The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: 

We are now into Day 13 of the “Freedom Convoy,” which has turned into an occupation. Let me be clear: the capital city of Canada’s downtown is under occupation by a band of white supremacists. And it wasn’t difficult for them to do.

It’s the Canadian way to put our heads in the sand, pretend it’s not happening, roll out the toxic positivity of denial, and be shocked when the chickens come home to roost. We did this to ourselves because we weren’t vigilant about the dangers of white supremacy.

Read to full Op-ed HERE.

GUEST: Erica Ifill, Columnist for The Hill Times

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The response to the “freedom convoy” offers a glimpse into the underbelly of the criminal justice system. The enforcement of law and order involves significant degrees of discretion. The favourable or unfavourable discretionary use of power goes beyond policing  — it exists throughout the judicial system.

Read the full article HERE.

GUEST: Temitope Oriola, Associate Professor with the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Alberta

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If Ontario ever signs a deal with the feds for early learning and child care, we know parents will save money, kids will get better care and, when supply expands, the economy will benefit from having more people earning and spending more.

While not disputing those benefits, some commentators are saying the federal deal is bad for business, as it aims to transition our current model of grab-it-where-you-can care to a system that provides more reliable licensed public and non-profit child care in a neighbourhood near you.

Is this evolution bad for business?

GUEST: Armine Yalnizyan, Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

For Justin Trudeau, the occupation of the national capital represents the greatest challenge to the legitimacy of the federal government in a generation. This is the October Crisis, revisited.

For a week and a half, the Freedom Convoy has paralyzed the downtown. Ottawa cannot handle “the insurrection.” On Sunday, the mayor confirmed the city had lost control and declared a state of emergency.

So far, the mayhem has been mostly confined to the Parliamentary Precinct. So far, this is a very Canadian version of an attempted coup – – slow, restrained, amorphous – which has generated a very Canadian response of ambiguity and acquiescence. As befuddled authorities scoff and scold, militants dig in.

Click HERE to read the full article.

Many have been critical of Justin Trudeau’s leadership…what does he need to do to move forward?

GUEST: Andrew Cohen, Journalist & Professor at Carleton University and the author of “Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History”

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Thousands of demonstrators have successfully occupied Canada’s fridged capital for days, and say they plan on staying as long as it takes to thwart the country’s vaccine requirements.

The brazen occupation of Ottawa came as a result of unprecedented coordination between various anti-vaccine and anti-government organizations and activists, and has been seized on by similar groups around the world.

It may herald the revenge of the anti-vaxxers.

5G & QAnon: How have conspiracy theorists steered Canada’s trucker protests?

Read the full article HERE.

GUEST: Justin Ling, Freelance Investigative Journalist for Maclean’s and The Guardian

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The Ambassador Bridge is the latest target of protesters opposing pandemic restrictions, cutting off a key trade route between the United States and Canada and threatening supply chains for a significant part of the country.

Demonstrators sympathetic to the days-long anti-government occupation in Ottawa started using trucks to jam traffic on the bridge from Windsor, Ont., to Detroit on Monday.

What is the economic impact of the protests at the Ambassador bridge?

GUEST: Michael Manjuris, Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management with Ryerson University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

A new study from McMaster University reveals Canadians true feelings towards truckers convoy.

GUEST: Clifton van der Linden, Director of the Digital Society Lab at McMaster University

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As the race to replace Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada gets underway - who’s in, who’s out and who else could join the race?

ALSO: Analysis of a Red Tory vs Blue Tory

GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies

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News media has faced heightened criticism from right-leaning politicians as a trucker convoy rolls into Ottawa, but one former conservative strategist says it’s an example of a long-standing tactic.

Tim Powers, the chair of Summa Strategies, told Global News that criticizing the media is “part of normal strategic practice” for conservative politicians, particularly when they feel like they’re in trouble.

Protestor vitriol towards ‘MSM’ - mainstream media. Where does it come from? 

GUEST: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of “Trusting the News in a Digital Age”?