Colleen Collins, Vice President of the Canada West Foundation, and Andrew Weaver, leader of the BC Green Party.

Tom Skinner, Bike to Work Week Manager for HUB Cycling, Nathan Pachal, Langley City Councillor and writer, the South Fraser Blog, Jane Dyson, Executive Director, Disability Alliance BC, on Bike to Work Week,

Angela Marie McDougall, executive director, Battered Women Support Society, Hena Singh, Employment and Human Rights Lawyer and workplace investigator and mediator, Jennifer Berdahl, Professor of Leadership Studies: Gender and Diversity * University of British Columbia

Master gardener Brian Minter is here to offer advice and expertise.

Nigel Bankes, law professor and chair of natural resources law at the University of Calgary, Bob Chamberlin, Vice-President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Steve Morgan, professor at UBC School of Population and Public Health, Thy Dinh, director of health economics at the Conference Board of Canada, Adrian Dix, British Columbia's health minister, and Chris MacLeod, chair of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society in Toronto.

CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe, CBC reporters Bob Keating and Brady Strachan, and Bob Kronbauer, editor-in-chief of Vancouver is Awesome on planning your long weekend.