Our guest wrote an op-ed titled "Freedom Convoy exposed Canada's barely functioning federalism." What have we learned? And where was Doug Ford?

GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.

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Ontario and the four Atlantic provinces reached a healthcare deal with the Trudeau government "in principle." Now what does that mean? And what is still to come?

GUEST: Dr. James Tiessen, Director of Health Administration & Community Care and Associate Professor with Toronto Metropolitan University

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Mining on the moon could be part of Canada's future economy, creating an entire space-based supply chain, so says our guest.

GUEST: Heather Exner-Pirot is a senior policy analyst at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

According to OCC’s 2023 Ontario Economic Report, labour shortages continue to dominate as a source of concern directly impacting most employers. Yet, the light at the end of the tunnel is unfortunately far away. Baby boomers are retiring, causing additional strain on an already tight labour market. The number of babies born in Canada fell to a nearly 15-year low in 2020. And, while the federal government is making efforts to increase the number of immigrants to Canada, we are far behind, and not using all the tools at our disposal. Ontario continues to face massive labour shortages across a variety of industries. This will intensify organizations’ needs to look at ways to upskill and re-skill their current talent. The workforce of tomorrow will require nimble training options and fewer barriers to labour mobility across Canada and internationally.

GUEST: Rocco Rossi, President and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

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It may sound like a circular argument, but the only way to stop inflation is to stop companies from raising prices. And the only way to stop that is to get inflation under control. And that could mean an end to the interest rate hike pause.

After Tuesday's latest release of inflation data, warnings from Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem in his testimony to parliament last week offer a stark reminder of how difficult, but how essential, it is to convince the sellers of goods and services to stop raising prices.

While overall inflation has eased to 5.9 per cent, that's still high. Groceries are up another 11.4 per cent. 

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

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What’s happening with Roxham Road?

GUEST: Tasha Kheiriddin, Principal at Navigator and Author of The Right Path

GUEST: Richard Lyall, President of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner has rejected an offer from a group of Ontario Liberals to run for that party’s leadership declaring that he is “green for life.”

Schreiner, who made history in 2018 as the first Green candidate to earn a seat at Queen’s Park, said he spoke to “thousands of people” over the last three weeks and ultimately decided to stick with his roots.

GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph

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Canada's inflation rate slowed to 5.9 per cent in January, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

That number was lower than the 6.2 per cent that economists were expecting. However, the price of groceries continued to accelerate at a faster pace than in December, the statistics agency reported.

GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

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what are the five remote work trends for 2023?

GUEST: Michael French, National Director for Robert Half Canada