Roy Green Show

Canada is a country at the crossroads? Emotional and powerful listener calls (including Stefano from British Columbia) yesterday. We continue today. Guest: Celina Caesar Chavannes. Former MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to PM Trudeau in 2015 prior to leaving the Liberal Party caucus and sitting as an independent. Author: Can You Hear Me Now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Data on Household Food Insecurity 2022, from PROOF. Utoronto.ca reveals 1.8 million Canadian children are living in a food-insecure household struggling to afford the food they need. This is an increase from the 1.4 million children living under such circumstance in 2021. Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Professor Emerita in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. PROOF shows food insecurity in Canada remains at record highs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first full weekend of the 2023 NFL season. What do our guests predict the season's outcome will look like? Which team likely to win the Super Bowl? Which team may make a surprise appearance in the Super Bowl? Which team likely to be the surprising disappointment for the '23 season? We'll also fit in the CFL and it's 2023 Season. Guests: Greg Mackling, breakfast show host, CJOB radio, Winnipeg and member of Blue Bombers broadcast crew.    Rick Zamperin, breakfast show host and host of Tiger Cats 5th Quarter post-game program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now a Quebec judge has been named to head the public inquiry into foreign (China) interference in Canadian federal elections (and more) - and the CPC Convention in Quebec City ended, we speak with former CPC B.C. MP Kenny Chiu about both issues. Guest: Kenny Chiu. Former B.C. CPC MP who was targeted for federal election interference by Beijing in 2021 and lost his seat to the Liberal candidate. Also attended the Conservative Party of Canada convention in Quebec City Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During a call segment on the September 9th Show, a listener Stefano from the West Coast opened up and shared his concerns about the future of the country. Guest: Stefano. A concerned citizen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Peter MacKay talks about the Conservative Party of Canada’s convention in Quebec City. He gave an endorsement speech for Pierre Poilievre. Will MacKay run in the next federal election? Guest: Peter MacKay. Former Attorney General/Minister of Justice - Foreign Affairs Minister - Minister of National Defence.   Global News: Ottawa taps Quebec judge to lead foreign (China) interference inquiry. China's Embassy in Ottawa warns of "consequences" for "the Canadian side."  AND The Tamara Lich and Chris Barber criminal trial with Justice Heather Perkins-McKey calling a recess and scolding the prosecution over the timing of the Crown's release of text messages to the defense attorneys. Expressed concern the trial could go "off the rails.". Guest: Ari Goldkind. Criminal lawyer/media commentator.    According to hurricane specialist Michael Lowry, fewer than 1% of all tropical cyclone fixes ever attain Category 5 strength. Hurricane Lee is the farthest southeast ever observed for a Category 5 hurrican

Tasha Kheiriddin discusses her op. ed. from the National Post: Freedom Convoy Trial Won't Help Trudeau's Tanking Poll Numbers. Guest: Tasha Kheiriddin. Author and political columnist.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Alex Boutilier brings us additional reporting on the CPC Convention in Quebec City. Guest: Alex Boutilier, senior national journalist online, politics. Focus includes the Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter MacKay talks about the Conservative Party of Canada’s convention in Quebec City. He gave an endorsement speech for Pierre Poilievre. Will MacKay run in the next federal election? Guest: Peter MacKay. Former Attorney General/Minister of Justice - Foreign Affairs Minister - Minister of National Defence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News: Ottawa taps Quebec judge to lead foreign (China) interference inquiry. China's Embassy in Ottawa warns of "consequences" for "the Canadian side."  AND The Tamara Lich and Chris Barber criminal trial with Justice Heather Perkins-McKey calling a recess and scolding the prosecution over the timing of the Crown's release of text messages to the defense attorneys. Expressed concern the trial could go "off the rails.". Guest: Ari Goldkind. Criminal lawyer/media commentator.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to hurricane specialist Michael Lowry, fewer than 1% of all tropical cyclone fixes ever attain Category 5 strength. Hurricane Lee is the farthest southeast ever observed for a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since records began 172 years ago. Another report has Lee intensifying by 75 knots in one 24hr period placing it in the top .04% of all 24hr intensity changes in the Atlantic. What may lie ahead as Lee churns forward? As well, the 2023 hurricane season and what may lie ahead in the years immediately to come and is it expected hurricanes will increasingly impact Canada's Atlantic provinces and central Canada's weather?  Guest: Professor Mark Bourassa, hurricanes and tropical cyclones expert, Florida State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOC holds the line on the interest rate at 5% and news reports suggest there will be no more interest rate hikes as the national economy is slowing and the unemployment rate held at 5.5%.- A listener sent email asking "what exactly does it mean that 'Canada's economy is slowing'? We'll deal with it. Health of Canada's economy and national prosperity is what? - Successive governments have taken Canada's economic security for granted (Business Council of Canada) - In 2021 an OECD report concluded Canada's will be the worst performing advanced economy through 2030 and for the three decades after that. In real terms what does that OECD outlook forecast for Canada and Canadians? Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: The Bank of Canada makes its next interest rate announcement September 6. The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) released its National Debt Dilemma Study on Canadians debt, savings, emergency funds and financial literacy. 24% of Canadians would not be able to come up with $500 in cash tomorrow without borrowing or selling anything. Guest: Garth Sheriff. CPA, founder of Sheriff Consulting. Also a member of the CPA of Ontario, as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. U.S. president Biden is offering to house migrants sent to New York City by states such as Texas in Massena, New York on the Canadian border in close proximity to Cornwall, Ontario. - Arrest warrants issued in Canada for 300 foreign criminals deemed a danger to the public. Facing deportation - Nova Scotia becomes the first province to stop holding immigration detainees for the federal government. Other provinces including B.C. and Alberta have declared they will discontinue the prac

Sixth annual Raising Canada report released by Children First Canada covers Top 10 threats to Kids in Canada. Research conducted by the University of Calgary, University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. Guest: Sara Austin, founder and CEO, Children First Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new strain of Covid has arrived, Piroloa. The most highly mutated strain since Omicron. What is the level of concern among healthcare professionals? In some organizations in both Canada and the U.S. mask mandates have been strengthened or reintroduced. - Booster vaccination is being increasingly recommended. Guest: Dr. Joseph Blondeau. Clinical microbiologist and Head of Clinical Microbiology at Royal University Hospital and the University of Saskatchwan in Saskatoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bank of Canada makes its next interest rate announcement September 6. The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) released its National Debt Dilemma Study on Canadians debt, savings, emergency funds and financial literacy. 24% of Canadians would not be able to come up with $500 in cash tomorrow without borrowing or selling anything. Guest: Garth Sheriff. CPA, founder of Sheriff Consulting. Also a member of the CPA of Ontario, as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. president Biden is offering to house migrants sent to New York City by states such as Texas in Massena, New York on the Canadian border in close proximity to Cornwall, Ontario. - Arrest warrants issued in Canada for 300 foreign criminals deemed a danger to the public. Facing deportation - Nova Scotia becomes the first province to stop holding immigration detainees for the federal government. Other provinces including B.C. and Alberta have declared they will discontinue the practice as well, but will temporarily continue to hold dangerous detainees in prison facilities, but are not accepting new inmates. Saskatchewan is set to end its engagement at the end of September. Ontario and Manitoba will terminate their deals next year. - A man charged with 136 firearms offences and 28 firearms was discovered in Toronto after hotel staff cleaned his room. Guest: Scott Newark. Former Alberta Crown prosecutor, executive director Canadian Police Association, senior policy advisor to federal and Ontario Ministers for

The issue of parents involvement in the lives of their children in Canada. Last Sunday, Saskatchewan education minister Dustin Duncan joined the program to outline new Sask. policy that schools must obtain parental permission for children under 16 changing their pronouns and schools must inform parents of sexual education courses with parents having the right to withdraw their children from those courses. Callers following only wanted to speak about the two income vs one income family models and which serves the interest of children better and more positively. We committed to pursue the issue this weekend. Guest: Roy, with Callers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listeners have requested we engage a U.S. conservative voice to address issues trailing president Joe Biden. Also criminal indictments facing Donald Trump. Guest: Dr. Zuhdi Jasser. U.S. conserrvative voice. Board certified in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology. Former President of the Arizona Medical Association practicing in Phoenix. Dr. Jasser is a former Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. Founder and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. Author of 'Battle for the Soul of Islam' and 'Which Islam? Whose Islam And other essays.' Op ed by Dr. Jasser for Newsweek titled The World's Red-Green Axis has Come to Our Streets. - Dr. Jasser was also invited to testify before a Canadian parliamentary committee and came away unimpressed by the experience. - Dr. Jasser also hosts conservative political talk radio in Phoenix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Podcast: Canadian economy stalls in 2nd quarter, according to Stats Canada. Means what to average Canadian and economic outlook? CIBC reports a 1 million undercount of Canadian residents. Means what to housing crisis? - Impact of housing crisis on provincial and national economies? - B.C. premier Eby calls on BOC to end raising interest rate. - What is most likely scenario for Canadian economy over next 12 months and how might Canadians prepare? Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University The Northwest Territories extended the state of emergency this week, but has announced Yellowknife residents will begin to be permitted to return home next week. Wildfires continue to burn in proximity to Yellowknife. How have evacuees from Yellowknife and elsewhere in the NWT been faring away from their homes and their work/careers? Many have lost salaries and worry about jobs being available on return. Guest: Donna-Lynn Baskin who with her daughter drove from Yellowknife to Calgary