SK Premier Scott Moe reacts to court decision; small businesses not in favour of Trudeau carbon tax; AB & BC journalists on economic war between the two provinces; Ontario father of autistic son slams violence against ON Premier Doug Ford; Voters on left abandoning Trudeau

The Roy Green Show Podcast

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The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decided 3-2 against the province's challenge. They ruled that the federal government has the constitutional right to impose a carbon tax on the province.  Now Saskatchewan will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Premier Scott Moe joins Roy to give his thoughts on what is next, and on the division in Canada.
Meanwhile, Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, was extremely disappointed by the ruling. He has written an op-ed piece in which he says Ottawa is leaving small businesses to pay the heaviest price for its climate agenda.

 Is Canada closing in on a real constitutional crisis? If Alberta, its new Premier and his government decides to put Bill B-12 in play and close the taps to oil shipments from the province to British Columbia, we may very well be. But such a move would be in retaliation for the B.C. government's opposition to TMX and increased pipelines crossing the province from Alberta to tidewater for export to international markets. We ask two opinion journalists – Lorne Gunter from Alberta and Mike Smyth from British Columbia – for their takes on the provincial tensions, how we got here and what might come next.

During a protest against the Ford government some protestors brought out a guillotine and staged a mock execution of Ontario Premier Doug Ford at Queens Park in Toronto. The Premier and his government have spoken out against this action, as have as other politicians like federal NDP MP Charlie Angus. The father of an autistic student sent an email to the provincial NDP leader and a teacher's union leader, describing how the mock execution is causing extreme distress for his son who considers Premier Ford to be his friend.

The Angus Reid Institute writes, following national polling, that Liberal support continues to drop as left-of-centre voters search for alternatives.

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Guests:

Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan

Dan Kelley, President and of the CEO: Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Lorne Gunter, Edmonton Sun

Mike Smyth, Vancouver Province & CKNW

Steve Smith,  Father of autistic teen

Ian Holliday, Angus Reid Institute Research Associate.

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