The Roy Green Show Podcast - Western leaders' roles in Iran, Why Canada shouldn't refine oil it exports, Donald Trump's performance as U.S. President

The Roy Green Show

Iran is making headlines, threatening retaliation against the U.S. for withdrawing from the JCPOA. Will the people of Iran suffer again because of renewed sanctions and will they again take to the streets calling for an end of their oppressive religious government? Meanwhile, our guest has accused Western governments of doing nothing to help Iranians who risk their lives protesting in the streets of the country.

 

Guest:  Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Canadian human rights activist whose family fled Iran in 1979

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Tomorrow the United States will open its new embassy in Jerusalem on the 70th birthday of the State of Israel. The result of a decision taken by U.S. President Donald Trump whose domestic approval numbers are up. Elsewhere, the POTUS is about to engage in a historic meeting with North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un, and some suggest that this has put him in line for a Nobel Peace Prize.

 

 

 

But former FBI Director Mueller continues his search for collusion between Russia and the Trump organization during 2016 election campaign, porn star Stormy Daniels continues to generate headlines with her non disclosure deal with Trump, and Democrats continue to discuss impeachment of their president.  And Trump continues to describe NAFTA as the worst deal made by the U.S.

 

 

Guest: Fran Coombs.  Managing editor. Rasmussen Reports polling and where Donald Trump stands with American voters today.

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In a recent column for the National Post, Tristin Hopper called out the "myth" that Western Canada would be richer if we only refined our own oil. Since 1970 only one refinery has been built in Western Canada and that is, in Tristian’s words, "kind of a boondoggle."

 

Guest: Tristin Hopper, opinions writer with the National Post, his recent column is ‘Why Canada shouldn't refine the oil it exports’​

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Scott Newark and Roy look at the questions surrounding multiple high tension, high profile cases.

 

Could Alek Minassian’s lawyers be setting the stage for a Not Criminally Responsible plea?

 

What should the response be to the revelation of a self-confessed ISIS assassin living in Toronto, and has the situation changed now that he has retracted his confession?

 

What do we know about the deadly knife terrorist knife attack in Paris, what are the ramifications of the newest attack?

 

Guest:  Scott Newark, Former Alberta Crown prosecutor, former executive director of the Canadian Police Association; senior policy advisor to a federal Public Safety Minister, now adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University

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