GUEST: Michelle Eaton, Vice President of Public Affairs with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

GUEST: Joshua Kloke, Journalist for The Athletic

GUEST: Dr. Robert Huish (HEW-ish) Associate Professor with the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: 

From 2018-2019, we got to see a Ford government the way a Ford government would function, and then from about 2020 until basically the start of 2023, we got to see how an Ontario government would function. The actual agenda and quirks of a given government probably can only really manifest these moves in “peacetime.” And we now might be starting to see how a Ford government functions again, as the pandemic falls off the government’s radar. 

GUEST: Matt Gurney, Columnist for the National Post and TVO

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The federal Ethics Commissioner has ruled that Trade and Small Business Minister Mary Ng breached the Conflict of Interest Act in relation to two media training contracts awarded to a close personal friend.

Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion released the ruling Tuesday in a detailed report, along with a strongly worded statement on the minister’s conduct.

GUEST: Daniel Tsai, Lecturer of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology at the University of Toronto

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Against the backdrop of rising interest rates, inflation, constrained supply chains, labour shortages and fears of a recession, it is critical for governments to focus on creating the right conditions to support competitiveness, productivity, and long-term economic growth. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has identified critical areas that must inform Ontario’s growth strategy.

GUEST: Daniel Safayeni, Vice President of Policy with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

GUEST: Andrew Holland, National Media Relations Director for the Nature Conservancy of Canada

“Many observers see Russia’s war against Ukraine as the product of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s narcissistic personality and megalomaniacal quest for glory. But, what if the genesis of Putin’s war was actually sown decades ago in the rise of Soviet Imperialism and the actions of another brutal dictator, Joseph Stalin? 

That tantalizing theory is explored in the shocking new novel, Who Has Buried the Dead, the third book by successful author and career law enforcement officer KGE “Chuck” Konkel

GUEST: ‘KGE’ Chuck Konkel, Author of Who Has Buried The Dead?