The Bill Kelly Show Podcast with Guest Host Greg Brady:

Greg’s opening monologue on vaccines everywhere, Montreal getting hockey fans & new lawns.

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GUEST: Dr. Kerry Bowman, Bioethicist and a Assistant Professor with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto

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As of May 31, the "vast majority" of Quebec regions will start to look a little more like normal under a new three-step reopening plan. On that day, most of the province will be declared an orange zone: restaurants and gyms will be open -- with some restrictions -- and high-school students will be back in class full-time.

Two weeks later, by June 14, the province will go to a yellow zone. Team sports will start, and people will be able to visit one other household again. Bars will throw open their doors, and slightly ahead of that, starting June 11, their terrasses will open.

Are they opening too soon?

ALSO: The decision on Charles McVety’s university application for Canada Christian College is coming soon.

GUEST: Alan Carter, Anchor for Global News in Toronto and host of the Alan Carter on 640 Toronto 12-1pm

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The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to a Mississippi law that prohibits nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. That means that Dobbs will be the first abortion case to be fully briefed and argued before the Supreme Court since Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation last October.

GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast with Guest Host Greg Brady:

Greg Brady opens the show with a discussion on opening vaccine eligibility to 18+. Could the demand outstrip the supply? Also: Outdoor restrictions.

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The drum beat to safely reopen outdoor activities is getting louder and the mayors of Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills have joined the chorus.

Along with Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr, Halton’s four mayors issued a joint statement aimed at the provincial government reiterating a “safe return” to sports before they consider extending the Stay-At-Home emergency order beyond May 20.

The statement was endorsed by Burlington Mayor Marianne Weed, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton, Milton Mayor Gord Krantz, Town of Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette and Carr.

“Outdoor activities done safely with physical distancing and masking are a necessary support to physical and mental health, especially during this prolonged period of lockdown,” the statement said.

GUEST:​ Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor of Burlington

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The former head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout ‘vigorously’ denies the allegation of sexual misconduct that appears to have prompted a military investigation and the decision for him to step back from the role, his lawyer says.

In a statement Monday afternoon, Cmdr. Mark Létourneau with the military’s Defence Counsel Services told Global News he is representing Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin and that Fortin had no idea what the allegation was against him until a journalist asked him about it on Sunday.

ALSO: Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie named as new national COVID-19 vaccine rollout lead

GUEST: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affair at Carleton University, Former National Security Analyst for CSIS

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Topics include: Public health updates, Opening vaccine eligibility and a discussion on outdoor activities.

GUEST: Dr. Zain Chagla, an Infectious Disease Specialist with St. Joseph’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine with  McMaster University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast with Guest Host Greg Brady:

Ontario NDP deputy leader Sara Singh will be forcing a vote on a motion Monday, May 17 calling on the Ford government to safely re-open outdoor amenities.

The Premier extended the provincewide stay-at-home order to June 2 last week, effectively keeping outdoor activities such as golf courses closed for another three weeks.

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas says the premier's decision to close outdoor activities was a mistake and that it wasn't backed by his own science table.

GUEST: Andrea Howarth, Leader of the Official Opposition

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GUEST: Bruce Arthur, Journalist for the Toronto Star

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Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday local time, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rage on.

Explosions rocked the city from north to south for 10 minutes in an attack that was heavier, on a wider area and lasted longer than a series of air raids 24 hours earlier in which 42 Palestinians were killed — the deadliest single attack in the latest round of violence between Israel and the Hamas militant group. The earlier Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings.

The Israeli military said Monday its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip destroyed 15 kilometres of militant tunnels and the homes of nine alleged Hamas commanders.

There was no immediate word Monday on the casualties from the latest strikes. A three-storey building in Gaza City was heavily damaged, but residents said the military warned them 10 minutes before the strike and everyone cleared out. They said many of the airstrikes hit nearby farmland.

GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto

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An Introduction to Economic Reasoning through COVID-19.

Economics in One Virus draws on the dramatic events of 2020 to bring to life some of the most important principles of economic thought. Packed with supporting data and the best new academic evidence, this book offers a crash course in economics analysis through the applied case study of the COVID-19 pandemic, to help explain everything from why the U.S. was underprepared for the pandemic to how economists go about valuing the lives saved from lockdowns.

GUEST: Ryan Bourne, R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at the Cato Institute

Hamilton East-Stoney Creek Liberal MP Bob Bratina has announced he is not going to run in the next election. 

He says a big part of his decision is the federal government's funding deal for LRT. 

Bratina says he believes LRT is not the right transit solution for Hamilton and the cost to local and federal taxpayers is one he cannot in good conscience support. 

He was elected to parliament in 2015 after serving as a city councillor and then Mayor of Hamilton. 

He says he will continue to serve in the House of Commons until an election is called. 

GUEST: John Best, Founder and President of the Bay Observer

It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

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