GUEST: Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Topics Include:

·        Paul Bernardo transfer was ‘sound’

·        Trudeau’s imminent cabinet shuffle

·        And more…

GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill

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Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night Thursday, keeping Odesa in the Kremlin’s crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port.

The strikes killed at least two people in Odesa. In Mykolaiv, a city close to the Black Sea, at least 19 people were injured, including a child, Ukrainian officials said.

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

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The sports-betting industry continues to thrive in Ontario but not nearly as well as online casinos in the province.

On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released its report for the first full quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year (April 1-June 30). It revealed a record total gaming revenue of $545 million, compared to $162 million over the same period last year.

GUEST: Steve McAllister, Editor-in-Chief of Gaming News Canada

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Justin Trudeau’s newly shuffled front bench is expected to hold its summer retreat on Aug. 21-23 in Charlottetown, P.E.I., according to several Liberal sources.

GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Vice President with Crestview Strategies

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Now that pharmacists can prescribe, what are some of the pros and cons? And can we tell if it’s helping with backlogs?

GUEST: Matt Gurney, Columnist for TVO

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Canada looked relaxed at training Wednesday ahead of its FIFA Women's World Cup opener against Nigeria, although several players appeared to be working at their own pace.

Midfielder Jessie Fleming was mostly a spectator in the portion of the morning practice open to the media at a local soccer club. And forwards Deanne Rose and Nichelle Prince, who are both returning from Achilles injuries, worked out on their own under the direction of a trainer.

GUEST: Joe Callaghan, Journalist for The Toronto Star, The Guardian, and The Irish Examiner

GUEST: Mitchell Osak, CEO Quanta Consulting Inc

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:

At a time when skeptics are questioning Canada's plan to ramp up immigration, a new report argues the country needs to welcome a lot more newcomers to counter-balance its aging demographic.

A Desjardins report released Monday analyzes how much population growth among working-age Canadians is necessary to maintain the old-age dependency ratio, which refers to the ratio between 15 to 64-year-olds and those aged 65 and older.

GUEST: Randall Bartlett Senior Director of Canadian Economics for Desjardins

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The Canadian government says a ban on arms sales to Turkey was imposed “for important reasons” – and remains intact today – but refuses to divulge whether it’s in talks with Ankara about lifting it.

GUEST: Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail

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Discussions on healthcare in Canada typically revolve around spending and who pays. The people’s actual needs for healthcare and support get less attention and even less action. Yet far too many Canadians lack access to timely primary care and experience long wait times for services; planning is inadequate for the surging needs of the population of older seniors and, among other issues, the fundamental one of optimizing population health, or addressing mental health and addiction, have never received adequate attention.

So what is the roadmap to reform in Canada’s healthcare system?

GUEST: Don Drummond is a Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University