The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon officially kicked off a new session of Parliament on Tuesday with a throne speech delivered on behalf of the government.

What are the key take-aways from the speech?

GUEST: Daniel Béland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

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The COVID-19 pandemic has warped global supply chains, leading to product shortages, shipping delays, disruptions to manufacturing and soaring consumer prices that are fuelling concerns about persistently high inflation.

Bottlenecks throughout the global manufacturing and transportation system are the result of changes in supply and demand.

How have the disruptions affected Canadian industries and consumers?

GUEST: Saibal Ray, Professor with the Desautels Faculty of Management and the Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, McGill University

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The pandemic hit nearly two years ago, and since then Canadians’ fear of travel has been a constant theme. Tuning into daily COVID-19 briefings likely contributed to this heightened sense of fear.

In March 2020, the federal government issued a blanket travel warning, which was only lifted on Oct. 22, 2021. As recently as May 2021, Ontario Premier Doug Ford blamed travel and borders for a rise in cases when evidence pointed to there being other causes for case increases like lack of proper PPE, community spread, overcrowded housing and poverty. 

The “problem frame” here is how certain messages shared during the pandemic have helped maintain a fear of travel over time.  

Read the full article HERE.

GUEST: Frederic Dimanche, Director of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The US has been successful inoculating children ages 5-12. What can Canada learn as we begin to do the same this week?

GUEST: Dr. Rodney Rohde, Professor and Chair of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the College of Health Professions with Texas State University

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Governor General Mary Simon will deliver the throne speech to open the 44th session of Parliament. The throne speech is expected to begin at 1 p.m. ET.  CHML will carry it live starting at 12:30pm. What can we expect?

GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University

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The Ontario government is ignoring the public’s right to consultation on environmentally significant decisions as it allows companies off the hook for pollution costs and harm to at-risk species, according to a new set of environmental audits.

The auditor general’s annual report on the environment found the government has failed to recoup clean-up costs of hazardous spills and is giving blanket approval to all work proposals that would harm species at risk.

It also found the government will likely fail to meet its own waste diversion targets because businesses aren’t being held to account on recycling.

GUEST: Bonnie Lysyk, Auditor General of Ontario

What is your level of impairment driving under the influence of cannabis compared to alcohol? 

The research of a PhD student from McMaster University shows the risks are just as high, and her work with speech technologies for drug detection could play a big part in policing this moving forward.

GUEST: Emma Tolsdorf, Neuroscience PhD Candidate at McMaster University