The Roy Green Show

Might the confidence and supply agreement between the federal Liberals (Justin Trudeau) and the federal NDP (Jagmeet Singh) be hitting rough waters? Singh is now calling for Trudeau to announce a public inquiry into China's interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections. If Trudeau continues to refuse might Singh end the agreement? What will it take for the NDP to decide the Liberals are not acting in the best interests of Canadians, as defined by the NDP? Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal leader, New Democratic Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Team Canada, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Buffalo Sabres goaltender Don Edwards is writing a book about the murder of his parents Arnold and Donna Edwards in 1991 by George Lovie of Hamilton. Lovie had been dating Don Edwards sister Michelle. When she ended the relationship Lovie stalked Michelle and murdered her parents as she fled from Lovie to her parents home. Since being found guilty of first-degree murder in the double homicide Lovie was granted day parole and now spends several nights a week not in his prison cell, but in his own apartment. Don Edwards fears full parole will soon follow. I have known the Edwards family since 1991 and have broadcast their story. particularly with Don and his wife Tannis. I also served with Don's sister Jessie on the board of national crime victims advocacy organization CAVEAT. Guest: Don Edwards. Shares his deep concerns about George Lovie living outside prison as Lovie has threatened the entire Edwards family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An IPSOS Public Affairs poll conducted for Global News and released just days ago shows a dead heat between the federal Liberals and Conservatives among voters nationally. What might change that dynamic and in the area codes (905, 416, 514, 604, 250) critical to winning a Canadian federal election? Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs. Author: NEXT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: As food prices rise, Canadians struggle and grocery stores make profits. Loblaw reported earnings of $529M in Q4 profits while Cdn consumers are forced to prioritize their spending before they hit the checkout. What happens next? Guest: Dr. Phoebe Stephens, Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University. Another topic of concern is affordable housing. Is co-op housing a solution to rising retail prices? Our guest has called housing a human right. Guest: Tim Ross, executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. Tip-flation is another concern among many Cdns as restaurnts and retail services adopt a tipping model. Some restaurants, however, seem to go in the opposite direction and adopt a “no-tipping” model where wages are higher, and the bill is all-inclusive. Guest: Marc Mentzer, Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior With the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan. We’ve been all following the recent train derailment in Ohio recently and sparking concerns and questions of the environmental impact from the incident. Guest: Don Duke, professor and interim chair of ecology and environmental studies at Florida Gulf Coast University --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – David Peck Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the age of streaming, people are seeing value in physical media. DVDs, CDs, Vinyl Records are making a comeback of sorts. We get into why people are rediscovering the value of DVDs, records after years of digitizing everything. Guest: Tom Ivison, the owner of Classic Video in Kingston, Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 20th annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival is approaching and will be held March 8 to 19, 2023. Guest: Jennifer Baichwal: award winning writer, director and producer, storyteller and the co founder of Mercury Films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News OP ED: “Married but living apart? Canadian experts weigh in on Japan’s separation marriage trend” Guest: Joanna Seidel, therapist and clinical director for the Toronto Family Therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An op-ed from Prof Terri Griffith: “Why using AI tools like ChatGPT in my MBA innovation course is expected and not cheating” Guest: Terri Griffith, Professor and holds the Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, SFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As food prices rise, Canadians struggle and grocery stores make profits. Loblaw reported earnings of $529M in Q4 profits while Cdn consumers are forced to prioritize their spending before they hit the checkout. What happens next? Guest: Dr. Phoebe Stephens, Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another topic of concern is affordable housing. Is co-op housing a solution to rising retail prices? Our guest has called housing a human right. Guest: Tim Ross, executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tip-flation is another concern among many Cdns as restaurnts and retail services adopt a tipping model. Some restaurants, however, seem to go in the opposite direction and adopt a “no-tipping” model where wages are higher, and the bill is all-inclusive. Guest: Marc Mentzer, Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior With the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve been all following the recent train derailment in Ohio recently and sparking concerns and questions of the environmental impact from the incident. Guest: Don Duke, professor and interim chair of ecology and environmental studies at Florida Gulf Coast University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What has happened in a full year’s time and what comes next? Guest: Jeff Semple, Senior Correspondent with Global National News Toronto. Lewis Cohen joins us to discuss his epic 6-part TVO Original documentary series, Truth & Lies. It ties together thousands of years of deception, half-truths, ego-building and character assassination, that have created and toppled empires, caused the death of millions in wars and perpetuated toxic hatreds. Guest: Lewis Cohen, Emmy-winning showrunner of TVO’s Truth & Lies. Economic Anxiety is Impacting Trust of the Government. Will Canadians Level of Trust Recover? Guest: Eden Rahim, Next Edge Capital. Could a 4-day workweek lower anxiety? What have the results from trials around the world shown so far? Guest: Dale Whelehan, CEO of 4 Day Week Global. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – David Peck Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What has happened in a full year’s time and what comes next? Guest: Jeff Semple, Senior Correspondent with Global National News Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Cohen joins us to discuss his epic 6-part TVO Original documentary series, Truth & Lies. It ties together thousands of years of deception, half-truths, ego-building and character assassination, that have created and toppled empires, caused the death of millions in wars and perpetuated toxic hatreds. Guest: Lewis Cohen, Emmy-winning showrunner of TVO’s Truth & Lies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Economic Anxiety is Impacting Trust of the Government. Will Canadians Level of Trust Recover? Guest: Eden Rahim, Next Edge Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could a 4-day workweek lower anxiety? What have the results from trials around the world shown so far? Guest: Dale Whelehan, CEO of 4 Day Week Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue on the topic of the One Year Anniversary of the Russia Ukraine war. Is there any end in sight and how long could this war continue? Guest: Adam Sneyd, Political Scientist with the University of Guelph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to location technology company TomTom, drivers from Canada's major cities spent an average of roughly 144 hours in rush-hour traffic last year. Guest: Bruce Newbold, a professor in McMaster University's school of earth, environment and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OUTtv CEO Brad Danks writes about the debate over the definition of Canadian content as Bill C-11 awaits passage. What does Bill C-11 Mean for Canadian creators? Guest: Brad Danks. CEO, OUTtv. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new HBO phenomenon ‘The Last of Us’ may not be totally unrealistic – truth is, fungi can infect people – and they’re becoming more resistant. Guest: Gerry Wright, Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Top secret documents at CSIS reveal China’s sophisticated strategy to influence the 2021 federal election. Some members of Parliament say they have no idea how to spot foreign interference, and they're asking Canada's spy agency for practical advice. GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s National Security program, and former CSIS analyst. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is seeking legal action against the federal government to reveal who stayed at a $6,000 a night hotel in London, England for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. GUEST: Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation. 98-year-old Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, is now receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia. GUEST: Arthur Milnes, Fellow of the Queen's University School of Policy Studies, former speechwriter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the author of several books, including those about Prime Minister John Turner, and U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, and Jimmy Carter. New research shows Canadians have reached a tipping point when it comes to gratuities, and most would scrap tipping for higher service wages. GUEST: Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Rick Zamperin Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top secret documents at CSIS reveal China’s sophisticated strategy to influence the 2021 federal election. Some members of Parliament say they have no idea how to spot foreign interference, and they're asking Canada's spy agency for practical advice. GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s National Security program, and former CSIS analyst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is seeking legal action against the federal government to reveal who stayed at a $6,000 a night hotel in London, England for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. GUEST: Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

98-year-old Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, is now receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia. GUEST: Arthur Milnes, Fellow of the Queen's University School of Policy Studies, former speechwriter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the author of several books, including those about Prime Minister John Turner, and U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, and Jimmy Carter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New research shows Canadians have reached a tipping point when it comes to gratuities, and most would scrap tipping for higher service wages. GUEST: Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on the secret CSIS documents that show how China planned to influence Canada’s federal election in 2021. And a day after Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the federal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to clear out ‘Freedom Convoy’ protestors from Ottawa last year, a group of supporters returned to Parliament Hill Saturday to voice their displeasure. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been an interesting week in Ontario politics. The premier received a lot of push back over his daughter’s stag and doe, which was attended by developers. And the fallout in Toronto continues after that city’s mayor resigned after admitting to having an inappropriate relationship with a former staffer. GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The City of Edmonton has amended a policy and will allow anyone to swim and lounge around its nearly two dozen city-run pools without a shirt on, regardless of their gender identity. GUEST: Erin Rutherford, Councillor, City of Edmonton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to data from Statistics Canada, the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted by 40% since 2001. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship calls it ‘a wake up call’. GUEST: Daniel Bernhard, CEO, Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the Trudeau government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa last year. GUEST: David Tarrant, Vice President, National Strategic Communications, Enterprise Canada, former communications strategist in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The International Olympic Committee is reportedly thinking about creating a rotating list of permanent host cities for the Winter Games. One of the cities the IOC is apparently eyeballing is Vancouver. GUEST: Robert Livingstone, Senior producer & award-winning journalist, GamesBids.com. Member of the Olympic Journalists Association and the International Society of Olympic Historians. It appears that after agreeing to a new health care funding formula with the provinces, the Trudeau Liberals have enjoyed a surge in public opinion polls. A new Nanos Research poll shows the Liberals and federal Conservatives are now in a dead heat. GUEST: Nik Nanos, Founder and Chief Data Scientist, Nanos Research. The federal government has announced plans to develop Canada’s long-awaited Black justice strategy. But the question is, will it weed out systemic racism in our criminal justice system. GUEST: Zilla Jones, Criminal defence and human rights lawyer, Jones Law Office in Winnipeg. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Rick Zamperin Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the Trudeau government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa last year. GUEST: David Tarrant, Vice President, National Strategic Communications, Enterprise Canada, former communications strategist in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The International Olympic Committee is reportedly thinking about creating a rotating list of permanent host cities for the Winter Games. One of the cities the IOC is apparently eyeballing is Vancouver. GUEST: Robert Livingstone, Senior producer & award-winning journalist, GamesBids.com. Member of the Olympic Journalists Association and the International Society of Olympic Historians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It appears that after agreeing to a new health care funding formula with the provinces, the Trudeau Liberals have enjoyed a surge in public opinion polls. A new Nanos Research poll shows the Liberals and federal Conservatives are now in a dead heat. GUEST: Nik Nanos, Founder and Chief Data Scientist, Nanos Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has announced plans to develop Canada’s long-awaited Black justice strategy. But the question is, will it weed out systemic racism in our criminal justice system. GUEST: Zilla Jones, Criminal defence and human rights lawyer, Jones Law Office in Winnipeg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it disagrees with the Rouleau Commission’s ruling and will pursue a judicial review of the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act. GUEST: Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relations between the United States and China continue to deteriorate, made worse after America downed a Chinese surveillance balloon off the east coast on Feb. 4. Are we nearing a point of no return? GUEST: John Gruetzner, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute with an expertise on China and the Asian Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fighter jets from Canada and the U.S. were scrambled to intercept Russian bombers after they buzzed North American airspace on Monday. Is Russia becoming more daring, or careless, in the Arctic? GUEST: Dr. Jack Cunningham, Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced Wednesday that she will be stepping down as the head of Canada’s national police force. What now for Canada’s national police force? GUEST: Brian Suave, President, National Police Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Football League’s free agency period kicked off with a bang on Tuesday. Which team improved the most/least? GUEST: Derek Taylor, Winnipeg Blue Bombers play-by-play announcer, CJOB Winnipeg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto Maple Leafs have pulled off a blockbuster trade, acquiring Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from St. Louis in a deal that involves draft picks, prospects… and the Minnesota Wild. Are the Leafs all in? And what are the plans for Canada’s other NHL teams prior to the March 3 trade deadline? GUEST: Ryan Kennedy, Senior Writer, The Hockey News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Half of Canadians say they are concerned they might not have enough money to feed their family. We follow up as committed to last Sunday on the extended segment we aired on a Global News IPSOS poll which shows 22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." Up 3% since last October. Breaking it down, 28% of women say they are "completely out of money" while 15% of men say the same. Another 32% say if prices continue to rise they in a matter of months will be "out of money" as well. Guest; Darrell Bricker. CEO. IPSOS Public Affairs. What is going to happen to the price of food? Food prices will continue to rise and Dalhousie University releases a study titled "Cashed Out. How a Cashless Economy Impacts Your Grocery Experience, a Canadian Perspective." Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory and professor at Dalhousie University Listener email: Natural gas bill for his home in January of 2021 was $110.23. In January of 2022 the bill was $122.84. January 2023 his gas bill jumped to $210.14, with a carbon tax component of $29.08. Listener adds "what are we going to do when the carbon tax triples?" Guest says energy prices will continue to rise. From gasoline and diesel to electricity and natural gas the cost spiral is upward and with more carbon tax on the way. Guest: Dan McTeague. President, Canadians for Affordable Energy. LAST WORD to Callers: Are you 'out of money', 'short of money' and what does that mean to you and your family in real terms right now and what might it mean by the end of this year? Have you had to cut food purchases, cut the number of meals at your home, cut the amount of food you eat? - If inflation continues and prices continue to increase are you among the half of Canadians worried they won't be able to afford to feed their families? Guests: YOU Op ed in the Hamilton Spectator: Medical Assistance in Dying Needs Some Serious Fixing. We speak with the Hamilton businessman who with his wife, dying of a terminal brain cancer, followed protocols demanded to meet MAID requirements but still heard their doctor refuse to proceed. Guest: Jeff Paikin. Hamilton businessman who with his wife Andrea, dying of terminal brain cancer, made a decision and followed protocols on when MAID should be engaged. The United States shoots down China's weather, no, make that surveillance balloon and China expresses its displeasure. United States Air Force General Mike Minihan in an internal communication warned last week the U.S. and China "will fight in 2025." What to make now of the 'balloon incident'? As well: Our guest Dr. Christian Leuprecht wrote a 2018 op ed titled "China's silent invasion of Western universities" and pointed to three Canadian universities, Waterloo, Toronto and McGill as being particularly a focus of China and the People's Liberation Army. This past week federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne criticized Canadian universities for collaboration with China's military scientists and declared new national sercurity guidelines were on the way. Globe and Mail reports 50 Canadian universities have conducted extensive research with China's military since 2005. Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht. Professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College. Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Munk Senior Fellow in Security and Defence at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Author of POLAR COUSINS: Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Half of Canadians say they are concerned they might not have enough money to feed their family. We follow up as committed to last Sunday on the extended segment we aired on a Global News IPSOS poll which shows 22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." Up 3% since last October. Breaking it down, 28% of women say they are "completely out of money" while 15% of men say the same. Another 32% say if prices continue to rise they in a matter of months will be "out of money" as well. Guest; Darrell Bricker. CEO. IPSOS Public Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is going to happen to the price of food? Food prices will continue to rise and Dalhousie University releases a study titled "Cashed Out. How a Cashless Economy Impacts Your Grocery Experience, a Canadian Perspective." Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory and professor at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener email: Natural gas bill for his home in January of 2021 was $110.23. In January of 2022 the bill was $122.84. January 2023 his gas bill jumped to $210.14, with a carbon tax component of $29.08. Listener adds "what are we going to do when the carbon tax triples?" Guest says energy prices will continue to rise. From gasoline and diesel to electricity and natural gas the cost spiral is upward and with more carbon tax on the way. Guest: Dan McTeague. President, Canadians for Affordable Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LAST WORD to Callers: Are you 'out of money', 'short of money' and what does that mean to you and your family in real terms right now and what might it mean by the end of this year? Have you had to cut food purchases, cut the number of meals at your home, cut the amount of food you eat? - If inflation continues and prices continue to increase are you among the half of Canadians worried they won't be able to afford to feed their families? Guests: YOU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Op ed in the Hamilton Spectator: Medical Assistance in Dying Needs Some Serious Fixing. We speak with the Hamilton businessman who with his wife, dying of a terminal brain cancer, followed protocols demanded to meet MAID requirements but still heard their doctor refuse to proceed. Guest: Jeff Paikin. Hamilton businessman who with his wife Andrea, dying of terminal brain cancer, made a decision and followed protocols on when MAID should be engaged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States shoots down China's weather, no, make that surveillance balloon and China expresses its displeasure. United States Air Force General Mike Minihan in an internal communication warned last week the U.S. and China "will fight in 2025." What to make now of the 'balloon incident'? As well: Our guest Dr. Christian Leuprecht wrote a 2018 op ed titled "China's silent invasion of Western universities" and pointed to three Canadian universities, Waterloo, Toronto and McGill as being particularly a focus of China and the People's Liberation Army. This past week federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne criticized Canadian universities for collaboration with China's military scientists and declared new national sercurity guidelines were on the way. Globe and Mail reports 50 Canadian universities have conducted extensive research with China's military since 2005. Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht. Professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College. Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Munk Senior Fellow in Security and Defence at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Author of POLAR COUSINS: Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Co polling. Headline: Criticism of Trudeau increases in Western Canada. Abacus polling. Headline: Conservatives open up an 8-point lead over the Liberals as 70%+ Canadians don't think the Liberal government is focused enough on the cost of living, healthcare or housing. Guest: Mario Canseco. President. Research Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Federal Liberals backed into a corner by opposition parties and without the votes to pass Bill C-21 remove amendments banning assault-style rifles, hunting rifles and shotguns. Guest: Tony Bernardo. Executive Director: Canadian Shooting Sports Association. We track the history of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada as the federal Liberals add legislation delaying mental health as a determinant for MAID. Guest: Chris Considine. One of Canada's most successful and prominent lawyers who represented Sue Rodriguez ground-breaking physician assisted death requests at the Supreme Court of Canada where the court ruled against by a 5-4 margin on September 30, 1993. Chris Considine has represented many patients who requested medical assistance in dying since the Sue Roderiguez case. Canada's Health Care. Next week PM Justin Trudeau and the premiers will work toward a new funding model with billions more dollars flowing from Ottawa to the provinces in a formula similar to what Paul Martin promised would fix healthcare for a generation 3 years ago. How will additional billions of dollars directed by the federal government to its provincial counterparts, to be administered by the same bureaucracies improve a terribly broken delivery healthcare delivery system? and remember in 2005 the Canadian Medical Association approved a motion calling for the availability of private health insurance and services when timely public healthcare is not available. Guest: Dr. Brian Day. Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver. A private care surgical centre. Dr. Day's legal case that each Canadian must have the option to purchase prvate health insurance may be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Chinese weather, no make that surveillance balloon continues its trek high above the United States and particulary where U.S. nuclear missile silos are located (Montana). The U.S. sent out an F22 Raptor fighter plane to observe the balloon over which tensions between China and the U.S. have sufficiently been raised that American Secretary of State Antony Blinken has canceled his planned trip to Beijing. Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht. Professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College. Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Munk Senior Fellow in Security and Defence at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Author Polar Cousins: Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices