BCOC, Canada’s CEO’s on economic plan; 2 former Liberal MP’s on futures of Trudeau and Scheer; Prof. Stephen Pyne on wildfires, now and ahead; Pollster John Zogby on Trump impeachment; Pimps guilty of sex-trafficking spared jail in Ottawa

The Roy Green Show Podcast

After nine months of study, the Business Council of Canada has released its report and recommendations of its CEO-led national Task Force on Canada's Economic Future. The BCOC released an "actual plan for growing our economy so we can continue to afford the quality of life and social programs we have come to cherish."

Guest:  Goldy Hyder, President & CEO of the BCOC

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There has been much speculation about the CPC leadership of Andrew Scheer before and during the federal election campaign. And now Peter MacKay told an American audience in Washington that Scheer's management of the election campaign was like having a breakaway on an open net and missing the net. To former Liberal Members of Parliament joined the Roy Green Show before the election, announcing their intention to vote Conservative for the first time. They return to the show to discuss Sheer's performance, and Trudeau's reelection.

Read Roy's blog for more on this: http://www.roygreenshow.com. 

Guests:

Dan McTeagu, former Liberal MP

Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP

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Professor Stephen Pyne says that we are now living in the “Pyrocene” Age, which will be as impactful as the Ice Age. Roy talks with Professor Pyne to find out how he defines the Pyrocene Age, and what it means for our way of living.

Guest: Prof Steve Pyne. Prof Emeritus. Univ of Arizona.  Global expert on wildfires.  Author of more than 30 books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fire, including big-screen surveys for the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Russia.

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The Donald Trump impeachment process continues in the House of Representatives. Trump tweeted that the Democrats are engaged "in the greatest witch hunt in American history.  Are the Democrats involved in anything other than pursuing Trump?

Guest:  John Zogby,  founder of the Zogby poll and  author of We Are Many, We Are One

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Two Ottawa area women who were actively grooming two teenage girls for sex-trafficking were spared a prison sentence by a judge.  The girls were plied with liquor and drugs and had already been exposed to sexual activity by adult men.  The judge declared that committing the women pimps to the mandatory five years in prison would “would outrage the standards of decency" and be opposed by the general Canadian public.

Guest: Scott Newark, Former Alberta Crown prosecutor, Professor at Simon Fraser University

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