Roy Green Show

MAID: Medical Assistance in Dying. MAID was enshrined by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2015, but has it roamed far from the SCC's intent? Alberta now is considering significant changes to MAID in the province. Guest: Dr. Shawn Whatley. Ontario family doctor, former executive director of the Ontario Medical Association and senior Fellow at the MacDonald Cartier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In national polling by Leger Marketing, what is Canadians' view of the so-called GST tax holiday from December 14 to February 15? And who do Canadians side with/support on the issue of strengthening border security on our side of the Canada/U.S. Border? Do they possibly side with Donald Trump? Guest: Andrew Enns. EVP, Leger Marketing, Central Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau's government is aiming again against law-abiding, firearms safety-course-passing Canadians who own guns which according to the federal Liberals belong on the battlefield. And how many .22 caliber firearms are on this list? Liberals plan to ship many of these guns to Ukraine for that country's war with Russia.  Guest: Tony Bernardo. Executive director: Canadian Shooting Sports Association.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harold McQuaker, Mayor of Emo, Ontario, fights back against the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, saying he won't be bullied or pay a fine for not flying the Pride flag in his community this year. Canada has become a rich hunting ground for criminals—masked Christmas shoppers on bail hunt for gifts with hammers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford will use the constitutional notwithstanding clause to dismantle homeless encampments in the province. Guest: Joe Warmington, Columnist at the Toronto Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Swift and the global Eras tour winds up in Vancouver this weekend. Guest: Eric Alper. Multi Juno Award-winning independent Canadian music publicist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: 4.9 million visitor visas to Canada will have expired between September of this year and December of 2025. Canada's immigration minister expects "the vast majority will leave voluntarily. Does experience demonstrate this is wishful/pipedream thinking by the minister? - Following his testimony at the parliamentary committee on this issue Miller was faced in the hallway by representatives of migrant worker groups insisting they would not be leaving Canada. Guest: Jason Kenney, former federal Minister for Immigration in Stephen Harper's Conservative Party federal government and former Premier of Alberta The Canadian Federation of Business released information that 4% of its small and medium-sized business members nationally support the federal government's GST/HST holiday between December 14 and February 15. - The Canada Post strike continues. The impact on small businesses nationally is negative and businesses, and backbones of communities across Canada are being hurt. - What kind of 2024 has

Justin Trudeau assembled Canada's premiers for a virtual 'Team Canada' meeting to address the expectations and challenges directed toward Canada by the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States. How did that go? Did Trudeau persuade the premiers and particularly our guest who has been at war with Trudeau and his environment minister Steven Guilbeault for some time now? Guest: Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"My contempt for the state is infinite." Javier Milei. Argentina's new president quoted in The Economist. Milei told the WEF in his speech that government is not the solution, government is the problem and ended with "long live freedom, Dammit!" - Milei is revolutionizing Argentina, has done away with 13 federal government ministries and the country's largest tax collection agency. Guest: Ian Vasquez. Argentine journalist who knows President Milei personally. VP for International Studies at the CATO Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australia is banning the use of social media for young people under the age of 16. That's the law. There is instant nodding in agreement, as well as instant shaking of the head in fundamental disagreement. Which side are you on? - Who should be deciding whether kids and and what age should be using social media? Kids themselves? Parents? Companies providing apps? Government? - France passed legislation declaring any child under 15 must obtain permission from a parent or guardian to engage on social media. France is attempting to persuade all E.U. Nations to follow its lead.  Guest: David Fraser. One of Canada's foremost privacy lawyers, international internet law expert, and founder of the Canadian Privacy Law Blog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Federation of Business released information that 4% of its small and medium-sized business members nationally support the federal government's GST/HST holiday between December 14 and February 15. - The Canada Post strike continues. The impact on small businesses nationally is negative and businesses, and backbones of communities across Canada are being hurt. - What kind of 2024 has this been for small business owners nationwide? Guest: Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4.9 million visitor visas to Canada will have expired between September of this year and December of 2025. Canada's immigration minister expects "the vast majority will leave voluntarily. Does experience demonstrate this is wishful/pipedream thinking by the minister? - Following his testimony at the parliamentary committee on this issue Miller was faced in the hallway by representatives of migrant worker groups insisting they would not be leaving Canada. Guest: Jason Kenney, former federal Minister for Immigration in Stephen Harper's Conservative Party federal government and former Premier of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: The Relationship between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau Guest: Kevin O'Leary (Mr. Wonderful), Canadian businessman and television personality Trump's economics. 25% tariffs across the board on Canadian products entering the U.S. if Canada doesn't satisfactorily secure our border with the United States. What would the individual and total impact be? It hasn't passed parliament, but thoughts about the limited $250 federal government payment to 'some' Canadians are scheduled for early 2025.  Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics at Toronto Metropolitan University An internal Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada report obtained by Blacklock's Reporter shows that 47% of Canadians believe too much immigration is taking place. Guest: Richard Kurland. Immigration lawyer in Vancouver.  Bullying and cyberbullying are on the increase in Canada and so are the incidents of suicide ideation and committing suicide among the young (but not exclusively the young). Guest: Jason Carey Ph.D, Man

Bullying and cyberbullying are on the increase in Canada and so are the incidents of suicide ideation and committing suicide among the young (but not exclusively the young). Guest: Jason Carey Ph.D. Manager and Clinical Service Operations at Kids Help Phone, Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's economics. 25% tariffs across the board on Canadian products entering the U.S. if Canada doesn't satisfactorily secure our border with the United States. What would the individual and total impact be? It hasn't passed parliament, but thoughts about the limited $250 federal government payment to 'some' Canadians are scheduled for early 2025.  Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics at Toronto Metropolitan University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Information into horrible animal abuse, morphing into a planned child abuse case unfolding in Manitoba. GUEST: Richard Cloutier. Co-host of The News on 680 CJOB. Senior reporter with Global News, Manitoba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 An internal Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada report obtained by Blacklock's Reporter shows that 47% of Canadians believe too much immigration is taking place. GUEST: Richard Kurland. Immigration lawyer in Vancouver.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Sylvain Charlebois posted on X today, "The bread price fixing scandal just got even messier." Details will follow, including a $2 billion lawsuit. Charlebois also said, " The GST holiday on food is like taking a bucket to bail out a boat with a hole in the bottom."   Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director Dalhousie University Agri Foods lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The Relationship between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau GUEST: Kevin O'Leary (Mr. Wonderful), Canadian businessman and television personality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: A Georgia mother was arrested and handcuffed at her home, then taken to jail and charged under a non-existent offense. This was after her 10-year-old son was observed by an individual who called 911 to report a child walking unaccompanied by an adult, heading for the small community very close to where the family lives. The case is generating significant attention in the U.S. and we hear the circumstance and details. Guests:  Brittany Patterson, mother of 10-year-old Soren. David DeLugas. Patterson's lawyer and executive director of ParentsUSA.org   More on the anti-NATO/antisemitic rioting in Montreal on Friday. Guest: Beryl Wasjman. Editor in Chief, The Suburban is Quebec's largest English-language weekly newspaper. Recently, younger Canadians have been speaking admiringly of socialism and suggesting that Canadian society should adopt socialism as our form of governance. Some point to Sweden as an example of how socialism is a success in an advanced Western nation. No, it isn't, says o

Global News headline: Russia fires new ballistic missile at Ukraine in warning to West. Meanwhile, bloggers covering Russia's military write Putin fired a senior military commander for his comments about how the war is going for Russia. As we spoke about yesterday, the former commanding officer of the Ukrainian military General Zaluzhny, now Ukraine's ambassador to the U.K., said that this past week, World War III began. What is the situation in the war, 1004 days in, which has seen thousands of Ukraine refugees come to Canada. Guest: Borys Wresnewskyj, former Toronto Liberal MP with deep family ties to Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices