Roy Green Show Podcast June 11: Prof Eric Kam, Interest Rates Impact on Canadians. - Tina, Killer of Her Sister Out of Prison. - Kelly Hrudey, On Canadian Team Cup Drought. - Richard Cloutier of CJOB, Manitoba By-Election Involving Maxime Bernier
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Today’s podcast:
Bank of Canada raises the key interest rate to his highest level in 22 years (4.75%) What are the implications and possibilities?
Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics, Toronto Metropolitan University.
Child killers are released from prison in Canada. Harold Smeltzer abducted, sexually assaulted, murdered and disposed of five year old Kimberley Thompson of Calgary in a garbage bag. Smeltzer had assaulted more than 40 women and girls. Today, still assessed a moderate to high risk to reoffend, Smeltzer is living in a halfway house and has been granted overnights away from the halfway house by the National Parole Board.
Guest: Tina. Kimberley Thompson's sister. Shares with us the impact of her sister's murder and her killer's approved absences from prison.
The current Stanley Cup final may end in a few nights time in Las Vegas.
The last time a Canadian NHL team hoisted the Stanley Cup was 1993, when the Montreal Canadiens accomplished the feat. What will it take for another Canadian team to win the Cup? During this playoff run Canadians pinned their hopes on the Maple Leafs and Oilers.
Guest: Kelly Hrudey. Fmr NHL goaltender, including with the Los Angeles Kings in the '92-'93 Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Canadiens. Now longtime Hockey Night in Canada commentator/analyst. Also dealt with mental health issues as a player and later as a broadcaster.
Four federal by-elections scheduled for June 19. One in Ontario, one in Quebec and two in Manitoba. The by-election the country will be watching most closely is Portage-Lisgar in MB where former CPC interim leader Candice Bergen retired. Conservative Party candidate now Candice Bergen's former campaign manager Brandon Leslie. Running against the CPC is People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier. Does Bernier have a hope of winning the riding?
Meanwhile in Winnipeg South, where Liberal MP Jim Carr died last December, some 48 candidates are running with Jim Carr's son Ben Carr carrying the Liberal banner.
Guest: Richard Cloutier. Corus radio 680 CJOB, Winnipeg and Global News Winnipeg. Richard joins us from Portage-Lisgar
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