Roy Green Show

The people of Iran have taken to the street to challenge their government. They are being met with government-organized counter-demonstrations.The U.S. has called together the U.N. Security Council to support the people of Iran. Meanwhile, France and Russia are refusing to get involved, claiming it is an internal domestic issue, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been silent on the issue.Does Canada have a role to play in the Iranian conflict?Guest: Ken Timmerman, President and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee in 2006​(Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers to weigh in on the Joshua Boyle case. Is it a big deal or not?(Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS- AP-SITE Intel Group via AP, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former hostage Joshua Boyle is in custody in Ottawa in connection with 15 criminal charges filed against him earlier this week. In December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Boyle and his family. What exactly is going on with Boyle and what can be said about his meeting with Trudeau? 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(Photo: Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – do you side with Tim Hortons and Kathleen Wynne, or do you take the side of Ron Joyce Jr. and small business owners who are responding to Ontario’s minimum wage increase by cutting costs?(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – do you side with Tim Hortons and Kathleen Wynne, or do you take the side of Ron Joyce Jr. and small business owners who are responding to Ontario’s minimum wage increase by cutting costs?(Photo: Doug Ives/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is challenging Ron Joyce Jr., son of the co-founder of Tim Hortons, and calling him a bully for cutting employee benefits in response to the minimum wage hike in Ontario. Tim Hortons’ head office also issued a statement blaming “a reckless few” and saying the actions don't reflect the values of the brand. Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From prime ministers to presidents, judges, professors, professional and amateur athletes, doctors, lawyers, movie and media stars, business titans – the list of people who made headlines with their ethical violations this year goes on and on. Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan, head of Medical Ethics at the New York University School of Medicine, author of op-ed: “The media need to do more to elevate a national conversation about ethics” Looking back on British Columbia during 2017, what are some memorable and significant events from Canada's Pacific coast? What kind of national impact might they have had? Guest: Alise Mills, President of Alise Mills Communications in Vancouver As anti-government protests continue in Iran, there are reports that two protesters have been killed and the government is putting significant restrictions on access to social media. At 16, Marina Nemat was imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she was tortured and sentenced to death for speaking out against the government of Iran. Gu

Three members of the Conservative Party of Canada – powerful women known from coast to coast – join Roy to review national and international events from 2017 and offer a projection on what may occur in 2018.​ Guests: Michelle Rempel, CPC MP for the Calgary Nose Hill riding  Candice Bergen, CPC MP for the Portage-Lisgar riding  Denise Batters, CPC Senator for Saskatchewan(Photos: all by Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they fit into the demographics outlined by the Ipsos Poll in terms of age and education level and whether or not they support Donald Trump or Justin Trudeau.(Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ipsos poll for Global TV suggests that 60% of Canadians think Justin Trudeau is doing a good job handling Donald Trump. The poll also suggests that the more highly educated a person is, the more likely the person is to support the Democratic Party, while those with less education tend to support Republicans. Older people – age 55 and up –  are more likely to think Trump is performing better than expected, while younger people are not.(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As anti-government protests continue in Iran, there are reports that two protesters have been killed and the government is putting significant restrictions on access to social media. At 16, Marina Nemat was imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she was tortured and sentenced to death for speaking out against the government of Iran. Guest:  Marina Nemat, author of “Prisoner of Tehran” and “After Tehran”(Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking back on British Columbia during 2017, what are some memorable and significant events from Canada's Pacific coast? What kind of national impact might they have had? Guest: Alise Mills, President of Alise Mills Communications in Vancouver(Photo: The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers for their experiences with unethical behaviour.(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From prime ministers to presidents, judges, professors, professional and amateur athletes, doctors, lawyers, movie and media stars, business titans – the list of people who made headlines with their ethical violations this year goes on and on. Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan, head of Medical Ethics at the New York University School of Medicine, author of op-ed: “The media need to do more to elevate a national conversation about ethics”(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Are Canada’s small and medium sized businesses being targeted by the federal and provincial governments?  On Monday, in Ontario, the minimum wage rises to $14 per hour. Next October, in Alberta it will raise to $15 per hour.   New tax regulations for small businesses will soon take effect and the Trudeau government demands the introduction of carbon taxes in 2018.   Guests: Dan Kelly, CEO and president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ISIS terrorists who have returned to Canada could be an "extraordinarily powerful voice" against being radicalized and traveling abroad to join a terror group.   Why should we let Canadians who joined ISIS – and may have either participated in horrific criminal and genocidal violence or supported such actions – be counseled and reintegrated into Canadian society?   Guests: Raheel Raza, president of the council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, public speaker and consultant for Interfaith and Intercul

For the last edition of Beauties and the Beast of 2017, Roy and the Beauties select an issue from the past year to focus on during their discussion. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On social media this week, Roy shared a list of chronic pain patients aged 30 and under who committed suicide because they were denied the opioid medication that enabled them to get by on a day-to-day basis. In the United States, the story isn’t too different from what chronic pain patients experience in Canada. Guest: Dr. Thomas Kline, MD, PhD. in Maryland and author of “The Myth that Prescriptions Caused the Opioid Crisis”(Photo: Toby Talbot/The Canadian Press/AP)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers whether Canada should be re-integrating returning ISIS fighters into society or follow the lead of other countries by imprisoning or killing those who fight for terrorist groups.(Photo: Newzulu) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers whether Canada should be re-integrating returning ISIS fighters into society or follow the lead of other countries by imprisoning or killing those who fight for terrorist groups.(Photo: The Canadian Press/Associated Press via militant website) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy replays an exchange between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and CPC leader Andrew Scheer on how the federal government plans to deal with ISIS fighters returning to Canada.(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices