The Roy Green Show

An Ipsos poll for Global News shows that support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal liberals dropped from 59% in mid-September down to 52% as of October 25th. Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The leadership race for Alberta's United Conservative Party is down to its final hours. Guest: Brian Jean, UCP leadership candidate(Photo: Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A motorcycle club with patched members and chapters across Canada is offering direct support to children in need. Guest: Rayven Justice, president of the Toronto chapter of the Guardians of the Children motorcycle club(Photo: Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they've lost jobs due to corporate downsizing or corporate failure, and if Sears' going out of business sale prices have been a major disappointment for consumers.(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they've lost jobs due to corporate downsizing or corporate failure, and if Sears' going out of business sale prices have been a major disappointment for consumers.(Photo: Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Sears Canada going bankrupt, should there be legislation in place to protect employees? Guest: Lior Samfiru, employment lawyer and founding partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP(Photo: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Is Quebec's Bill 62 really Islamophobic and anti-religious legislation? Guest: Julius Grey, Quebec human and civil rights lawyer - Ontario elementary school teachers are engaged in instructing on white privilege as part of the province's education curriculum. Guest: Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail columnist, author of the column “The original sin of white privilege” - This week, Britain's head of the domestic counter terrorism agency MI5 said the United Kingdom is facing the most severe terror threat ever. How severe is the immediate terror threat in Canada, the United States and other Western nations and where is the threat coming from? Guest: Lt. Col. Steve Day, former commanding officer of Canada's elite counter terrorism Special Forces unit JTF2 - An evacuation order has been lifted for several homes near an arena in Fernie, British Columbia that was the site of a fatal ammonia leak that claimed three lives. Guest: Mary Giuliano, Mayor of Fernie, B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An evacuation order has been lifted for several homes near an arena in Fernie, British Columbia that was the site of a fatal ammonia leak that claimed three lives. Guest: Mary Giuliano, Mayor of Fernie, B.C.(Photo: Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a great deal of response after Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP and parliamentary seatmate to Justin Trudeau, called on the Prime Minister to demand the resignation of federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau.(Photo: Mark Taylor/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Britain's head of the domestic counter terrorism agency MI5 said the United Kingdom is facing the most severe terror threat ever. How severe is the immediate terror threat in Canada, the United States and other Western nations and where is the threat coming from? Guest: Lt. Col. Steve Day, former commanding officer of Canada's elite counter terrorism Special Forces unit JTF2(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they subscribe to the white privilege argument, or if they believe it’s another example of racism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they subscribe to the white privilege argument, or if they believe it’s another example of racism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy weighs in on the concept of "white privilege" and asks callers for their perspectives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario elementary school teachers are engaged in instructing on white privilege as part of the province's education curriculum. Guest: Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail columnist, author of the column “The original sin of white privilege”(Photo: Middlebrook/CSM/REX/Shutterstock/Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they agree or disagree with Quebec's Bill 62.(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they agree or disagree with Quebec's Bill 62.(Photo: Phil Carpenter/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they agree or disagree with Quebec's Bill 62.(Photo: Phil Carpenter/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Quebec's Bill 62 really Islamophobic and anti-religious legislation? Guest: Julius Grey, Quebec human and civil rights lawyer(Photo: Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Finance Minister Bill Morneau is facing more and more questions over how he handled his personal fortune when he entered government in 2015. Morneau continues to insist he followed the advice of the ethics commissioner to the letter after he was elected. He’s rejecting any suggestion of a conflict of interest. What will likely happen to Bill Morneau? Should he resign? Guest: Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP-Meanwhile, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has adjusted proposed rules for Canada's small business owners and operators. Has enough been done, or has Morneau lost the confidence of Canada's small business owners? Guests: Dan Kelly, CEO and president of the Canadian Federation of Independent BusinessMegz Reynolds, Saskatchewan farmer whose online post about Morneau's initial tax fairness plan went viral-More attention is being paid to concerns over antibiotics becoming ineffective, and the possibility of the end of modern medicine. A study commissioned by former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron predicted that an antibiotics crash will cost the world economy more than $100 trillion by 2050, and​ could cost millions of lives. Guest: Jason Tetro, Canadian Microbiologist known as "The Germ Guy," author of The Germ Code-Raymond Caissie has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years for killing Surrey, B.C. teen Serena Vermeersch in 2014. The murder came after Caissie was released from prison after serving 22 years for a violent sexual assault and kidnapping in 1991. Caissie had told the parole board he “would like to stay incarcerated for several more years,” saying he “feared he would re-offend.” Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer for the Canadian Police Association, president of the Office for Victims of Crime in Ontario and adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University-Roy and the Beauties discuss the federal finance minister's ethical conflict and the idea of white privilege. Guests: Catherine SwiftLinda LeatherdaleMichelle Simson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy and the Beauties discuss the federal finance minister's ethical conflict and the idea of white privilege. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raymond Caissie has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years for killing Surrey, B.C. teen Serena Vermeersch in 2014. The murder came after Caissie was released from prison after serving 22 years for a violent sexual assault and kidnapping in 1991. Caissie had told the parole board he “would like to stay incarcerated for several more years,” saying he “feared he would re-offend.” Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer for the Canadian Police Association, president of the Office for Victims of Crime in Ontario and adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University(Photo: RCMP Handout/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More attention is being paid to concerns over antibiotics becoming ineffective, and the possibility of the end of modern medicine. A study commissioned by former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron predicted that an antibiotics crash will cost the world economy more than $100 trillion by 2050, and​ could cost millions of lives. Guest: Jason Tetro, Canadian Microbiologist known as "The Germ Guy," author of The Germ Code(Photo: Bayne Stanley/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers whether or not they think Bill Morneau ought to resign.(Photo: Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meanwhile, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has adjusted proposed rules for Canada's small business owners and operators. Has enough been done, or has Morneau lost the confidence of Canada's small business owners? Guests: Dan Kelly, CEO and president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business Megz Reynolds, Saskatchewan farmer whose online post about Morneau's initial tax fairness plan went viral(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is facing more and more questions over how he handled his personal fortune when he entered government in 2015. Morneau continues to insist he followed the advice of the ethics commissioner to the letter after he was elected. He’s rejecting any suggestion of a conflict of interest. What will likely happen to Bill Morneau? Should he resign? Guest: Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP(Photo: Ben Nelms/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - if you're white, do you feel the odds are stacked against you in Canada? Or if you're a person of colour, do you experience discrimination from your Canadian neighbours?(Photo: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - if you're white, do you feel the odds are stacked against you in Canada? Or if you're a person of colour, do you experience discrimination from your Canadian neighbours?(Photo: Oliver Childs/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - if you're white, do you feel the odds are stacked against you in Canada? Or if you're a person of colour, do you experience discrimination from your Canadian neighbours?(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says diversity makes us stronger. But is that true? Is Canada is a nation where diversity is a strength, or is diversity a challenge?(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Stephen Harper warns not to be surprised if Donald Trump ends NAFTA. Trump is laying more hurdles in front of negotiators. Guest: Catherine Swift. Economist. WorkingCanadians.ca. Former President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. - Washington's week: Republican Senator Bob Corker describes the White House as a "day care" and warns Trump may be leading the world into WW III. A Twitter exchange follows. Trump tweets a challenge to his Secretary of State to participate in an I.Q. contest. Guest: Fran Coombs. Managing Editor, Rasmussen Reports. Longtime editor of Washington Times. - International pollster John Zogby writes column "Is Catalonia a sign of our times?" Are people on edge and ready to break up countries and long established institutions? A Zogby poll indicates only 25% of Americans feel their federal government has the most positive impact on the lives of Americans. California is making more noise about seceding from the U.S. Are many Western Canadians truly prepared to seriously consider opting out of confederation? Guest: John Zogby. Head of John Zogby Strategies. - A look at Harvey Weinstein's case of sexual harrassment and accusations of rape. Guest: Gloria Allred. Civil rights and criminal lawyer, Los Angeles. Client accuses Weinstein of sexual harassment. - When teens die because of illicit drugs/opioids sold on street corners, is there any help available for desperate families of addicted teens? How do the parents of these Canadian teens define the "opioid crisis?" Guest: Steve Cody. Ottawa. Son Nick died at 18 years of age from an overdose. Earlier the Cody family found no help was available at local hospitals or rehab centres to counter teen addiction. Website "WetheParents.ca" Guest: Sean O'Leary, Executive Director, "WetheParents.ca" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When teens die because of illicit drugs/opioids sold on street corners. Is there any help available for desperate families of addicted teens? How do the parents of these Canadian teens define the "opioid crisis?" Guest: Steve Cody. Ottawa. Son Nick died at 18 years of age from an overdose. Earlier the Cody family found no help was available at local hospitals or rehab centres to counter teen addiction. Website "WetheParents.ca" Guest: Sean O'Leary, Executive Director, "WetheParents.ca" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (EPA/PETER FOLEY) A look at Harvey Weinstein's case of sexual harrassment and accusations of rape. Guest: Gloria Allred. Civil rights and criminal lawyer, Los Angeles. Client accuses Weinstein of sexual harassment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One week since cancellation of Energy East. Have you calmed down? Does the West needs the Rest of Canada to survive?? Would Canada be better off today had Quebecers decided to secede in 1995? Callers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) International pollster John Zogby writes column "Is Catalonia a sign of our times?" Are people on edge and ready to break up countries and long established institutions? A Zogby poll indicates only 25% of Americans feel their federal government has the most positive impact on the lives of Americans. California is making more noise about seceding from the U.S. Are many Western Canadians truly prepared to seriously consider opting out of confederation? Guest: John Zogby. Head of John Zogby Strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) Washington's week: Republican Senator Bob Corker describes the White House as a "day care" and warns Trump may be leading the world into WW III. A Twitter exchange follows. Trump tweets a challenge to his Secretary of State to participate in an I.Q. contest. Guest: Fran Coombs. Managing Editor, Rasmussen Reports. Longtime editor of Washington Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Ben Nelms/Bloomerg) Stephen Harper warns not to be surprised if Donald Trump ends NAFTA. Trump is laying more hurdles in front of negotiators. Guest: Catherine Swift. Economist. WorkingCanadians.ca. Former President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are back in Canada after being held captive by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan for the past five years. Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, security advisor to the governments of Ontario & Canada, and current security and justice analyst and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University - England's Chief Medical Officer says antibiotic resistance could spell the "end of modern medicine" and warns of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse." Guest: Jason Tetro, “The Germ Guy”, Microbiologist and author of The Germ Code - Earlier this week, there was widespread backlash over an initiative on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website that involved taxing employee discounts. A spokesperson for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the government is pulling the wording of the initiative from the CRA website and will hold an internal review on the wording change. Guest: CPC Senator Denise Batters - Are Canadians committed to evading taxes? How strongly is the underground tax-evasion economy performing? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business - Sally Quinn may be the ultimate Washington insider. She’s one of the most famous and powerful women in the United States. Does the climate in Washington today seem reminiscent of the Watergate era? Guest: Sally Quinn, Washington Post journalist, columnist, network news anchor, married to Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, Memoir: “Finding Magic” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy and the Beauties discuss the allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein and the ongoing issue of “tax fairness” with the federal Liberal government. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Yann Coatsaliou/AFP/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sally Quinn may be the ultimate Washington insider. She’s one of the most famous and powerful women in the United States. Does the climate in Washington today seem reminiscent of the Watergate era? Guest: Sally Quinn, Washington Post journalist, columnist, network news anchor, married to Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, Memoir: “Finding Magic”(Photo: J. David Ake/The Associated Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're small business owners or if they work in retail, and what they thought when they heard about the CRA's initiative to tax employee discounts.(Photo: Mario Beauregard/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Canadians committed to evading taxes? How strongly is the underground tax-evasion economy performing?Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're small business owners or if they work in retail, and what they thought when they heard about the CRA's initiative to tax employee discounts.(Photo: Mark Blinch/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this week, there was widespread backlash over an initiative on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website that involved taxing employee discounts. A spokesperson for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the government is pulling the wording of the initiative from the CRA website and will hold an internal review on the wording change. Guest: CPC Senator Denise Batters(Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Airing tonight, a Global News report investigates a troubling trend of leaks and spills in the Sarnia, Ontario area – and how it impacts the people who live nearby.Guest: Carolyn Jarvis, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Global News(Photo: Trevor Owens/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England's Chief Medical Officer says antibiotic resistance could spell the "end of modern medicine" and warns of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse." Guest: Jason Tetro, “The Germ Guy”, Microbiologist and author of The Germ Code(Photo: Mel Evans/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are back in Canada after being held captive by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan for the past five years. Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, security advisor to the governments of Ontario & Canada, and current security and justice analyst and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University(Photo: Haqqani Network/Handout) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Energy East has been cancelled. Quebec politicians are celebrating and claiming responsibility. Guest: Michelle Rempel. CPC MP, Calgary Nose Hill. - Vivian Krause writes strongly challenged columns for the Financial and National Post, about American environment group funding for Canadian organizations opposed to oil sands and Canadian pipelines. Guest: Vivian Krause. - A cruel Facebook posting by a senior CBS VP saw her fired by the network. There’s a lot of opinion that Haley Geftman-Gold's posting she "was not even sympathetic" to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre because "country music fans often are Republican," backs up the view that much MSM is left-wing and that their news and opinion broadcasting follows that direction all the way to becoming "fake news." Was the firing for a personal posting on social media justified? Guest: Chantal Goldsmith. VP/partner, labour and employment practice, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. - Are ethics/standards slipping in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.? Do MSM reports reflect a left-wing bias? Guest: Jane Kirtley. Silha Professor of Media Ethics and the Law at the University of Minnesota. - How will the Liberal Government’s plans for tax changes impact Canadians’ abilities to access proper mental health care? Guest: Senator Denise Batters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two issues are particularly causing strongly opinionated views on air, via social media and email. This hour we open phones to the issues creating this listener/caller feedback. 1) PIPELINES: The cancellation of Energy East this week. Is the regional discord over building of new pipelines for Alberta oil to get to international markets creating a threat for Canada's continued confederation? 2) NEWCOMERS: This coming Wednesday Ottawa is loosening the requirements to become a Canadian citizen and Canada's borders are increasingly porous with Ottawa doing little to halt illegal crossing into Canada other than warning refugee claims may be rejected. As the U.S. expels hundreds of thousands of people, will most of them head for Canada and be permitted entry...and if you challenge any such development do you expect to be labeled as intolerant and racist? And if you do, are you? Guest: Senator Denise Batters. CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (File/ Global News) Two issues are particularly causing strongly opinionated views on air, via social media and email. This hour we open phones to the issues creating this listener/caller feedback. 1) PIPELINES: The cancellation of Energy East this week. Is the regional discord over building of new pipelines for Alberta oil to get to international markets creating a threat for Canada's continued confederation? 2) NEWCOMERS: This coming Wednesday Ottawa is loosening the requirements to become a Canadian citizen and Canada's borders are increasingly porous with Ottawa doing little to halt illegal crossing into Canada other than warning refugee claims may be rejected. As the U.S. expels hundreds of thousands of people, will most of them head for Canada and be permitted entry...and if you challenge any such development do you expect to be labeled as intolerant and racist? And if you do, are you? CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are ethics/standards slipping in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.? Do MSM reports reflect a left-wing bias? Guest: Jane Kirtley. Silha Professor of Media Ethics and the Law at the University of Minnesota. Is there left-wing bias in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.? Callers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices