Roy Green Show

Today's podcast: Excuses (explanations) continue concerning Bernardo transfer to medium security prison in Quebec. CSC argues transfer was "sound" and followed all applicable laws and policies. Meanwhile internal emails obtained by Global News quote CSC employees predicting a "circus" surrounding any Bernardo transfer. Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for French/Mahaffy families. Challenging CSC position including argument Bernardo had 'integrated' into prison population.    Russia's quits grain export deal and engages in missile attacks on Ukraine's export facilities. Also engaging in missile attacks on the city of Odesa, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Now what? And was Ukraine behind the attack on the bridge linking Russia with the Crimean peninsula. How is the war going for Ukraine?  Guest: Olexander Scherba, former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the U.S. Book, Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts.     From the convicted child sex trafficker livin

More on food insecurity and what awaits now Russia has walked away from the grain export agreement with Ukraine.  Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Scientific director of the Agri-foods Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Author of four books, including: Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former U of Saskatchewan professor, now Yukon University professor Ken Coates is quoted in Global News story: 'Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada.' Issue we discussed with Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe yesterday. Guest: Ken Coates. Yukon University.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in Ottawa with the executive editor of Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa). Guest: Tom Korski. Exec editor, Blacklock's Reporter      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Excuses (explanations) continue concerning Bernardo transfer to medium security prison in Quebec. CSC argues transfer was "sound" and followed all applicable laws and policies. Meanwhile internal emails obtained by Global News quote CSC employees predicting a "circus" surrounding any Bernardo transfer. Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for French/Mahaffy families. Challenging CSC position including argument Bernardo had 'integrated' into prison population.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia's quits grain export deal and engages in missile attacks on Ukraine's export facilities. Also engaging in missile attacks on the city of Odesa, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Now what? And was Ukraine behind the attack on the bridge linking Russia with the Crimean peninsula. How is the war going for Ukraine?  Guest: Olexander Scherba, fmr Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the U.S. Book, Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the convicted child sex trafficker living in a centre for autistic youth to another chapter in the ugly scenario surrounding Paul Bernardo's transfer to a Quebec medium security prison, to privacy rights for convicted criminals what must and can be done (again) to make Canada's justice system responsive to the needs and expectations of Canadians? Guests: Mike Lake CPC MP from Edmonton and father of 27 year old autistic son. Scott Newark. Former AB Crown Attorney, policy advisor to a federal and Ontario Minister for Public Safety and former vice chair for the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2022, 18.4% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household. that amounts to 6.9 million people, including almost 1.8 million children living in households that struggled to afford the food they need. This is a considerable increase from 2021. 1 in 4 children lived in food insecure homes in Canada in 2022.  Guest is co-author of a comment titled: Food Charity will not fix Food Insecurity.   Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. Founding investigator at PROOF, a research program studying food insecurity and how to reduce it.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News story: Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada. Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe agrees and posted the GN story to his Twitter account.  Also: Are Canada's premiers collectively and/or for their own reasons turning against Justin Trudeau and his government's policies?  Recently all four Atlantic Canada premiers sent a letter of concern/protest to the prime minister about the carbon tax imposition.    Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan    Eight former residents and activists in Hong Kong have had bounties of $1 million (HK) placed on them by Hong Kong police. We speak with one of the activists with a price on their heads.    Benedict Rogers is the author of: The China Nexus: 30 Years in and around the Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers was denied entry to Hong Kong in 2017 on the orders of Beijing. This was 20 years after he had moved to the city as a journalist and activist.  Guests: Anna Kwak is one of the eight former residents of Hong Kong and human rights ac

The wildfire threat in British Columbia increasing and so is the wildfire smoke threat. Guest: Professor Michael Brauer. Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vancouver port strike. First it was on, then it was off, then it was on again and now it appears it's off again. Impact on the national economy and particularly the sector which pre-pandemic was Canada's number 1 employment sector, small business, which employed some 8 million Canadians in 2019. - What is the health of small business in Canada today? Guest: Jasmin (Jazzmay) Guenette. VP National Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montreal Economic Institute/IPSOS national poll: Canadians are saying they are excessively taxed and less than a quarter of Canadians believe that the federal government is effectively allocating funds to address the most important issues facing Canada today. More Canadians nationally oppose the Trudeau government's carbon tax than support the tax. MEI conclusion: "A disconnect exists between the Department of Finance and the people whose money is entrusted to its care." Guest: Reynaud Brossard. Communications director, Montreal Economic Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News story: Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada. Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe agrees and posted the GN story to his Twitter account.  Also: Are Canada's premiers collectively and/or for their own reasons turning against Justin Trudeau and his government's policies?  Recently all four Atlantic Canada premiers sent a letter of concern/protest to the prime minister about the carbon tax imposition.    Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eight former residents and activists in Hong Kong have had bounties of $1 million (HK) placed on them by Hong Kong police. We speak with one of the activists with a price on their heads.    Benedict Rogers is the author of: The China Nexus: 30 Years in and around the Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers was denied entry to Hong Kong in 2017 on the orders of Beijing. This was 20 years after he had moved to the city as a journalist and activist.  Guests: Anna Kwak is one of the eight former residents of Hong Kong and human rights activist with a $1 million (Hong Kong) bounty on her for her opposition to the manner of Beijing's of Hong Kong. Seeking asylum in the U.S. Benedict Rogers. Human rights activist specializing in Asian policy and geopolitics. Co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch. Deputy Chair of th UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Has testified in the UK parliament, the European parliament and the U.S. Congress.  Learn more about your ad choice

Shane Wenzel is a Calgary homebuilder who posted to Twitter a few days ago that 10 confirmed homebuyers walked away from their home purchases when the BOC interest rate hit 5%. The homebuyers had secured financing when the BOC rate was 2-2.5% in early 2022.  Guest: Shane Wenzel. Calgary homebuilder. Places the blame squarely on the Trudeau government; "You can thank Trudeau and his government. Their out-of-control spending, policies and a tenth consecutive interest rate hike for adding to the housing crisis."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All Canadian provinces now permit pharmacists to prescribe medication for relatively minor health issues. Is this a positive step? What are the possible pitfalls? What is the response of Canada's family physicians? Guest: Dr. Chris Milburn. Family doctor, Sydney, Nova Scotia.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Refugees to Canada living on the sidewalks of Toronto. Immigration number to increase to 500,000 annually by 2025 according to the federal government. Meanwhile,15-20% of immigrants to Canada leave within the first 10 years of being here.  At this time an anti-immigrant, anti-migrant backlash is being experienced in Europe. The Netherlands government has fallen on the issue. - Political parties challenging immigration policies have been voted into office, or hold the balance of power in Italy and Finland. In Austria, the Freedom Party, also challenging immigration numbers is leading in the polls. - Similar situation exists in Germany - An anti-immigrant political party is receiving increased backing in Sweden. So how are Canadians feeling about the issue of immigration? We look at pre-Covid and post-Covid Canada with two IPSOS polls. 2019 IPSOS headline: Canadians becoming more nervous about immigration.  Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs   Justin Trudeau just spent days attending the NATO con

Wildfire smoke originating British Columbia, Alberta is affecting the health of residents of the two provinces and thousands of kilometers distant. Guest: Professor Michael Mehta. Environmental social scientist specializing in science, technology and society with a focus on environmental and health risk issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau at NATO meetings continued his support for Ukraine in its war with Russia and committed more Leopard II tanks to Ukraine. The question is how many functioning tanks does Canada have remaining for our own defence? - Also the just announced plan by Ottawa of a pathway for Ukrainian citizens seeking permanent residency in Canada. Guest: Borys Wrzesnewskyj. Former Liberal MP invited to sit with PM Trudeau in parliament during Ukraine president Zelensky's speech to parl. - In 2010, in a speech in Ottawa Wrsesnewskyj predicted the invasion of Ukraine in February of last year and how it would proceed.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the premiers meeting in Winnipeg, public safety and bail reform topped the agenda for the premiers. Mayor Sohi of Edmonton is pleading with federal Justice Minister David Lametti for "immediate action" on bail reform. This after a father of seven was stabbed to death in a random attack at a city LRT station. What will result from this? What should result from this?   And: Refugee claimants living on the sidewalk outside the Toronto public shelter intake centre.  Guest: Ari Goldkind. Criminal lawyer / media commentator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices