Roy Green Show

Guest: Adam Zivo, Executive Director of the Centre for Responsible Drug Policy. Wrote op ed for NP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Podcast: A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the "advanced stages" of planning a violent attack in the city and have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. Among them is one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of a terrorist group — namely ISIS, a Sunni Muslim militant organization. Guest : Mercedes Stephenson is a Canadian journalist and military analyst, host of Global Television Network's Sunday morning talk show The West Block. GUEST : Scott Newark With the recent killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah second-in-command Faud Shukr in Lebanon, is the Middle East on the brink of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah? Hezbollah and Iran have vowed revenge against Israel which has not confirmed if it was behind the killing of Haniyeh. As well, anti-Semitic violence continues in Canada and particularly in Tor

Considerable number of headlines concerning the state of Canada's economy have been published over the past weeks.  How many have made the public radar?  Each one has an impact on either many, most or all Canadians. GUEST : Professor Eric Kam Macro-economist. Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unethical behavior in the world's major sporting events is still met with head-shaking and outright consternation and disbelief.  See the Team Canada women's soccer team drone-spying scandal in Paris. But has cheating/unethical behavior become essentially commonplace in sport competition worldwide? Huge money are in play, as are massive career boosts and earnings. GUEST : Professor Declan Hill Associate professor of investigation at the University of New Haven and lead of its Sports Integrity Centre.  Author of The FIex: Soccer and Organized Crime and soon to be published Birds of Prey: The Real World of Sports Gambling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Lethbridge jury yesterday returned verdicts of not guilty against to men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the Canada/U.S. Border blockade at Coutts, Alberta.  Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were found guilty on lesser charges of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, with Olienick also convicted of the possession of a pipe bomb. Assessment of the charges and imprisonment of both Carbert and Olienick who spent almost 2 years in custody without opportunity for bail. GUEST : Doug King Criminal law professor at Mount Royal University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eleven months ago the NWT community of Yellowknife was in the path of a massive wildfire causing an evacuation accompanied by harrowing first-person accounts of what the evac route was like as it too was in the sights of the fire.   How has Yellowknife managed to recover and what has the impact on residents been?  GUEST : Donna Lynn Baskin, Yellowknife resident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The massive wildfire near Jasper keeps growing .The fire, thought to be the largest in the near 117-year history of Jasper National Park, continues to burn out of control and increased in size to cover an area of 39,000 hectares. The lingering question is: 'Why and how did this happen? GUEST : Douglas Todd Loewen ECA MLA is a Canadian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Central Peace-Notley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the recent killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah second-in-command Faud Shukr in Lebanon, is the Middle East on the brink of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah?   Hezbollah and Iran have vowed revenge against Israel which has not confirmed if it was behind the killing of Haniyeh. As well, anti-Semitic violence continues in Canada and particularly in Toronto. What can the city do to help improve the situation. GUEST : Vivian Bercovici, a Canadian-Israeli lawyer and academic. Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As per different reports, the father in the above case reported to have committed acts of violence on ISIS' behalf in 2015 and still he was admitted to Canada. How did this happen under the watch of our anti terrorism laws and government authorities. GUEST : Scott Newark, Former AB crown attorney and executive director of the Canadian Police Association. Senior policy advisor to a Federal Minister for public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the "advanced stages" of planning a violent attack in the city and have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. Among them is one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of a terrorist group — namely ISIS, a Sunni Muslim militant organization. Guest : Mercedes Stephenson is a Canadian journalist and military analyst, host of Global Television Network's Sunday morning talk show The West Block. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Jas chats with Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo about the importance of halting carbon tax rebates and instead putting the money toward climate adaptation. Guest: Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. Jas chats with John Valliant, author of Fire Weather: The making of a beast, about wildfires running rampant across the country, if this is the ‘new normal’ and shares his memories from the 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray. Guest: John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather: The making of a beast. Jas catches up with Keyli Loeppky, Alberta Director at the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses to chat about the economic impact on businesses in Jasper, how they begin to rebuild and if some businesses will ever return. Guest: Keyli Loeppky, Alberta Director at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business Jas chats with movie expert Steve Stebbing about the state of movie theatre

Today’s podcast: Shaye catches up with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, getting the latest on wildfire fighting efforts inside the town of Jasper, how collaboration efforts are going with all levels of government and when residents could possibly be let back into town. Guest: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Shaye is joined by Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs to talk if it’s time to have a dedicated service to fight wildfires and how services across the country are doing with firefighter retention and recruiting. Guest: Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Shaye is joined by Joe Urie, owner and head guide of Jasper Tour company, talking about his harrowing escape from Jasper and helping others along the way. Guest: Joe Urie, owner and head guide, Jasper Tour Company. The Olympics have kicked off in Paris this Friday. But the games have one big controversy that follows it wherever, and that is money. Is hosting the Olympic games a huge waste of mon

Today's Podcast: The assassination attempt against Donald Trump Guest: Dr. Zuhdi Jasser. Nuclear cardiologist, Phoenix. Former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in November's general election. Strong Donald Trump supporter. Muslim and author of Battle for the Soul of Islam. Also Phoenix radio talk show host.  On March 3, 2005, four RCMP officers were ambushed and murdered on the farm of James Rozsko near Mayorthorpe, Alberta. Single greatest loss of life among RCMP officers in one incident in the history of the force to that date. One of the officers was Brock Myrol whose father Keith is a singer/songwriter and recipient of the Saskatchewan Country Music Association's 2019 Legends and Legacy Award for the Myrol Brothers. Guests: Keith and Colleen Myrol More with Keith and Colleen Myrol. Keith wrote the song Heroes following his son's murder and has written a new song titled: Saturday Jimmy went to war, Instead of for Beer with the Boys. There is a powerful message in

The assassination attempt against Donald Trump Guest: Dr. Zuhdi Jasser. Nuclear cardiologist, Phoenix. Former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in November's general election. Strong Donald Trump supporter. Muslim and author of Battle for the Soul of Islam. Also Phoenix radio talk show host.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On March 3, 2005, four RCMP officers were ambushed and murdered on the farm of James Rozsko near Mayorthorpe, Alberta. Single greatest loss of life among RCMP officers in one incident in the history of the force to that date. One of the officers was Brock Myrol whose father Keith is a singer/songwriter and recipient of the Saskatchewan Country Music Association's 2019 Legends and Legacy Award for the Myrol Brothers. Guests: Keith and Colleen Myrol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More with Keith and Colleen Myrol. Keith wrote the song Heroes following his son's murder and has written a new song titled: Saturday Jimmy went to war, Instead of for Beer with the Boys. There is a powerful message in this song about the state of the world today and Keith Myrol will speak to that, as well as the West needing to support Ukraine without hesitation. Guests: Keith and Colleen Myrol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The dean of American pollsters John Zogby, founder of John Zogby Strategies(.com) and co-host of The Zogby Report podcast with his son Jeremy, joins me for a "two friends who have decades of experience reading the lay of the land in the U.S. and beyond discuss major events, such as the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, without turning it into a political discussion." Guest: John Zogby.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Assassination attempt against Donald Trump. How may this affect the U.S. national election for November 5? Might the attempt on Trump's life cool the political rhetoric in the U.S. and perhaps Canada, at least somewhat? Or will it serve to turn up the heat? What does polling in the U.S. (and Canada) suggest the mood of Americans (and Canadians) would be today had Donald Trump been assassinated yesterday? Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO. IPSOS Public Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent National Post op ed by Adam Zivo was headlined "We either help Ukraine now or face a possible Russian threat in the future." Adam Zivo has spent 2 years living in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of that country and experienced the missile attacks, the loss of power and heat in winter, all of which he will talk about. There is as well a very personal reason for Adam spending the two years in Ukraine which he will share with us. Guest: Adam Zivo. Columnist for the National Post and newspapers internationally. Founder and director of Love is Love is Love, an LGBTQ advocacy campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's business community is challenging PM Justin Trudeau on this country's failing to meet 2% of GDP on military spending as demanded by membership in NATO. The Business Council of Canada president/CEO Goldy Hyder sent a letter to Trudeau urging him to meet the NATO military spending requirement. - Following the NATO meetings this past week in Washington, during which Trudeau made vague reference to Canada meeting the 2% military spending standard by 2032, Goldy Hyder and the BCC responded with 1: the PM's announcement fell short. 2: National security and economic security now go hand in hand. 3: Canada's global sanding is directly proportional to how the U.S. views us. 4: Why defence spending matters to business leaders. Guest: Goldy Hyder. President/CEO, Business Council of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices