What is a “post-antibiotic apocalypse,” and how concerned should we be? What do we know about Joshua Boyle’s and his family’s years held captive? Is Washington, D.C.’s current climate similar to the Watergate Era?

The Roy Green Show

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are back in Canada after being held captive by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan for the past five years.

 

Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, security advisor to the governments of Ontario & Canada, and current security and justice analyst and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University

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England's Chief Medical Officer says antibiotic resistance could spell the "end of modern medicine" and warns of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse." 

 

Guest: Jason Tetro, “The Germ Guy”, Microbiologist and author of The Germ Code

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Earlier this week, there was widespread backlash over an initiative on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website that involved taxing employee discounts.

 

A spokesperson for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the government is pulling the wording of the initiative from the CRA website and will hold an internal review on the wording change.

 

Guest: CPC Senator Denise Batters

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Are Canadians committed to evading taxes? How strongly is the underground tax-evasion economy performing?

 

Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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Sally Quinn may be the ultimate Washington insider. She’s one of the most famous and powerful women in the United States.

 

Does the climate in Washington today seem reminiscent of the Watergate era?

 

Guest: Sally Quinn, Washington Post journalist, columnist, network news anchor, married to Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, Memoir: “Finding Magic”

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