The Roy Green Show

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has been silent about this until now. Canada's Innovation Minister is committing to bring forward new national security guidelines to better protect the newest science and technology from falling into the control of China as Ottawa vows to curb Canadian university research with Chinese military scientists. AND Global News reports: Mendicino says national security "at no time" threatened by China-linked RCMP contract. AND: The Balloon. What was Canada's response to the China surveillance balloon traversing Canadian airspace? We called in the Chinese Ambassador for a stern chat. Guest: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston. Senior Fellow, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa. Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Advisory Board Member, Chjina Risks Institute, Member, Canada U.S. Commission on China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Montreal Economic Institute has tracked the effects of the Supreme Court of Canada granting Quebeckers (and only Quebeckers) the right to purchase private health insurance in the so-called 2005 Chaouili Decision. Quebec is consistently now the province with the highest public approval for mixed and private healthcare in Canada according to the Montreal Economic Institute. France and Sweden are examples of how private companies and non-profit organizations account for a significant percentage of care providers in government-run insurance plans. Guest: Renaud Brossard. Senior Director Communications, Montreal Economic Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Controversy continues over a statement published by Canada's Special Representative on Islamaphobia, Amira Elghawaby concerning Quebecers and the province's Secularism Bill 21 with Elghawaby writing a majority of Quebecers appear to be swayed by "anti-Muslim sentiment." Quebec premier Francois Legault and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet wanting Elghawaby removed from her position and in Blanchet's case the position itself entirely removed. The Quebec National Assembly has adopted a motion calling on the federal government to end Ms. Elghawaby's mandate. Guest: Julius Grey. Prominent Montreal civil rights lawyer and member of a group of highly profiled Quebecers icalling for Ms. Elghawaby to "be given the opportunity to assume and pursue the mandate for which she was appointed." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's housing market has become our national obsession, and with good reason. Years of skyrocketing prices are now meeting surging mortgage rates, and the result is some of the least affordable housing in the world. What's driving that affordability crisis, and what comes next? On this episode of Free Lunch by The Peak, we speak with Mike Moffatt, a Senior Director at the Smart Prosperity Institute and Assistant Professor at Ivey Business School. Mike argues that a lack of supply is the key driver of expensive housing in Canada—we get into the details of why that is and some of the ways our dysfunctional housing market warps our economy. Click the link to hear more - https://link.chtbl.com/freelunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Russia under new pressure as increasing military armament from the West will arrive for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Battle tanks approved, long range missile systems and fighter planes under consideration. Guest: Ambassador Olexander Scherba. Former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the United States. Author: Ukraine vs Darkness. Mass shootings continue unabated in the U.S. Some 40 mass shootings in 2023 already. We speak with Christian Heyne, vice presidnet of Policy and Programs at Brady United (United Against Gun Violence), one of the most influential national anti gun violence/crime organizations in the United States. Jim Brady, a gun owner and President Ronald Reagan's Press Secretary survived a gunshot to his head during an assassination attempt on President Reagan. Jim Brady and his wife Sarah worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass the bipartisan Brady Bill which ensured background checks were cafried out on gun sales in the U.S. Today Brady continues to work with gun owners and non-gun owners to end America's gun violence epidemic. Guest: Christian Heyne. VP Policy and Programs at Brady United. Heyne's own family has been impacted by gun violence. On Memorial Day 2005 Christian's mother was killed while his father survived multiple gun shots by a man with a history of violence. Tom Caldwell is chairman of Caldwell Securities in Toronto. Seats on the NYSE and TSX. Caldwell in an audio visual presentation on Caldwell Securities website raises the question of whether today Canada remains a country we are proud of. - Caldwell asks what are the objectives and ambitions of government politicians. Answers politicians are preoccupied by gaining votes through photo opportunities. - As well, Caldwell says we have in many ways ceased to be country. - Questions our post-secondary education institutions. Says we don't debate any longer, but rather attack ideas. - Canada no longer seen as a destination for investment. - Argues people outside Canada view us differently and not as a dependable ally and/or economic partner. - Caldwell argues political parties foist people on us who aren't leaders. Guest: Tom Caldwell. Chairman. Caldwell Securities. The conversation black fathers in the United States have with their sons over interaction with U.S. police. In the wake of the brutal beating by five Memphis police officers on Tyre Nichols which resulted in the death of Nichols and the firing of the five officers who also face murder charges, the issue of the conversation black fathers have with their sons over how to engage U.S. police officers in the event the sons are faced with direct police scrutiny is being discussed. We speak with a black father about that conversation he had with his son. A conversation he first shared on RGS a number of years ago. Guest: Ron Miller. Vice-president for Online Learning at Southwest Baptist University. Former Associate Dean and professor at Liberty University and President of the No Walls Ministry in Virginia. Ron served in the U.S. Air Force and and leads the RonsReflections.net website. --------------------------------------------- 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

Russia under new pressure as increasing military armament from the West will arrive for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Battle tanks approved, long range missile systems and fighter planes under consideration. Guest: Ambassador Olexander Scherba. Former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the United States. Author: Ukraine vs Darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mass shootings continue unabated in the U.S. Some 40 mass shootings in 2023 already. We speak with Christian Heyne, vice presidnet of Policy and Programs at Brady United (United Against Gun Violence), one of the most influential national anti gun violence/crime organizations in the United States. Jim Brady, a gun owner and President Ronald Reagan's Press Secretary survived a gunshot to his head during an assassination attempt on President Reagan. Jim Brady and his wife Sarah worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass the bipartisan Brady Bill which ensured background checks were cafried out on gun sales in the U.S. Today Brady continues to work with gun owners and non-gun owners to end America's gun violence epidemic. Guest: Christian Heyne. VP Policy and Programs at Brady United. Heyne's own family has been impacted by gun violence. On Memorial Day 2005 Christian's mother was killed while his father survived multiple gun shots by a man with a history of violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Caldwell is chairman of Caldwell Securities in Toronto. Seats on the NYSE and TSX. Caldwell in an audio visual presentation on Caldwell Securities website raises the question of whether today Canada remains a country we are proud of. - Caldwell asks what are the objectives and ambitions of government politicians. Answers politicians are preoccupied by gaining votes through photo opportunities. - As well, Caldwell says we have in many ways ceased to be country. - Questions our post-secondary education institutions. Says we don't debate any longer, but rather attack ideas. - Canada no longer seen as a destination for investment. - Argues people outside Canada view us differently and not as a dependable ally and/or economic partner. - Caldwell argues political parties foist people on us who aren't leaders. Guest: Tom Caldwell. Chairman. Caldwell Securities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conversation black fathers in the United States have with their sons over interaction with U.S. police. In the wake of the brutal beating by five Memphis police officers on Tyre Nichols which resulted in the death of Nichols and the firing of the five officers who also face murder charges, the issue of the conversation black fathers have with their sons over how to engage U.S. police officers in the event the sons are faced with direct police scrutiny is being discussed. We speak with a black father about that conversation he had with his son. A conversation he first shared on RGS a number of years ago. Guest: Ron Miller. Vice-president for Online Learning at Southwest Baptist University. Former Associate Dean and professor at Liberty University and President of the No Walls Ministry in Virginia. Ron served in the U.S. Air Force and and leads the RonsReflections.net website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers on earth have received a radio signal from an ancient galaxy nearly nine billion lightyears away. From an era long before our own solar system materialized. - An asteroid the size of a delivery truck came to within 3600 km of earth on Thursday. The closest such encounter in recorded history and much closer than satellites in orbit around the earth. Reason to be fearful or concerned? - New research published Monday in the Nature Geoscience Journal concludes the earth's core stopped rotating around 2009 and then slowly began rotating slowly in the opposite direction. Impact? Guest: Chris Rutkowski. Science writer who has written extensively on UFO's and related subjects. Degrees in science and education. Recently retired from the University of Manitoba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco. Global News: Ticketmaster says cyberattack, bots to blame for Taylor Swift debacle. -- The U.S. Senate heard a hearing during which a Ticketmaster executive from the parent company Live Nation argued the company does not hold a ticket sale monopoly and that the Ticketmaster Taylor Swift sale was targeted by software bots which illegally obtained tickets then flipped and resold the tickets for astronomical prices. Guest: (That) Eric Alper. Over 1 million followers, friends, connections on his social media platforms. Past and present clients include: Ringo Starr, Ray Charles, Barry Manilow, Bob Geldof, Randy Bachman and Sinead O'Connor. - ThatEricAlper.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Is the relationship between the minority federal government and provincial governments deteriorating. Earlier this week Quebec premier Legault took to Twitter posting Justin Trudeau is attacking the Quebec nation and last weekend Trudeau visited Saskatoon and made it a point to not invite Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe to the event. - Guest posts to Twitter that leaders of allied nations Germany and Japan visited Canada in search of increased LNG exports and returned disappointed. - Federal government closer to inking a new funding model for healthcare with the provinces. Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan. As Canada's federal government readies for what will no doubt be a stormy session we speak with Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre and what Mr. Poilievre told his caucus the focus of the party will be when parliament reopens. - Also, thoughts on the first anniversary of the so-called Freedom Convoy ensconced in Ottawa. Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader. Conservative Party of Canada. 22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." The number rises to 28% for women. IPSOS polling for Global News. Breaking down what that means across Canada. Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO IPSOS Public Affairs, Canada. Stranger assaults on the increase across Canada with particular attention being paid to such attacks on public transit in Toronto and Vancouver. How much of the issue deals with mental health concerns and how are victims of stranger assaults faring following these random and violent confrontations? Guests: Julia Rady. Victim of a violent stranger attack on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Wrote op ed on experience with recommendations. & Mark Henick. Mental health strategist. Served as nat'l spokesperson for the Canda-wide Faces of Mental Illness Campaign. - Attempted suicide at 15 and his Ted Talk description of that event during which Mark's life was saved by a stranger has been viewed millions of times online. - CEO of Strategic Mental Health Consulting. --------------------------------------------- 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

Is the relationship between the minority federal government and provincial governments deteriorating. Earlier this week Quebec premier Legault took to Twitter posting Justin Trudeau is attacking the Quebec nation and last weekend Trudeau visited Saskatoon and made it a point to not invite Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe to the event. - Guest posts to Twitter that leaders of allied nations Germany and Japan visited Canada in search of increased LNG exports and returned disappointed. - Federal government closer to inking a new funding model for healthcare with the provinces. Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Canada's federal government readies for what will no doubt be a stormy session we speak with Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre and what Mr. Poilievre told his caucus the focus of the party will be when parliament reopens. - Also, thoughts on the first anniversary of the so-called Freedom Convoy ensconced in Ottawa. Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader. Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." The number rises to 28% for women. IPSOS polling for Global News. Breaking down what that means across Canada. Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO IPSOS Public Affairs, Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stranger assaults on the increase across Canada with particular attention being paid to such attacks on public transit in Toronto and Vancouver. How much of the issue deals with mental health concerns and how are victims of stranger assaults faring following these random and violent confrontations? Guests: Julia Rady. Victim of a violent stranger attack on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Wrote op ed on experience with recommendations. & Mark Henick. Mental health strategist. Served as nat'l spokesperson for the Canda-wide Faces of Mental Illness Campaign. - Attempted suicide at 15 and his Ted Talk description of that event during which Mark's life was saved by a stranger has been viewed millions of times online. - CEO of Strategic Mental Health Consulting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three legal/court issues. Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code states a schoolteacher, parent of persion in standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances. -- The Supreme Court of Canada upholds mandatory minimum sentencing on conviction of a gun crime. -- Federal Court instructs the government four Canadians suspected of being members of ISIS and currently held in Syrian prisons controlled by Kurdish forces must be repatriated. One of the men is Jack (so-called "Jihadi Jack") Letts. Guest: Ari Goldkind. Toronto criminal lawyer, media pundit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk as BOC raised key interest rate for 8th time on Wednesday, economists warn. - Economists warn fedgov of turbulent year for Canada's economy. - Leaders of allies Germany and Japan visit Canada seeking LNG export commitment. Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of Macroeconomics, Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: The National Capital Commission is in the process of renaming the Sir John A MacDonald Parkway in Ottawa. Three City of Ottawa council members proposed the name change in the spirit of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples because MacDonald authorized the creation of residential schools when he served as Canada's first prime minister in the 1880's. The NCC announced Thursday the new name of the parkway will be Indigenous and the name will be made public on September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Also: guest view of $2.8 billion agreement between the federal government and B.C. Indigenous Band whose children attended residential schools as day scholars. Guest: Chief Cadmus Delorme. Chief of Cowesses First Nation Saskatchewan. It is at Cowessess in 2021 that ground radar discovered what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marival Indian Residential School which operated from 1899 to 1997 Tom, an RGS listener in Manitoba sent email about his increased costs dealing with energy like his natural gas heating bill. For December $526 with the carbon tax component $96 and his rebate cheque from the federal government at $104. And, writes Tom "there's still the hidden portion of the tax in my gasoline, at the grocery store, drug store, clothing store, etc purchases." Tom continues "in my (humble) opinion as a senior citizen on a rather limited income the carbon tax is just as insidious to the economy as plastic pollution is to the environment." Tom's email is similar to others which have arrived from all demographics and regions of Canada. Guest: Dan McTeague. President: Canadians for Affordable Energy who warns Canadians we will again see the $2 per litre gasoline price by May/June and diesel at $2.60. While inflationary pressure is easing the Bank of Canada is nevertheless expected to raise its interest rate one more time next week. After that? Will Canada experience recessionary pressure for the balance of the calendar year? Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of Macroeconomics at Metropolitan University in Toronto. Canada announces 200 Senator Armoured Personnel Carriers (suited for police operations more than militaryh) will be shipped to Ukraine's military along with 39 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (originally intended for the CAF). Justin Trudeau also mused about sending Canadian Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine. However, many of the Canadian Leopards are reporterd to be in sufficient disrepair to not be battle-worthy. What is our guest's view of Canada's support of Ukraine militarily and the state of readiness of the CAF should the Canadian military be called on to defend Canada? Guest: General Rick Hillier. Former Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada's top military officer). --------------------------------------------- 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

The National Capital Commission is in the process of renaming the Sir John A MacDonald Parkway in Ottawa. Three City of Ottawa council members proposed the name change in the spirit of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples because MacDonald authorized the creation of residential schools when he served as Canada's first prime minister in the 1880's. The NCC announced Thursday the new name of the parkway will be Indigenous and the name will be made public on September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Also: guest view of $2.8 billion agreement between the federal government and B.C. Indigenous Band whose children attended residential schools as day scholars. Guest: Chief Cadmus Delorme. Chief of Cowesses First Nation Saskatchewan. It is at Cowessess in 2021 that ground radar discovered what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marival Indian Residential School which operated from 1899 to 1997 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom, an RGS listener in Manitoba sent email about his increased costs dealing with energy like his natural gas heating bill. For December $526 with the carbon tax component $96 and his rebate cheque from the federal government at $104. And, writes Tom "there's still the hidden portion of the tax in my gasoline, at the grocery store, drug store, clothing store, etc purchases." Tom continues "in my (humble) opinion as a senior citizen on a rather limited income the carbon tax is just as insidious to the economy as plastic pollution is to the environment." Tom's email is similar to others which have arrived from all demographics and regions of Canada. Guest: Dan McTeague. President: Canadians for Affordable Energy who warns Canadians we will again see the $2 per litre gasoline price by May/June and diesel at $2.60. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While inflationary pressure is easing the Bank of Canada is nevertheless expected to raise its interest rate one more time next week. After that? Will Canada experience recessionary pressure for the balance of the calendar year? Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of Macroeconomics at Metropolitan University in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada announces 200 Senator Armoured Personnel Carriers (suited for police operations more than militaryh) will be shipped to Ukraine's military along with 39 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (originally intended for the CAF). Justin Trudeau also mused about sending Canadian Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine. However, many of the Canadian Leopards are reporterd to be in sufficient disrepair to not be battle-worthy. What is our guest's view of Canada's support of Ukraine militarily and the state of readiness of the CAF should the Canadian military be called on to defend Canada? Guest: General Rick Hillier. Former Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada's top military officer). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Controversy swirling around Alberta premier Danielle Smith concerning CBC news story someone in the premier's office contacted provincial prosecutors. Smith's office denies or unaware. (declined our interview request for today) Guest: Duane Bratt. Political science professor, Mount Royal University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The so-called "just transition" plan which according to Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government is to create a job transformation for traditional energy workers to bridge to a so-called green energy economy. Trudeau has been committed to such a transformation since 2019, but details are absent and this week Blacklock's Reporter revealed a briefing memo federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson received from his advisors that more than 2,7 million Canadians will face "significant" disruptions in employment because of the federal government's climate change approach. This after Wilkinson boasted there would be so many new jobs it would be difficult to find enough labour to fill those jobs. Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor. Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia continues its assault on Ukraine and is said to be preparing for a ramping up of its attack. The Ukraine military continues to ask for NATO battle tanks and NATO allies are deliberating whether to deliver German Leopards to Ukraine. Our guest insists NATO nations must ramp up support for Ukraine and warns Russia that should they somehow manage to defeat the Ukraine military that Russia will be mired in a multi-decade destructive guerilla war. Guest: Dr. Anders Aslund. Economist. Former economic advisor to both Russia and Ukraine {at different times}. Author: Russia's Crony Capitalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News B.C.: Twin brothers killed in Saanich, B.C. bank shooting 'wanted to shoot and kill police': report. Guest: Darrian Matassa-Fung. Global News B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mexico outlaws smoking outside a family home (that includes open air venues and beaches). - This week it was recommended warning labels be affixed to all alcohol containers in Canada.With healthcare under massive stress and with smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol contributing to serious and negative health outcomes is it ethical for medical institutions (and individual doctors) to impose a prohibition on tobacco and alcohol use in order to obtain expensive and challenging surgeries? Abstaining from alcohol for six months prior to being eligible for liver transplantation was the regulation previously in Canada (is no longer). - In the U.K. hospitals and individual doctors/surgeons have refused to perform difficult and expensive surgeries (heart bypass/transplants) and orthopedic procedures on smokers who refused to quit. - In the U.S. hospitals have refused to employ smokers. Are such edicts fair or unfair and ethically indefensible? A Winnipeg family doctor some years ago announced he would refuse to keep patients on his roster who refused to stop smoking. How does a prominent medical bioethicist view this issue? Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Author: Smart Mice, Not So Smart People. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Throughout the pandemic and economic upheaval a constant in peoples lives has been their favourite music and artists. Over the past 13 months some of the world's great rock artists have died. Thursday of this week it was singer/songwriter David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash {and Young}. On January 10, guitarist Jeff Beck of the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group. Beck is often listed as one of the top five rock guitarists ever. Other rock artists who have died since January 2022 include Chrstine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Meatloaf, Jim Seals, Ronnie Hawkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, We talk about the influence of the rockers of the 60's and 70's who increasingly are dying. Guest: Alan Cross. Broadcaster/writer on music. - Weekdays 102.1 The Edge, Toronto. Host of The Ongoing History of New Music, Sundays on 102.1 The Edge. And: ajournalofmusicalthings.com. More on the developing and increasing crisis in Canada's healthcare system as 5 million Canadians have no family physician. Why has healthcare deteriorated to the extent Canadians are dying under-cared for, or while simply waiting for the most basic of care, including in hospital E.R.'s? Note: the federal government and provinces are closing in on a 10 year agreement to fund healthcare. The current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association have told us twice in the past two weeks that more money for healthcare is not the only path to resolving healthcare crisis. Key would be change to the money following the patient. Guest: Dr. Shawn Whatley. Past president, Ontario Medical Association. Author of When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing. and No More Lethal Waits: Ten Steps to Transform Canada's Emergency Departments. The Trudeau government is reviewing "aggressive measures" to clear the immigration backlog. Why is the immigration backlog so large? What might those aggressive measures be? Are the government's plans to permit 500,000 newcomers annually by 2025 realistic? Are the 75% of Canadians who have expressed concern the number is too high and will negatively affect housing, healthcare and government services, being unfair and exclusionary? Guest: Richard Kurland. Immigration lawyer in Vancouver. Has advised the federal and Quebec governments on immigration policies. Stranger attacks. In Toronto 8 teen girls between the ages of 13-16 are charged with second-degree murder in the swarming death of a 59 year old homeless man in December. According to police the girls met on social media and congregated downtown on a Saturday night. - Six teen boys have been charged in a swarming attack which left two store employees injured last November. This after the teens had been told to leave a retail outlet after causing a disturbance. And in Toronto an elderly woman was allegedly pushed to the pavement yesterday hitting her head. She never regained consciousness and died. A man has been charged. Is criminal law sufficiently punitive for such assaults? Also, the bail system. Premiers have unanimously demanded the federal justice minister address bail where serious crime is alleged. This after an individual released on bail was charged with the murder of an OPP officer. Guest: Ari Goldkind. Ciminal lawyer and media commentator. --------------------------------------------- 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

Throughout the pandemic and economic upheaval a constant in peoples lives has been their favourite music and artists. Over the past 13 months some of the world's great rock artists have died. Thursday of this week it was singer/songwriter David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash {and Young}. On January 10, guitarist Jeff Beck of the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group. Beck is often listed as one of the top five rock guitarists ever. Other rock artists who have died since January 2022 include Chrstine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Meatloaf, Jim Seals, Ronnie Hawkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, We talk about the influence of the rockers of the 60's and 70's who increasingly are dying. Guest: Alan Cross. Broadcaster/writer on music. - Weekdays 102.1 The Edge, Toronto. Host of The Ongoing History of New Music, Sundays on 102.1 The Edge. And: ajournalofmusicalthings.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on the developing and increasing crisis in Canada's healthcare system as 5 million Canadians have no family physician. Why has healthcare deteriorated to the extent Canadians are dying under-cared for, or while simply waiting for the most basic of care, including in hospital E.R.'s? Note: the federal government and provinces are closing in on a 10 year agreement to fund healthcare. The current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association have told us twice in the past two weeks that more money for healthcare is not the only path to resolving healthcare crisis. Key would be change to the money following the patient. Guest: Dr. Shawn Whatley. Past president, Ontario Medical Association. Author of When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing. and No More Lethal Waits: Ten Steps to Transform Canada's Emergency Departments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trudeau government is reviewing "aggressive measures" to clear the immigration backlog. Why is the immigration backlog so large? What might those aggressive measures be? Are the government's plans to permit 500,000 newcomers annually by 2025 realistic? Are the 75% of Canadians who have expressed concern the number is too high and will negatively affect housing, healthcare and government services, being unfair and exclusionary? Guest: Richard Kurland. Immigration lawyer in Vancouver. Has advised the federal and Quebec governments on immigration policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stranger attacks. In Toronto 8 teen girls between the ages of 13-16 are charged with second-degree murder in the swarming death of a 59 year old homeless man in December. According to police the girls met on social media and congregated downtown on a Saturday night. - Six teen boys have been charged in a swarming attack which left two store employees injured last November. This after the teens had been told to leave a retail outlet after causing a disturbance. And in Toronto an elderly woman was allegedly pushed to the pavement yesterday hitting her head. She never regained consciousness and died. A man has been charged. Is criminal law sufficiently punitive for such assaults? Also, the bail system. Premiers have unanimously demanded the federal justice minister address bail where serious crime is alleged. This after an individual released on bail was charged with the murder of an OPP officer. Guest: Ari Goldkind. Ciminal lawyer and media commentator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does an immigrant to Canada from India who became premier of British Columbia and subsequently federal Minister of Health assess the above issue of 'to be fast-tracked into Canada should include a willingness to live in and engage professional skills where those skills are needed? And how does he assess the current healthcare crisis in Canada? Guest: Ujjal Dosanjh. Former premier of British Columbia and former federal Minister of Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montreal Econonic Institute study on value of availability of duplicate private medical insurance, supplementary to the government-run scheme. Would help lower wait times by mkaing the private system acessible to the middle-class. Very successful in Australia where 45% of the population has a duplicate insurance policy. Guest: Renaud Brossard. Senior director of communications. MEI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada joins us for a question and answer segment on the economy, bail reform and justice, carbon taxes, Poilievre's public challenges of the use of McKinsey as a consultant firm by the Liberals and paying the firm $66 million Poilievre being challenged and criticized for speaking to the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy think tank which has openly questioned the negative impact of residential schools on Indigenous children and communities. Guest: Pierre Poilievre. CPC leader. Former federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau in his Where to From Here book is highly critical of Justin Trudeau as prime minister and joins the expanding ranks of previously high ranking Liberal MPs/cabinet ministers disillusioned with Trudeau. Morneau writes "Soon after the election (2015) I came to realize that while his performance skills were superb, his management and interpersonal communication abilities were sorely lacking," adding that advice from his department on directing spending related to COVID-19 was "basically disregarded in favour of winning a popularity contest." We speak with two former Liberal MPs with direct knowledge of Justin Trudeau. Guests: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, former Liberal MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. Book: Can You Hear Me Now? & Michelle Simson. Former Liberal MP, Scarborough Southwest, Ontario and parliamentary seatmate to Justin Trudeau NBC News is reporting a key advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine panel is questioning whether more Covid booster shots are necessary for healthy, younger people. Dr. Paul Offit is a pediatrician and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that evidence supporting new versions of the booster shots for the Omicron variant which were authorized by the FDA in August is "underwhelming." Guest: Dr. Neil Rau. Infectious diseases specialist, Halton Region, Ontario. Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Medical School. Canadians are Pessimistic as we being 2023 with 83% believing Canada is in recession. Pollara Strategic Insights annual economic outlook. Guest: Dan Arnold. Chief Strategy Officer at Pollara (and formerly very active in the Justin Trudeau election/re-election campaigns at the PMO). --------------------------------------------- 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

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada joins us for a question and answer segment on the economy, bail reform and justice, carbon taxes, Poilievre's public challenges of the use of McKinsey as a consultant firm by the Liberals and paying the firm $66 million Poilievre being challenged and criticized for speaking to the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy think tank which has openly questioned the negative impact of residential schools on Indigenous children and communities. Guest: Pierre Poilievre. CPC leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau in his Where to From Here book is highly critical of Justin Trudeau as prime minister and joins the expanding ranks of previously high ranking Liberal MPs/cabinet ministers disillusioned with Trudeau. Morneau writes "Soon after the election (2015) I came to realize that while his performance skills were superb, his management and interpersonal communication abilities were sorely lacking," adding that advice from his department on directing spending related to COVID-19 was "basically disregarded in favour of winning a popularity contest." We speak with two former Liberal MPs with direct knowledge of Justin Trudeau. Guests: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, former Liberal MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. Book: Can You Hear Me Now? & Michelle Simson. Former Liberal MP, Scarborough Southwest, Ontario and parliamentary seatmate to Justin Trudeau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBC News is reporting a key advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine panel is questioning whether more Covid booster shots are necessary for healthy, younger people. Dr. Paul Offit is a pediatrician and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that evidence supporting new versions of the booster shots for the Omicron variant which were authorized by the FDA in August is "underwhelming." Guest: Dr. Neil Rau. Infectious diseases specialist, Halton Region, Ontario. Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Medical School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians are Pessimistic as we being 2023 with 83% believing Canada is in recession. Pollara Strategic Insights annual economic outlook. Guest: Dan Arnold. Chief Strategy Officer at Pollara (and formerly very active in the Justin Trudeau election/re-election campaigns at the PMO). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premiers urge Ottawa to reform bail system after killing of OPP officer. Fourth police officer killed in the line of duty in a matter of months. Guest: Scott Newark. Former Alberta crown attorney, senior policy advisor to a federal public safety minister, fmr executive director of the Canadian Police Association, Vice Chair and Special Counsel for the Ontario Office of Victims of Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do Canadians have reason to feel so pessimistic with 83% believing we are in recession already? Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of Macroeconomics at Toronto Metropolitan University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Canada is embroiled over federal firearms legislation, Bill C-21, a Texas jury is to decide the fate of 'vigilante' who killed a robber in a diner: Associated Press. An individual with a violent criminal past including armed robbery in which a man was killed, and for which the individual in question received a 15 year prison sentence had been in the process of holding up the diner in Houston while pointing a gun at patrons. The criminal was then shot by another diner and died shortly after. - Texas law permits anyone 21 and over to carry a handgun in public without a licence, background check or training. A former Houston prosecutor insists the diner who shot the robber did so in self-defence. The current District Attorney's office will turn the case over to a grand jury to decide if a criminal case is warranted. - An attorney and former police officer calls the actions of the diner "justified in Texas." The robber it has been discovered was wielding a very real-looking plastic gun. Guest: Andy Kahan. Director: Victims Services. Crime Stoppers of Houston. - Appointed to the Texas Crime Victims Institute Advisory Council by Governor Greg Abbott. - Has attended executions of convicted killers with members of their victims families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter and their Ottawa/federal government/agencies stories to begin the new year. Guest: Tom Korski. Exec editor. Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Last Saturday we began a conversation with the current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association about the crisis enveloping Canadian health care. Today Dr's Alika Lafontaine and Katharine Smart continue on our program with their assessment of what Canada's healthcare system is most in need of. Dr. Smart has repeatedly stated "money should follow the patient." This as a new funding model between Ottawa and the provinces is taking shape and as increased presence of private health care in Canada appears likely. Meanwhile reports two Nova Scotia women died while waiting for care at hospital E.R's. Guests: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. President: CMA. & Dr. Katharine Smart: Immediate past-president CMA Ontario government looking to increase role of private health care. As Canada's 13 different health care systems face crisis is it time for private healthcare options to increase? Or at least private healthcare insurance? We speak with one of Canada's leading private health insurance proponents whose case is destined for the Supreme Court of Canada. Guest: Dr. Brian Day. Founder of Cambie Surgery Centre, Vancouver. Former president of the Canadian Medical Association. Trudeau government announces the purchase of the F35 fighter plane years after declaring they never would. - this follows the announcement of surface ships for the RCN and the spending $400 million to purchase missile defence systems from the U.S. for Ukraine. Canada's military has had no such missile system for many years. The announced purchase of F35 fighter planes to replace Canada's half-century old CF18's and 15 warships {frigates} for the Royal Canadian Navy is running into complaints of too much spending. This while our NATO allies are making it clear to the federal government they expect Canada to increase its military defence spending substantially. What do we gain with the announced purchases and what does the CAF still require? Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy. former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Samuel Associates Senior Defence Analyst Damar Hamlin's health is improving by the day. Out of hospital, many wondering if the Buffalo Bills defensive back may make an appearance at tomorrow's Bills vs Dolphins playoff game. Guest: Tim O'Shei. Has for years covered the Bills for the Buffalo News. --------------------------------------------- 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

Last Saturday we began a conversation with the current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association about the crisis enveloping Canadian health care. Today Dr's Alika Lafontaine and Katharine Smart continue on our program with their assessment of what Canada's healthcare system is most in need of. Dr. Smart has repeatedly stated "money should follow the patient." This as a new funding model between Ottawa and the provinces is taking shape and as increased presence of private health care in Canada appears likely. Meanwhile reports two Nova Scotia women died while waiting for care at hospital E.R's. Guests: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. President: CMA. & Dr. Katharine Smart: Immediate past-president CMA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices