Bill Kelly Show

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Peel Region split ·        Foreign Interference ·        Tent cities & housing the homeless ·        And more… GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill -  David Johnston’s astonishing decision — to conclude that Canada does not need an inquiry into Chinese interference in our democracy — will be remembered for what it doesn’t do, not what it does. GUEST: Warren Kinsella, Former Special Assistant to Jean Chretien and War Room Director for Dalton McGuinty (3 times) - Farmers in Ontario are rallying to fight a government bill that would loosen the rules around farmland protection in the province, a move farmers say would result in more homes being built on prime agricultural land and could also threaten the very fabric of rural life.  Bill 97 — or the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act — is aimed at drastically reshaping development rules to address housing affordability and supply

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario Premier Doug Ford called Bonnie Crombie’s Liberal leadership run a “slap in the face” to the residents of Mississauga. “My first reaction is what took you so long?” Ford said Wednesday while at an unrelated news conference in London Wednesday morning. “She’s been campaigning for five years.” Crombie officially announced Monday that she has formed an exploratory committee to look into running in the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race. It’s the next logical step for the politician, who in early May could be seen rubbing elbows with high-profile politicians and strategists at the Liberal National Convention in Ottawa. GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News - It’s easy to see what Volkswagen and Stellantis get out of the billions in subsidies that Canada is dangling in front of them for domestic Battery plants. But what does Canada and Ontario get in return? GUEST: Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton Universi

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: A public process is required on the issue of foreign interference, special rapporteur David Johnston says, but not in the form of a public inquiry. Instead, Johnston announced Tuesday that he plans to hold "a series of public hearings with Canadians" to shine more light on the "problem of foreign interference" and inform the public and policymakers on the threat it poses, and ways to address it with urgency. GUEST: Will Stewart, Senior Vice President, National Lead, Public Affairs + Advocacy, Hill+Knowlton - Canadians have racked up more household debt than any country in the G7 making the country vulnerable to global economic crises, according to a report released Tuesday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Aled ab Iorwerth, CMHC’s deputy chief economist, writes in the report that since 2008 Canada’s household debt-to-GDP ratio has been ballooning despite it dropping in the U.S. some 25 per cent over the same period. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote Sc

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·       Expanded election days ·       David Johnston to reveal if public inquiry is needed on foreign interference ·       And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - May 23, 2023 marks 150 years since a bill passed through Parliament and received Royal Assent establishing the North-West Mounted Police, which would eventually become the RCMP. What began as a 300-person corps in the West has grown into an internationally recognized organization of more than 30,000 people serving Canadians from coast to coast to coast and supporting international policing and peacekeeping activities. But, there’s a belief among some that Canada should dismantle the RCMP in the face of the scandal and criticism that plague the force. Is it time? GUEST: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Topics Include: ·

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Poilievre doubles down on ‘Jail, no bail’ ·        Ontario dissolves Peel Region in 2025 ·        Gas Prices to rise ·        And more…. GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill - Guelph’s MPP has announced he will be tabling a trio of bills aimed at protecting Ontario’s Greenbelt. At a May 17 news conference at Queen’s Park, provincial Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner announced he will be tabling three private member's bills later that day he says will, “if passed, ensure that the Greenbelt is protected for present and future generations.” GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph - There are numerous large and consequential policy decisions the provincial government needs to handle this year — about things like the stifling housing crisis and the need to accommodate substantially larger volumes of immigration, how to repair the damage the pandemic did

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Last week, Doug Ford called the Greenbelt “a scam”. This obviously isn’t true, so will the Premier finally be honest and tell us why he thinks it needs to change? GUEST: Matt Gurney, Columnist for TVO - Canada's spy agency has now been formally directed to investigate and disclose any foreign threats against parliamentarians or their families, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Tuesday, while the Conservative MP targeted by Beijing urged his colleagues to go further. GUEST: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute - Whether it's young kids watching YouTube videos, older ones logging on for games or teens scrolling TikTok, students today encounter all manner of content online and often simply accept it as truth, according to 14-year-old Ainara Alleyne. It's part of why the teen has joined one of a growing wave of initiatives hoping to boost students' digital literacy and critical thinking skill

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Justice Minister David Lametti tabled new legislation on Tuesday aimed at making it harder for repeat violent offenders to be granted bail, through a handful of targeted Criminal Code reforms. This small package of legislative reform—spanning just seven pages—comes after months of renewed scrutiny on Canada's bail system and calls for the federal government to implement tougher laws, in the face of a series of high-profile cases of violent crimes allegedly committed by individuals who were out on bail. GUEST: David Lametti, Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada -  62% of Canadians expecting to need charitable services in the next six months say they cannot keep up with the cost of living; new data highlights why charities are struggling to keep up with demand GUEST: Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Polling - A bill that aims to enshrine a francophone immigration program into law is heading to the Senate after clearing the House of Commons. GUEST: Tasha Kheiriddin, Principal