Roy Green Show

Roy asks callers if governments must enact laws to protect employees on the bottom rung of the economic ladder from greedy business owners? Or .... is raising minimum wage to $15.00 a crass grab at votes from Canadians who will cheer a raise of minimum wage and an unfair attack on small  business in the province?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's law. Bill-148. Ontario minimum wage ($15.00 per hour as of January 1, 2019 ....$14,00 per hour as of January 1, 2018).  At the beginning of this winter Premier Kathleen Wynne expresses concern for the economically disadvantaged.  One year ago today there was zero such concern as the Premier simply watched the poorest in the province fall by the wayside, unable to pay their hugely increased hydro bills. Guest:  Julie Kwiecinski, Director of Provincial Affairs, Ontario, Canadian Federation of Independent Business.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Podcast Military veterans – including those who are seriously wounded – are in a battle with their own government for adequate post-career support. The Equitas lawsuit aims to have disability pensions and benefits for veterans restored and protected after the federal government put an end to those pensions in 2006. Guests: Major Ken Campbell, PPCLI, lost his legs to an IED attack in Afghanistan John Brassard, CPC MP, introduced private members bill C-378, which would rectify the situation for Canadian Armed Forces members who are wounded while serving Canada-In Alberta, gay/straight alliances must be allowed in all schools. In Ontario, a 12 year old girl is legally permitted to have an abortion. In both of these situations, if their children prefer it, the parents are not informed. Why is this, and is this policy necessary? ​Guest: Scott Taylor, family lawyer in Vancouver-Anthony Hanemaayer spent years in prison for a crime committed by serial killer/rapist Paul Bernardo. Anthony even

Our weekly “Smart Living & Entertainment” from Marilisa Racco, Global News lifestyle reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While in the Philippines, Justin Trudeau referred to Canadians Robert Hall and John Ridsdel, who were kidnapped and beheaded by terrorists. He claimed that most of the terrorists who committed the brutal murders have been killed, but seemed unable to remember the names of Robert Hall and John Ridsdel. Guest: Gord Bibby, Robert Hall's cousin(Photo: HO via Youtube/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Hanemaayer spent years in prison for a crime committed by serial killer/rapist Paul Bernardo. Anthony eventually accepted a plea bargain. What is it like to go to prison for a despicable act that you were not responsible for? Guest: Anthony Hanemaayer​(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - do parents have the right to know if their daughters are getting abortions? Do parents have the right to know if their children are in gay/straight alliances at school?(Photo: Matthew Busch/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - do parents have the right to know if their daughters are getting abortions? Do parents have the right to know if their children are in gay/straight alliances at school?(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Alberta, gay/straight alliances must be allowed in all schools. In Ontario, a 12 year old girl is legally permitted to have an abortion. In both of these situations, if their children prefer it, the parents are not informed. Why is this, and is this policy necessary? ​Guest: Scott Taylor, family lawyer in Vancouver(Photo: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers to weigh in on the federal government's failure to take care of Canada's veterans.(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers to weigh in on the federal government's failure to take care of Canada's veterans.(Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Military veterans – including those who are seriously wounded – are in a battle with their own government for adequate post-career support. The Equitas lawsuit aims to have disability pensions and benefits for veterans restored and protected after the federal government put an end to those pensions in 2006. Guests: Major Ken Campbell, PPCLI, lost his legs to an IED attack in Afghanistan John Brassard, CPC MP, introduced private members bill C-378, which would rectify the situation for Canadian Armed Forces members who are wounded while serving Canada(Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Against a backdrop of overdose deaths caused by illegal opioids, there are chronic pain patients who have long been prescribed opioids in order to make life bearable. Many are experiencing difficulty renewing their opioid prescriptions because doctors fear retribution from medical organizations and governments for taking care of their patients. Guests: Marvin Ross, writer on health issues for Huffington Post Canada, including the column “Ontario’s War on Pain Patients” Barry Ulmer, Executive Director of the Chronic Pain Association of Canada-Raising the minimum wage is a controversial issue in a number of Canadian provinces, notably Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Guest: Julie Kwiecinski, Ontario director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, sits on the CFIB's national minimum wage committee-A Gravis Marketing poll was conducted in Alabama in relation to the sexual assault accusations against Republican candidate for Senate, Judge Roy Moore. Guest:  Doug Kaplan, P

Roy and the Beauties chat about the Liberal federal government's self-congratulatory grading of its performance, absurdly high gas prices and more.Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If an electromagnetic pulse – or EMP – were detonated high above the United States and/or Canada, it would destroy power grids, as well as civilian critical infrastructure and bring an end to 21st century life as we know it. The projection is that 90% of life would be wiped out. Is North Korea capable of this kind of attack on North America? Guest: Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security and Chief of Staff of the Congressional EMP Commission(Photo: KCNA via Reuters, File Photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Gravis Marketing poll was conducted in Alabama in relation to the sexual assault accusations against Republican candidate for Senate, Judge Roy Moore. Guest:  Doug Kaplan, President and CEO of Gravis Marketing(Photo: Marvin Gentry/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - are significant increases in minimum wage necessary, or are they political strategies that are putting unnecessary pressure on small business owners?(Photo: Mark Blinch/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - are significant increases in minimum wage necessary, or are they political strategies that are putting unnecessary pressure on small business owners?(Photo: Denis Beaumont/The Canadian Press Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raising the minimum wage is a controversial issue in a number of Canadian provinces, notably Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.Guest: Julie Kwiecinski, Ontario director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, sits on the CFIB's national minimum wage committee(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers who suffer from chronic pain about their experiences trying to renew their opiod prescriptions to deal with their pain.(Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices