Roy Green Show

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a

Justin Trudeau just spent days attending the NATO conference making sweeping statements about Canada's commitment to the Alliance. These have been met with eye-rolling and criticism of Canada's meagre commitment to defence-spending. Editorial comment by the Wall Street Journal: 'Canada is a Military Free Rider in NATO.' - John Ivison, NP, "Our NATO allies have little patience left for Trudeau's freeloading."   Why the criticism? Canada's military stands at just below 63k members with antiquated and out of commission weapons and weapons systems. Canada's soldiers on a training mission for the Ukraine military in Poland were told by DND to eat at restaurants. They have though not been reimbursed for their meal expenses. - An additional 700 members of the CAF in Latvia have been buying their own ballistic helmets, rain gear, as well as vests and belts to carry water and ammunition. The Canadian battle group commander describes the situation as "concerning, verging on embarrassing."   Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Nor

On Tuesday the U.S. Senate began hearings on whether COVID-19 may have been created in a lab. We speak with Professor Alison Young, author of the new book Pandora's Gamble: Lab Leaks and a World at Risk. She was the first journalist to obtain an exclusive interview with the NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci in 2020 and writes about supposedly secure bio lab leaks which happen(ed) not only in China, but in places like the U.S. as well.  Guest: Professor Alison Young, recipent of three National Press Club and three Scripps Howard Awards for investigative journalism. She is Curtis B Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting and the director of the University of MIssouri's School of Journalism in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood on strike! What is this strike about and why is this one described as very serious. And: Another blockbuster for Tom Cruise with the latest Mission Impossible movie. Is he the most successful Hollywood actor ever? Guest: Murray Pomerance. Is an independent scholar and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at RMIT University, Melbourne. His most recent book, just out in paperback, is COLOR IT TRUE: Impressions of Cinema. One of the most respected authors of books about film and the actors and directors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: NACI (National Advisory Committee on Immunization) is recommending all Canadians who haven't had a Covid booster get one for the fall if it has been at least six months since their last vaccine shot or since last getting infected with Covid. NACI focused particularly on those over 65, residents of long-term-care homes, if you're pregnant and/or at high risk due to an underlying medical condition. Also strongly recommends the booster for First Nations, Metis and Inuit communties, members of racialized communities and essential workers. Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch. Infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto. Bank of Canada raises interest rate to 5%, highest in 22 years. Impact on Canadians, on Canadian homeowners, on economy, - Office of Superintendant of Financial Institutions considering regulatory changes to help financial institutions under mortgage lending stress. - Let's add increased taxes and inflation to the

National Police Federation Recommends Progressive, Data-drivien Approach to Bail Reform in Canada. The NPF made their voice heard during the premiers meetings in Winnipeg. Guest: Scott Newark. Former Alberta Crown Attorney, senior policy advisor to federal and Quebec public safety ministers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tentative agreement in Vancouver port strike as work resumed Thursday. Impact on Canadians and Canadian economy. Guest: Robin Guy. VP Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

International conference in Vancouver this week on present and future need for LNG and Canada's role (potential role) supplying the world. There is a large scale need both internationally and domestically for decades to come. Guest: Professor Thierry Bros, Sciences Po University, Paris. - Former official with French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. Represented France on oil markets and advised on emergency issues at the International Energy Agency and the European Commission. (attending the Vancouver conference) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NACI (National Advisory Committee on Immunization) is recommending all Canadians who haven't had a Covid booster get one for the fall if it has been at least six months since their last vaccine shot or since last getting infected with Covid. NACI focused particularly on those over 65, residents of long-term-care homes, if you're pregnant and/or at high risk due to an underlying medical condition. Also strongly recommends the booster for First Nations, Metis and Inuit communties, members of racialized communities and essential workers. Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch. Infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News: An Amsterdam court needs more specifics before sentence in Aydin Coban on his guilty conviction of cyberbullying of Amanda Todd which led to the then 15 year old B.C. teen's suicide. Amanda's mother is very angry. Guest: Carol Todd. Amanda's mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's look at the Online News Act which Canadians have been commenting on. Let's cut to the chase. Where do you get your news, sports, social commentary today? Then a bit of nostalgia. What did you grow up with? Radio, television, newspapers? What do you miss? And frankly, who needs the tech "giants?" Just go to the websites of the individual Canadian news outlets and forget about Meta and Google. Guest: Joe Warmington. Columnist. PostMedia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bank of Canada raises interest rate to 5%, highest in 22 years. Impact on Canadians, on Canadian homeowners, on economy, - Office of Superintendant of Financial Institutions considering regulatory changes to help financial institutions under mortgage lending stress. - Let's add increased taxes and inflation to the stress scale, but this time on Canadian families. Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: More developments re Bernardo and his parole hearing. Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for the French and Mahaffy families. Western Canada has the goods the world needs, but Canada needs to act now to shjow that it can deliver. Op ed by guest. As well: Vancouver port strike impact on Canadian economy. Guest: Robin Guy. Vice president and deputy leader of Government relations at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Climate change is fuelling a spike in Lyme disease cases across Canada (CBC) and continuing the issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria and the global threat this poses. Former head of England's public health calls this an apocalypse waiting to happen. Guest: Jason Tetro. Microbiologist. The Germ Guy. Super Awesome Science Show podcast. We'll get into other issues as well. CMA to meet with premiers this week. Guest: Dr. Kathleen Ross, president-elect CMA. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig Podcast Co-Produce

Twitter vs Threads. Musk vs Zuckerberg Guest: Mike Agerbo. Host of Get Connected Now on Corus radio and The App Show. Getconnectedmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drugs, weapons and phones being dropped into Collins Bay Penitentiary by drones. Prison guards call it a drone pandemic. When I was at Collins Bay as a member of a Correctional Service Canada advisory board fo the federal minister for public safety, the guards told us drugs were being shot over the wall into the prison yard by bow and arrow use. Also view of random acts of extreme violence in Canada. Guest: Scott Newark. Former snr. policy advisor to federal minister for public safety, Alberta crown attorney, exec director of the Canadian Police Association and Vice Chair of the Ontario (gov) Office for Victims of Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock's Reporter on this week's goings on in Ottawa. Guest: Tom Korski. executive editor, Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More developments re Bernardo and his parole hearing. Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for the French and Mahaffy families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Western Canada has the goods the world needs, but Canada needs to act now to shjow that it can deliver. Op ed by guest. As well: Vancouver port strike impact on Canadian economy. Guest: Robin Guy. Vice president and deputy leader of Government relations at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate change is fuelling a spike in Lyme disease cases across Canada (CBC) and continuing the issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria and the global threat this poses. Former head of England's public health calls this an apocalypse waiting to happen. Guest: Jason Tetro. Microbiologist. The Germ Guy. Super Awesome Science Show podcast. We'll get into other issues as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CMA to meet with premiers this week. Guest: Dr. Kathleen Ross, president-elect CMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices