What is it like to fight ISIS? How is sexual harassment addressed in politics? Are teachers now facing greater dangers on the job?

The Roy Green Show

A new survey released by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario shows that 70% of union members who responded have seen or experienced violent incidents.

 

In some elementary schools in Waterloo, Ontario, some teachers are wearing Kevlar to class. What’s going on?

 

Guest: Jeff Pelich, vice president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Waterloo Region

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Increasing amounts of chronic pain patients are having their long-standing prescriptions ripped away from them. Now, some doctors are rebelling against the guidelines that are restricting them from properly treating their patients.

 

Meanwhile, other chronic pain sufferers are turning to street dealers, and others are taking their lives. 

 

Guests: Marvin Ross, medical writer and publisher, wrote a column for The Hamilton Spectator: “’Opiophobia' causing pain and suffering in Canada”

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Last week, the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Shortly after, a Liberal federal cabinet minister also resigned due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

 

Yesterday, former Liberal MP Michelle Simson told Roy that political parties warn women MPs during orientation to figuratively “keep your elbows up”. She added that if you were the victim of sexual harassment, you were encouraged to “keep your mouth shut”.

 

 

 

Guest: Alise Mills​, President of Contact Communication in Vancouver, was a communications adviser for political parties and party leaders on parliament hill in Ottawa for 20 years

 

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Canadian Hanna Bohman joined an all-female Kurdish military unit and engaged in fighting ISIS on the front lines. Recently, ISIS has posted messages online calling for her capture, rape and murder.

 

Guest: Hanna Bohman, focus of the award winning documentary "Fear Us Women"

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Members of the international Yazidi community are speaking out against Liberal Members of Parliament who voted to welcome ISIS terrorists back to Canada, while the Trudeau government only permitted 1,200 of the 200,000 displaced Yazidi people to come to Canada. Meanwhile Canada’s parliament unanimously agreed that the Yazidis are victims of genocidal attack by ISIS.

 

Guest: Dalal Abdi, Yazidi Human Rights activist in Canada, member of Yazda (international Yazidi organization)​

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