The Roy Green Show Podcast - June 16 2018 - Dan McTeague on federal carbon tax, Col. Peter Mansoor’s take on North Korea & the U.S., and Tom Quiggin on the denuclearization of North Korea

The Roy Green Show Podcast

Dan McTeague of GasBuddy.com offers his insight on the federal carbon tax that has been threatened, Colonell Peter Mansoor has doubts about Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un, Tom Quiggin offers what would happen if North Korea denuclearizes, Professor Christopher Adams discusses Trump's relationships with Trudeau and Kim Jong-un, and the weekly Beauties and the Beast segment.

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The federal government has threatened to impose a federal carbon tax on any province that does not have their own cap-and-trade scheme by September. Meanwhile Doug Ford is move to drop gas prices by 10 cents a litre in Ontario, do away with Ontario’s current cap-and-trade deal and challenge the federal carbon tax. But how might tax-based increases in the cost of gasoline hurt Canadians on the individual and family levels?

Guest: Dan McTeague, Long term Liberal Member of Parliament, now senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com

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Did U.S. President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un of the D.P.R.K. result in a win or a loss for the west? An agreement was signed, and the two leaders seemed to get along well. But what did the U.S. ultimately gain?

Guest:  Colonel Peter Mansoor, former executive officer to Gen David Petraeus in Iraq, Professor at Ohio State University and author of ‘Surge: My Journey With General David Petraeus & the Remaking of the Iraq War’

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If Kim Jong Un does in fact move to denuclearize North Korea, what kind of arms inspection will be required?

Guest: Tom Quiggin. Canadian. Primary contributor to the podcast The Quiggin Report. Was an arms control inspector under the Vienna Document & the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.
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Trump says he's going to punish Canada because of Trudeau's statements. Is Justin Trudeau being truthful with Canadians about assurances provided by Trump regarding a NAFTA sunset clause?

Guest: Professor Christopher Adams, Political scientist and author based at St. Paul's College in Winnipeg

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The Beauties and the Beast have a lot to get to this week: from the federal carbon tax to Trudeau and Trump, there is no room for pollitical correctness in this discussion. 

Guests: Catherine Swift
Linda Leatherdale
Michelle Simson

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