The Roy Green Show

Ottawa investing $1 billion in nuclear energy. (Darlington, Ontario) Guest: Dr. Chris Keefer. President: Canadians for Nuclear Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's Rouleau Commission developments from the perspective of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Surprises? Shocks? Anything heard to support fedgov invoking of Emergencies Act? Guest: Cara Zwibel. Lawyer and Director of the CCLA's Fundamental Freedoms Program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's delegation to the Queen's funeral spent almost $400,000 for hotel rooms in London alone. Postmedia story by Brian Lilley. Guest: Brian Lilley. Political Columnist, Toronto Sun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: On Monday Canada's premiers called for new and sustainable healthcare funding partnership with the federal government through the Canada Health Transfer. - Meanwhile the Canadian Medical Association alerts: "Critical family physician shortage must be addressed." Some 4.8 million Canadians have no family doctor. Guest: Dr. Lawrence Loh. President: College of Family Physicians of Canada. Food insecurity in Canada. Almost 6 million Canadians living in food insecurity, including 1.4 million children last year. And today? - It's income and not cost of food which is the greater problem says our guest. - Also says food banks are not the solution to the greater issue of food insecurity. Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and lead investigator for PROOF, a research program which studies household food insecurity across Canada. State of readiness of the CAF as the threat to Canada's claims of Arctic sovereignty will likely be tested. - Also CAF nowhere near its personnel requirements. - Our military hardware is insufficient, old and not what CAF members need to defend Canada and/or project military strength through our NATO alliance. - The PBO projects cost for Canada's 15 new warships to be $88 billion. Last year's estimate was $77 billion. Fedgov set budgeted for $60 billion. - We're woefully behind in our NATO commitments and being held to account by NATO and the U.S.- As well, the level of international threat. Putin this week watched his nuclear forces drill for the first time since the Ukraine invasion. Now says he won't need to use nukes. Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman (ret'd). Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. RCMP investigating 3 reported Chinese police stations in Canada. China has a history of kidnapping individuals it wants to subjected to the country's justice system. Guest: Peter Humphrey. Former Reuters journalist, then owner of a corporate risk assessment firm in China. Arrested with his wife, imprisoned, faced a series of bogus charges, held in terrible conditions for 23 months before being deported to the U.K. after major international pressure. China's external TV station just find 100,000 British pounds for airing a forced confession by Humphrey. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – David Hunter Podcast Producer – Tom McKay 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

On Monday Canada's premiers called for new and sustainable healthcare funding partnership with the federal government through the Canada Health Transfer. - Meanwhile the Canadian Medical Association alerts: "Critical family physician shortage must be addressed." Some 4.8 million Canadians have no family doctor. Guest: Dr. Lawrence Loh. President: College of Family Physicians of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Food insecurity in Canada. Almost 6 million Canadians living in food insecurity, including 1.4 million children last year. And today? - It's income and not cost of food which is the greater problem says our guest. - Also says food banks are not the solution to the greater issue of food insecurity. Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and lead investigator for PROOF, a research program which studies household food insecurity across Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State of readiness of the CAF as the threat to Canada's claims of Arctic sovereignty will likely be tested. - Also CAF nowhere near its personnel requirements. - Our military hardware is insufficient, old and not what CAF members need to defend Canada and/or project military strength through our NATO alliance. - The PBO projects cost for Canada's 15 new warships to be $88 billion. Last year's estimate was $77 billion. Fedgov set budgeted for $60 billion. - We're woefully behind in our NATO commitments and being held to account by NATO and the U.S.- As well, the level of international threat. Putin this week watched his nuclear forces drill for the first time since the Ukraine invasion. Now says he won't need to use nukes. Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman (ret'd). Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RCMP investigating 3 reported Chinese police stations in Canada. China has a history of kidnapping individuals it wants to subjected to the country's justice system. Guest: Peter Humphrey. Former Reuters journalist, then owner of a corporate risk assessment firm in China. Arrested with his wife, imprisoned, faced a series of bogus charges, held in terrible conditions for 23 months before being deported to the U.K. after major international pressure. China's external TV station just find 100,000 British pounds for airing a forced confession by Humphrey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public Order Emergency Commission hearing continued this week, with Ontario premier Doug Ford and ON deputy premier Sylvia Jones creating headlines for refusing to comply with a Commission summons to testify. Ford and Jones are challenging the summons in federal court. Guest: Ari Goldkind. Lawyer and media commentator from Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Topp is the Canadian military reservist who spoke out against the forced removal of hundreds of unvaccinated CAF members while in uniform. Topp was facing 2 charges for doing so. Now facing four additional charges of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline laid by the CAF under the National Defence Act. Topp also walked across Canada protesting vaccine mandates for military personnel and federal employees. CPC leader Pierre Poilievre walked with Topp in Ottawa. Guest: Phillip Millar. James Topp's lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gasoline up 20 cents this week but will drop 9 cents tomorrow. What to expect going foreward? - Liberal MP Ken McDonald from Avalon, Newfoundland votes with CPC for a carbon tax exemption for home heating oil. Guest: Dan McTeague. President: Canadians for Affordable Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bank of Canada raises interest rate; mild recession early '23; inflation; global economy impact on Canada; Canadian housing market. Guest: Moshe Lander. Economics professor, Concordia University, Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Op ed in National Post: Pierre Poilievre is the great uniter in Canadian politics. Guest: Ted Morton. Prof Emeritus and executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. Former Minister of Finance and Minister of Energy, Alberta. Wrote the op ed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Dr. Theresa Tam worries about a "worst case Covid" season. Will Canadians listen and opt for another vaccination (or more)? Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch. Infectious diseases. Toronto General Hospital. Canadians are going hungry increasingly as food inflation rises. According to Food Banks Canada, 7 million Canadians reported going hungry between March of 2020 and March of 2022. Guest: Kirstin Beardsley. CEO. Food Banks Canada. RGS has been added to the course outline for Professor Eric Kam's macroeconomics students at Toronto's Metropolitan University. RGS is also required listening for professor Kam's students so they, according to Dr. Kam, "learn about the real world." Guests: Professor Eric Kam and 2 of his students: Eileen and Tyler. Students of professor Kam engaged in listening to and discussing content of RGS in class. Blacklock's Reporter's Ottawa stories/developments including the Rouleau Commission on the Emergencies Act. Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor, Blacklock's Reporter. --------------------------------------------- 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

Dr. Theresa Tam worries about a "worst case Covid" season. Will Canadians listen and opt for another vaccination (or more)? Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch. Infectious diseases. Toronto General Hospital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians are going hungry increasingly as food inflation rises. According to Food Banks Canada, 7 million Canadians reported going hungry between March of 2020 and March of 2022. Guest: Kirstin Beardsley. CEO. Food Banks Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RGS has been added to the course outline for Professor Eric Kam's macroeconomics students at Toronto's Metropolitan University. RGS is also required listening for professor Kam's students so they, according to Dr. Kam, "learn about the real world." Guests: Professor Eric Kam and 2 of his students: Eileen and Tyler. Students of professor Kam engaged in listening to and discussing content of RGS in class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter's Ottawa stories/developments including the Rouleau Commission on the Emergencies Act. Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor, Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Op ed: Canada is a lightweight nation. Financial Post Guest: Diane Francis, writer of the op ed. Journalist, author, editor-at-large, National Post. Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. Expert on Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Resentment in the Canadian Federation. Canadians in every province are resentful about their province's place in the federation. The result of the new Resentment Index from the Confederation of Tomorrow survey. Guest: Charles Breton. Executive director: Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high. Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges? Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time. Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A. Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association. David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province. Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence. There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty. Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – David Hunter Podcast Producer – Tom McKay 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

Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high. Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges? Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time. Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A. Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaking of military. There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty. Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is Europe faring heading into fall and winter and the developing energy crisis, as Germany resorts to burning coal. Guest: Professor Thierry Bros. Professor at Science Po, Paris. Leading expert on geopolitics of oil and gas and energy security. Oil and gas expert at the French Energy Ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province. Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recession expectations are growing, with the Bank of Canada outlook for continued inflation remaining high. Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. (RGS has become part of professor Kam's course curriculum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montreal Economic Institute survey by Ipsos: With inflation at numbers not seen for 30 years, 72% of Canadians say our individual tax burdens are too high. Only 21% feel it's appropriate. 42% believe taxes on companies in Canada are too low, but 71% realize raising taxes for companies will end up penalizing consumers. - There's much more interesting information in this poll. Guest: Olivier Rancourt. Economist at MEI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Rouleau Commission on Emergencies Act. Guest: Christine van Geyn. Litigation director, Canadian Constitution Foundation. Cowrote above op ed. Four deaths of police officers in Ontario in the past month. Three were shot and killed and one was the victim of a hit and run. How are police reacting to these deadly assaults on fellow officers? Guest: Mark Baxter, president, Police Association of Ontario and board member of the Canadian Police Association. Police officer in Brantford, Ontario. (I am an honourary member of both the Police Association of Ontario and the Hamilton Police Association). Retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell tasked with reviewing Hockey Canada urged HC's next board of directors be engaged with only a one-year term, so to come to terms with the need to reform the organization. In a letter to then Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith, Justice Cromwell on October 10 wrote, "there can be no serious debate that the level of confidence in Hockey Canada on the part of the government, sponsors, some members and the broader public has sunk to dangerously low levels." Former sponsors of Hockey Canada including Tim Hortons, Telus, Scotiabank are calling for a culture change. But it's not just Hockey Canada, as our guest has experienced. Guest: Allison Forsyth. Fmr. Olympic skiier, sexually assaulted by her coach and urged to keep quiet by the coach and Alpine Canada in order for the organization to not lose sponsorships. Calgary Police Service Sergeant Andrew Harnett was dragged to his death by a fleeing vehicle following a routine New Year's Eve traffic stop in 2020. The young offender driving the car is awaiting sentencing. - We speak with Sgt Harnett's brother. Guest: Jason Harnett, of Ontario, brother of Calgary Police Sergeant Andrew Harnett. --------------------------------------------- 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

Rouleau Commission on Emergencies Act. Guest: Christine van Geyn. Litigation director, Canadian Constitution Foundation. Cowrote above op ed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four deaths of police officers in Ontario in the past month. Three were shot and killed and one was the victim of a hit and run. How are police reacting to these deadly assaults on fellow officers? Guest: Mark Baxter, president, Police Association of Ontario and board member of the Canadian Police Association. Police officer in Brantford, Ontario. (I am an honourary member of both the Police Association of Ontario and the Hamilton Police Association). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell tasked with reviewing Hockey Canada urged HC's next board of directors be engaged with only a one-year term, so to come to terms with the need to reform the organization. In a letter to then Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith, Justice Cromwell on October 10 wrote, "there can be no serious debate that the level of confidence in Hockey Canada on the part of the government, sponsors, some members and the broader public has sunk to dangerously low levels." Former sponsors of Hockey Canada including Tim Hortons, Telus, Scotiabank are calling for a culture change. But it's not just Hockey Canada, as our guest has experienced. Guest: Allison Forsyth. Fmr. Olympic skiier, sexually assaulted by her coach and urged to keep quiet by the coach and Alpine Canada in order for the organization to not lose sponsorships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary Police Service Sergeant Andrew Harnett was dragged to his death by a fleeing vehicle following a routine New Year's Eve traffic stop in 2020. The young offender driving the car is awaiting sentencing. - We speak with Sgt Harnett's brother. Guest: Jason Harnett, of Ontario, brother of Calgary Police Sergeant Andrew Harnett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tehran's notorious and feared Evin prison where many claims of torture, including sexual assault have been made experienced a major fire overnight. Gun shots were also heard. Iranians continue their daily/nightly street protests against the regime and have reportedly been met by deadly gunfire by government security personnel. Guest: Hamed Esmaeilion. Member PS752justice.com, comprised of families of victims of Flight PS752, shot down over Tehran on January 8, 2020. (PS752Justice.com initiated the protest rallies against the Tehran regime and which recently were held across Canada and internationally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A possible return to partial mask mandates? So says Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore. - A much lower public interest in Covid booster vaccines so far heading into the flu season than what would be best. Only 16% of those 70 and over have accepted a fourth dose which Moore says is "unacceptable." Do we have indicators of how severe the fall and winter flu season may be as far as Covid is concerned? And while the threat isn't present in North America, Ebola is reappearing in African nations. Should we be concerned? Guest: Dr. Neil Rau. Infectious diseases specialist and assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The past week in Ottawa through the lens of Blacklock's Reporter. Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor, Blacklock's reporter (@mindingOttawa) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News: Would Russian military follow order to use nukes? ‘Questionable,’ says ex-U.S. NATO envoy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a number of recent threats alluding to his willingness to use nuclear weapons – but should he pull the trigger, his own military might not obey him. Likely because the Russian forces know the consequences if they do. Guest: Professor Christian Leuprecht. Professor at both Queens and RMC, Senior fellow at the Nato War College in Rome. Military and national intelligence expert. Testifies frequently before parliamentary committees. Book: Intelligence as National Statecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe issued a provincial white paper on Tuesday and declared the province will challenge Ottawa's "continued interference in the province's jurisdiction over natural resources under the guise of federal environmental regulation." Saskatchewan is "drawing the line by taking a number of steps including the introduction of provincial legislation to clarify and protect Saskatchewan's constitutional rights." Premier Moe states he will also work with Alberta premier Danielle Smith "to advance the priorities of Western Canada." Guest: Scott Moe. Premier, SK. Rouleau Commission on Emergencies Act Guest: Alain Bartleman, lawyer and special advisor to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. CCLA writes: "Government had other options than the Emergencies Act" & "Rouleau warns of tight timelines, but government took maximum amount of time to appoint commissioner." Maru poll for Yahoo Canada shows 57% of Canadians are feeling the effects of rising interest rates. 39% feeling really anxious because of money pressures and 18% being "worried sick" over impact of rising interest rates. Guest: John Wright. Executive vice president Maru. Russian missile assaults on Ukraine this week and G7 / NATO pledges to increase defence of Ukraine. - Vladimir Putin says further missile attacks of this magnitude not necessary. There is Western military speculation Russia's military may be running short of weaponry, missiles, artillery and ammunition. What are the damages Ukraine suffered this week and might Ukraine military when/if it reaches the Russian border refuse to stop advancing? Guest: Olexander Scherba. Fmr Ukraine Ambassador. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – David Hunter Podcast Producer – Tom McKay 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

Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe issued a provincial white paper on Tuesday and declared the province will challenge Ottawa's "continued interference in the province's jurisdiction over natural resources under the guise of federal environmental regulation." Saskatchewan is "drawing the line by taking a number of steps including the introduction of provincial legislation to clarify and protect Saskatchewan's constitutional rights." Premier Moe states he will also work with Alberta premier Danielle Smith "to advance the priorities of Western Canada." Guest: Scott Moe. Premier, SK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rouleau Commission on Emergencies Act Guest: Alain Bartleman, lawyer and special advisor to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. CCLA writes: "Government had other options than the Emergencies Act" & "Rouleau warns of tight timelines, but government took maximum amount of time to appoint commissioner." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maru poll for Yahoo Canada shows 57% of Canadians are feeling the effects of rising interest rates. 39% feeling really anxious because of money pressures and 18% being "worried sick" over impact of rising interest rates. Guest: John Wright. Executive vice president Maru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russian missile assaults on Ukraine this week and G7 / NATO pledges to increase defence of Ukraine. - Vladimir Putin says further missile attacks of this magnitude not necessary. There is Western military speculation Russia's military may be running short of weaponry, missiles, artillery and ammunition. What are the damages Ukraine suffered this week and might Ukraine military when/if it reaches the Russian border refuse to stop advancing? Guest: Olexander Scherba. Fmr Ukraine Ambassador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Food Professor" Sylvain Charlebois posts to Twitter that Jagmeet Singh with his constant critiques of grocery chains is "simply aiming at the wrong target." - Also what should Canadians expect as far as food price movement is concerned heading into the winter months? 7.1% of Canadians have already skipped meals because of the cost of food (Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory national survey) Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois.Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory and professor at Dalhousie University. (@foodprofessor). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Verdict in Amanda Todd online sex stalking/blackmail case. Aydin Coban sentenced to 13 years in prison as an 'internet sextortionist.' Guest: Carol Todd. Amanda's mother from British Columbia. (Amandatoddlegacy.org). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After just weeks as U.K. prime minister, Liz Truss is facing talks of a leadership challenge within the Conservative Party and opposition leaders are clamouring for a general election. Truss fired her chancellor (finance minister) Kwasi Kwarteng, with replacement Jeremy Hunt warning about "difficult decisions" and some taxes going up, this after Kwarteng cut the top rate of income tax. With energy prices soaring the Truss government has introduced an 'energy price guarantee.' Britain's financial sustainability has been a subject of discussion between the head of the Bank of England and the new chancellor. Canada has now been urged to resist further spending with experts pointing to the U.K. stressors. Guest: Katja Hoyer. Anglo-German journalist and historian. Author, Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire. (From London) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News: Canada should resist further spending amid U.K. turmoil, analysts say. Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux told us in an interview 2 weeks ago about the steep climb of interest cost ahead for federal government debt.) Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of macroeconomics, Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Alberta premier-designate Danielle Smith to be sworn in Tuesday and announced yesterday she will run in a byelection in Brooks-Medicine Hat. At the same time, the premier-designate will not support a byelection in the riding of Calgary-Elbow vacated by the resignation from the legislature of former cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer. - Also the priorities for Alberta which the new premier will introduce in the seven months prior to the next scheduled provincial election date of May 29, 2023. Guest: Danielle Smith. Premier-designate, Alberta. Late yesterday Andrea Skinner, interim board chair of Hockey Canada resigned her position. Ms. Skinner has been widely criticized for statements she made to the parliamentary heritage committee in which she "100%" supported the HC management team which is hearing public demands to resign or be fired in the wake of the $8.9 million Hockey Canada says it approved in 21 out-of-court sexual assault allegation settlements since 1989. Guests: Anthony Housefather. Liberal member of parliament and member of the parliamentary ethics committee which had questioned Andrea Skinner earlier in the week. Allison Forsyth. Former Canadian Olympic skier, board member at AthletesCan (representing Canadian national teams athletes). Partner/COO at ITP Sport. Safe sport consulting and programming agency. Allison Forsyth was sexually assaulted by former national ski team coach Bertrand Charest, eventually sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual assaults on numerous skiers, but had his sentece reduced because he was judged "low risk" by reoffend by the Parole Board of Canada. As the world faces an energy cruch and Europe an energy crisis, we look at what ultimately happened to multi-billlion-dollar energy projects which were set to be built and put into operation in Canada, delivering significant revenue to our national treasury and providing our allies with the energy they and the world still require. What happened to projects like Teck's Frontier mine, Northern Gateway and the Energy East pipelines? There was the Pacific Northwest LNG pipeline and British Columbia export terminal, as well as the Prince Rupert LNG project. Is it possible in today's Canadian regulatory environment to satisfy the process to build an oil or natural gas project from the start and how many years will securing permits take? Is investment money for Canada dried up because investors don't believe Canada is willing to bring its vast resources to the international marketplace? Guest: Professor Ken Coates. Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation. Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. Personal and professional interests, aboriginal rights, northern development, science, technology and society. Books include Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North and What to Consider if You're Considering University. Last weekend and this weekend, as well as in the weeks to come WrongfulConvictionDay.com will be acknowledged and spoken about in Canada and in the United States. Canadians who had nothing to do with the vicious crimes, including murder, for which they were convicted and often spent many years imprisoned. It can happen to anyone. Guests: Ronald Dalton, President Innocence Canada. Ron Dalton was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. He spent years in prison before his innocence was proven. James Lockyer. Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University and the University of Windsor. Criminal lawyer for 45 years and a founding director of Innocence Canada. James Lockyer has been involved in high profile cases in which he demonstrated the convicted person was in fact innocent of the crime. --------------------------------------------- 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

Alberta premier-designate Danielle Smith to be sworn in Tuesday and announced yesterday she will run in a byelection in Brooks-Medicine Hat. At the same time, the premier-designate will not support a byelection in the riding of Calgary-Elbow vacated by the resignation from the legislature of former cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer. - Also the priorities for Alberta which the new premier will introduce in the seven months prior to the next scheduled provincial election date of May 29, 2023. Guest: Danielle Smith. Premier-designate, Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices