The Roy Green Show Podcast - David shares his story before being sentenced to prison, Alberta leads in economic growth, How to make it through Traffic Court

The Roy Green Show

David was driving his SUV in Ontario on an afternoon in November 2016. He crossed the centre line on a four lane highway and collided head-on with a smaller vehicle. The driver of that vehicle was killed instantly. In a few weeks David will be sentenced to prison. Now he joins us to speak on what he did and express his remorse.

Guests: David

Doug Morton, paralegal and former traffic officer in London, Ontario

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As the price of gas in Vancouver soars to $1.70/litre, we take a look at what to expect at the pumps in different provinces across Canada. What would be the cost of a litre of gasoline if Energy East were in action and if the Trans Mountain pipeline weren't such a contentious issue?

Guest: Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com

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According to a new Statistics Canada report, Alberta’s GDP grew by 4.9% in 2017 and is leading provinces in economic growth following recent years of falling output.

Catherine Swift joins us to explain how the province managed this and how their performance is measured compared to the rest of Canada.

Guest: Catherine Swift, economist. former president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, now WorkingCanadians.ca

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Listeners came to know Bonice Thomas over the past months on The Roy Green Show. She was the sister of Canadian Robert Hall, who was kidnapped and beheaded by the Philippine terror group Abu Sayaff. Bonice fought tirelessly for her brother, holding the federal government accountable for not doing enough to try to save him and fellow Canadian John Ridsdel. A few weeks ago Bonice travelled to Ottawa while terminally ill, to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and senior officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

This past Monday Bonice Thomas passed away.

Guest:  Gord Bibby, the cousin of Bonice who appeared on the program with Bonice when they addressed the issue of their family member Robert Hall

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In June 2017, Roy was pulled over, given a ticket and told that he was being charged with failing to adhere to a stop sign. Following three court appearances during which a ‘not guilty’ plea was entered, the charge has now been withdrawn by the Crown.

So what happened?

Guest: Doug Morton, Roy’s paralegal and former traffic officer in London, Ontario

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