Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the future of Canadian small Businesses, Politicians comments on perceived Islamophobia

The Roy Green Show Podcast

 

David Livingston, chief of staff for former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, has been found guilty of destroying politically sensitive documents.

The documents related to a controversial Liberal government decision to scrap two gas plants ahead of the 2011 election.

Guest: Alex Pierson, host of ON Point with Alex Pierson on Global News Radio

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Small business owners from across Canada have been reaching out to Roy over the past couple of weeks to share their frustrations in dealing with their provincial governments and the federal government. The Ontario government, in particular, has been firing back at businesses who are struggling with the recent minimum wage increase, with the premier referring to some business owners as “bullies”.

Are small business owners giving up on Canada? What happens if they do?

Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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Days after an 11-year-old girl in Toronto claimed that a man attacked her and cut her hijab on the way to school, Toronto police concluded that the attack did not actually happen.

Political leaders in Canada were quick to condemn the alleged incident, calling it the result of Islamophobia.

Why did they issue these condemnations so quickly?

Guest: Thomas Quiggin, Canadian Court certified expert on terrorism/security, who has worked with the RCMP, the CAF and the United Nations; author of ‘Submission: the Danger of Political Islam to Canada: (with a Warning to America)’​

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The War on so-called “superbugs” is beginning. The World Health Organization and England’s Chief Medical Officer are on the record, saying that we may be facing the end of health care as we know it, with antibiotics losing their effectiveness. But some are fighting back against this “post-antibiotic apocalypse” with, of all things, dirt. Sean Brady, a chemist, is one such person, and he is being backed by Bill and Melinda Gates.

Guest: Peter Andrey Smith, who wrote the cover story for WIRED magazine this month, ‘How Dirt could save Humanity from an Infectious Apocalypse’ ​

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