Roy Green Show

Jimmy Buffett has passed away. The Margaritaville singer/songwriter rarely satisfied music critics but for his millions of fans worldwide known as "Parrotheads" Jimmy Buffett could do no wrong. Guest: Eric Alper. @thatericalper. Music publicist, winner of 15 JUNO awards.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A U.S. report states nearly 5000 pilots are suspected of hiding serious medical issues. Our guest's view is the U.S. FAA has known about this issue for a long time but has withheld from the public, flight safety implications notwithstanding.   Also: Air Canada cutting flights out of Calgary because of a pilot shortage industry-wide. Details from guest. Guest: Captain Raymond Hall. Air Canada Captain (ret'd). Flew 767's and 777's. Former Chair of the Air Canada Pilots Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Post Op Ed: The carbon tax is coming back to bite the Liberals hard. Guest: Tasha Kheiriddin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the issue of Steven Guilbeault and his participation as vice-chair of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development where he was warned by China's propaganda outlets to not assume a "condescing tone" toward his Chinese counterparts.. Or definitely not publicly broach the issue of Uyghur slave labour in Xinjiang province where the Muslim population has been forced to produce solar panels. Guest: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston. Snr Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. Board Member, China Strategic Risk Institute, Member Canada/U.S. Commission on China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Canadians turn the Labour Day Weekend corner on the way to fall and increasingly colder weather what is likely to happen to cost of gasoline and diesel fuel? Also cost to heat homes and businesses? Canada's Environment Minister, Steven Guilbeault who warns Alberta and Saskatchewan about fossil fuel use to produce electricity beyond 2035, attended and co-chaired an environment conference in China but says what about the massive increase in coal-fired power plants in the PRC.  Guest: Dan McTeague. President: Canadians For Affordable Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia extends its wildfire state of emergency. Guest: Ted Farr. News director, AM 1150, Kelowna and resident of West Kelowna (was ordered to evacuate because of the Douglas Creek fire). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian economy stalls in 2nd quarter, according to Statscan. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 two weeks ago and through the night-time flames encroaching on the one highway linking the NWT southward. Kelsey from Hay River, a call-in guest awaiting word on when she can return to her community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Issues with prospective judges perhaps having paid to meet Justin Trudeau before their appointment. In 2019, there was also the issue of Dominic Leblanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs and the ties of 6 New Brunswick judicial appointments to Leblanc, the Liberal Party and the Liberal Riding Association in Leblanc's New Brunswick constituency. and: After 6 months without a parliamentary ethics commissioner, the PMO announced an interim ethics commissioner. Parliamentary law requires the government to consult with opposition parties. Guest: Duff Conacher. Co-founder Democracy Watch. DW has filed court interventions and ethics complaints. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess Larochelle passed away this week. The CAF Private who was recommended for Canada's highest military honour, the Canadian Victoria Cross, for his valour in a battle against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan in 2006. Lt. General Omer Lavoie, the Command Officer on the battlefield that day was a guest with us and described Pvt. Larochelle's valour in detail. General Rick Hillier, former Chief of the Defence Staff also appeared on our program to support the CDN VC for Jess Larochelle, but still there was military and political refusal. Pvt. Larochelle was critically wounded yet kept fighting to cover his fellow CAF soldiers. Pvt. Larochelle as recently as several months ago underwent surgeries related to wounds suffered in the battle. Guest: Bruce Moncur. Former CAF member, founder of Afghanistan Veterans Association of Canada and who lead the support for Pvt. Larochelle to receive the CDN VC. Bruce Moncur was also critically wounded in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choice

Today’s Podcast: The more difficulty Donald Trump faces with criminal charges and trials, as well as possible convictions and prison time, the more his supporters will rally to Trump's side. Guest: Professor Dante Scala. University of New Hampshire. Expert in Democracy and Presidential politics. Developments in Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and leader of the Wagner Group mercenaries killed in a crash of his private plane just weeks following his abortive coup attempt against Putin. Russian military members fighting with Ukraine, led by former Russian special forces commanders are inviting now leaderless Wagner mercenaries to join them in the fight against Putin. Will Ukraine's military attack any former Wagner mercenaries on its territory after they are alleged to have committed atrocities against Ukrainian citizens and military members? Ukraine will now be receiving U.S.-built F16 fighter planes from European NATO members. Ukraine's top fighter pilot killed in a mid-air collision

Have the federal Liberals engineered their own downfall and are the party and Justin Trudeau reaching unpopularity levels with Canadian voters (including in Ontario and Quebec) from which they may not be able to recover, regardless of who leads the CPC and NDP and in Quebec the BQ? Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs and Co-author of Empty Planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our occasional hit with Blacklock's Reporter's executive editor (political humourist/satirist), Tom Korski, on the week's goings-on in the nation's capital. Guest: Tom Korski. Executive Editor, Blacklock’s Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The more difficulty Donald Trump faces with criminal charges and trials, as well as possible convictions and prison time, the more his supporters will rally to Trump's side. Guest: Professor Dante Scala, University of New Hampshire. Expert in Democracy and Presidential politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developments in Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and leader of the Wagner Group mercenaries killed in a crash of his private plane just weeks following his abortive coup attempt against Putin. Russian military members fighting with Ukraine, led by former Russian special forces commanders are inviting now leaderless Wagner mercenaries to join them in the fight against Putin. Will Ukraine's military attack any former Wagner mercenaries on its territory after they are alleged to have committed atrocities against Ukrainian citizens and military members? Ukraine will now be receiving U.S.-built F16 fighter planes from European NATO members. Ukraine's top fighter pilot killed in a mid-air collision. Russian missile attacks on civilian centres in Ukraine continue while Ukraine dispatches drones to attack targets in Moscow. What is the status of the war and is Ukraine concerned some senior GOP members and candidates for president are openly questioning supporting Ukraine militarily? Gues

The Jordan Peterson case and the Ontario Court panel of 3 judges who sided with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and ruled Peterson must attend social media training of lose his licence to practice psychology in the province, which the University of Toronto Professor Emeritus has not engaged in for several years. Is the College correct? Did the Divisional Court completely miss the point by supporting the College and its code of conduct? Has Charter enshrined Freedom of Expression been compromised, not just for Peterson, but for all Canadians? Guest: Ari Goldkind. Criminal lawyer, media commentator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Postponed from last weekend: the massive appeal of Taylor Swift and 31 million attempts to purchase tickets to her concerts in Toronto in November of 2024. As well, why do some artists become multi-decade successes while others have an occasional hit over the same period of time and yet others are so-called 'one hit wonders'? Guest: Eric Alper (thatericalper.com). 16-time JUNO Award winner and nominated six times as Publicist Of The Year during Canadian Music Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Trump's arraignment in Atlanta. What to expect now and might the U.S. Supreme Court intercede prior to conclusion of the trials and issuance of verdicts? Guest: Jeffrey Robbins. Former U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts and former chief counsel on the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Now partner at Saul Ewing national U.S. law firm and Congressional Investigations Practice Chair. The Donald Trump arraignment in Atlanta, including his mug shot making international news. So how does one of America's foremost and multiple Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists view what took place in Atlanta during Trump's arraignment? Guest: Mike Lukovich. Editorial cartoonist. Atlanta Journal Constitution. As Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe shared with us on air last Sunday would be happening this week, the provincial government introduced new policies for parental inclusion and consent. Schools must seek parent/guardian permission when changing the preferred name and prono

National Post headline: The 'far right' exists only in the minds of paranoid progressives. Column by Carson Jerema. Guest: Carson Jerema. Comment Editor with the National Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sheila Annette Lewis died this week. The Alberta woman, 58, required an organ transplant but was refused by Alberta Health Services because she declined a COVID 19 vaccination. Alberta courts sided with AHS and the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear Ms. Lewis' case. Recently she engaged an online funding page to pay for a transplant in the U.S. and by this week had raised some $124,000. Guest: John Carpay. President. Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. A JCCF lawyer Alison Pejovic (unavailable) had stewarded Ms. Lewis' case through the courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices