Roy Green Show

Michael Geist discusses the impact of Bill C-11. Has it driven streamers away from Canada? Also: Antisemitism in Canada. Public manora lighting is now politicized amid the raging conflict in the Middle East. Guest: Michael Geist, Canada Research chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A car exploded on the Rainbow Bridge on Wednesday. While investigations eventually ruled out terrorism, it was a bracing afternoon for Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati. He shares his first-hand account of that day, including his worry that he may have had a "Come From Away" situation on his hands. Guests: Mark Colley, sports reporter for the Toronto Star Moshe Lander, sports economist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America is currently facing it's highest degree of terrorist threats since 9/11. Mia Bloom discusses how current events could increase the likelihood of radical actions from unexpected sides of the political spectrum. Guest: Mia Bloom, Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies at Georgia State University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Podcast: The city of Moncton is removing the annual menorah display during Hanukkah after 20 years and the Mayor's rationale, citing a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision separating church and state and disallowing councils from beginning meetings with prayer is being challenged nationally and described as cowardly and motivated by fear of antisemitic demonstrators. Meanwhile Christian symbols like angels will continue to be displayed at city hall. Moncton's Jewish population is challenging the decision by a now unavailable for further comment Mayor Dawn Arnold Guest: Leigh Lampert. Moncton based lawyer and member of the Moncton synagogue board of directors. A member of the city's Jewish delegation who met with Mayor Arnold. Lorrie Goldstein column in today's Toronto Sun: I'm done with having to explain myself to Jew haters. "Sorry Jew haters, but as a Canadian Jew I'm not going to be apologizing for my right to exist."  Guest: Lorrie Goldstein. Editor emeritus Toronto Sun and member of the Canadi

The city of Moncton is removing the annual menorah display during Hanukkah after 20 years and the Mayor's rationale, citing a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision separating church and state and disallowing councils from beginning meetings with prayer is being challenged nationally and described as cowardly and motivated by fear of anti-Semitic demonstrators. Meanwhile Christian symbols like angels will continue to be displayed at city hall. Moncton's Jewish population is challenging the decision by a now unavailable for further comment Mayor Dawn Arnold Guest: Leigh Lampert. Moncton based lawyer and member of the Moncton synagogue board of directors. A member of the city's Jewish delegation who met with Mayor Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorrie Goldstein column in today's Toronto Sun: I'm done with having to explain myself to Jew haters. "Sorry Jew haters, but as a Canadian Jew I'm not going to be apologizing for my right to exist."  Guest: Lorrie Goldstein. Editor emeritus Toronto Sun and member of the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The warring escalates between the federal government and the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, with Alberta premier Danielle Smith calling the Justin Trudeau government "lawless." We look back to previous battles between Ottawa and Alberta, as well as the current situation which affects us all. Guest: Ted Morton. Former Alberta Minister of Finance, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development. - Also in 2001 a member of a group of 6 Albertans (including Stephen Harper) who wrote the so-called Firewall Letter calling on the Alberta government to use its constitutional powers to reduce the influence the federal government had on the province, including withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan. (Familiar?)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The current battle between Alberta and Ottawa. Premier Smith in Dubai for COP28. She has described the Justin Trudeau government as "lawless." Alberta and Saskatchewan lead the charge to put an end to the federal carbon tax.  Guest: Nathan Neudorf. Alberta Minister of Development and Utilities.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A double convicted 1st degree murderer George Lovie, whose parole hearing where he was to seek unrestricted parole has been deferred from December 8 to early 2024. The hearing has been deferred because the double convicted murderer demanded that and the Canadian justice system allows and supports such a demand at the expense of the victims family. In this case the family of Don Edwards, former Team Canada and Buffalo Sabres goaltender. Lovie murdered Don's parents in 1991. Guest: Don and Tannis Edwards. An excruciating reality as they will again be required to prepare for a parole hearing for Lovie who has the right to read their Victims Impact Statements prior to the parole hearing (whenever he may agree to it). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Justin Trudeau tweet this week began "we need more women in politics and at decision-making tables." Response was immediate and from former Trudeau government federal Minister of Justice and solicitor general, Jody Wilson Raybould. As well, former MP and parliamentary secretary to Trudeau Celina Caesar Chavannes who Trudeau twice shouted at when CCS informed him she wouldn't be running for a second term, using terms like "you're ungrateful." Celina Caesar Chavannes then left the Liberal caucus and sat as an independent. Guest: Celina Caesar Chavannes. Author: Can You Hear Me Now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our irregular segments with the executive editor of Blacklock's Reporter Tom Korski on the week's goings on in the nation's capital. It gets even more irregular when Roy and Tom start playing around with the music. Guest: Tom Korski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: The war between Israel and Hamas resumes. Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada.   A Canadian athlete the entire nation respects is leaving the field of competition. Christine Sinclair's final game for Canada will be next Tuesday. Last night the legendary #12 played 330th game on Canada's national team against Australia. Sinclair is the world's all-time leading scorer with 190 goals. For next Tuesday's game B.C. Place Stadium is being renamed Christine Sinclair Place for one night.     Guests:  Allison Forsyth. Safe sport advocate Partner/COO of IP Sport. 8 times Canadian ski champion, 5 World Cup podiums, bronze medal at 2003 World Championships and represented Canada at 2 Olympic Games. George Pakos. Member of first Canadian men's soccer team to play in the World Cup in 1986. Scored half of Canada's goals to get the team in the WC. Two of the most important goals in the history of Canadian soccer.   AI slithers into mainstream media? Sports Illustrated being accused of the creati

The war between Israel and Hamas resumes. Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Canadian athlete the entire nation respects is leaving the field of competition. Christine Sinclair's final game for Canada will be next Tuesday. Last night the legendary #12 played 330th game on Canada's national team against Australia. Sinclair is the world's all-time leading scorer with 190 goals. For next Tuesday's game B.C. Place Stadium is being renamed Christine Sinclair Place for one night.     Guests:  Allison Forsyth. Safe sport advocate Partner/COO of IP Sport. 8 times Canadian ski champion, 5 World Cup podiums, bronze medal at 2003 World Championships and represented Canada at 2 Olympic Games. George Pakos. Member of first Canadian men's soccer team to play in the World Cup in 1986. Scored half of Canada's goals to get the team in the WC. Two of the most important goals in the history of Canadian soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI slithers into mainstream media? Sports Illustrated being accused of the creation of fake stories written by fake humans ... eg 'fake news'?   Guest: Professor Jane Kirtley. Media ethics and the law, University of Minnesota Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Canada's economic wellbeing is at its worst stage since the 1929 Great Depression." So said Toronto Metropolitan University macroeconomics professor Eric Kam on our program last weekend. We will pick up on that statement with Professor Kam today. (NP editorial: Canada's worst fiscal crisis is brewing) - Cdn economy shrank in QR, but economists not calling it a technical recession yet. Guest argues this is ridiculous.  Also Roy and Eric talk sports icons. Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 year old British Columbia boy commits suicide over sextortion. Prime Minister Trudeau says governments should not be blamed, even though his government committed to legislation dealing with sextortion years ago, without delivering. - Last weekend we spoke about Durham Regional Police in Ontario sting operation to flush out individuals pursuing sex with underage youth with Carol Todd, mother of Amanda who committed suicide in 2012. We speak again with Carol Todd in the wake of the tragic death of the 12 year old boy in B.C. Guest: Carol Todd. AmandaToddLegacy.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Andy Warhol portrait of Mick Jagger, signed by both Warhol and Jagger, will hit the auction block at Cowley Abbott Toronto's live auction of important Canadian and International Art next Wednesday at 4pm EST. The painting is estimated at between $135,000 - $175,000.   Guest: Rob Cowley, president of Cowley Abbott and Canadian art specialist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We asked you who your Canadian sports heroes are, and you didn't disappoint. From a former teammate of Hayley Wickenheiser, to a stirring reflection on a Canadian who ran for us all, here's what we got when you stepped up to the plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got hockey cards? Autographed sticks? Odd bits of art? You never know how much your collectibles could be worth! We listen to your calls about your collectibles, plus our Producer, Tom, has something that's bound to intrigue Star Wars fans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices