Bill Kelly Show

Guest: Dr Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses Association 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:

Provincial politicians are asking the Integrity Commissioner and Auditor General to launch investigations into a massive land swap deal that would see eleven portions of the Greenbelt handed over to developers to construct new residential neighbourhoods.

On Monday, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner sent a letter to the Integrity Commissioner asking for whether Premier Doug Ford and Housing Minister Steve Clark broke the MPP Integrity act and whether developers were given advance notice of the impending decision.

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

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Canada's economy expanded slightly in September, with the country's gross domestic product growing by 0.7 per cent during the third quarter.

Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that exports in goods producing industries led the way during the quarter, offsetting service sector output that was essentially flat.

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

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One-third of Canada’s mandatory minimum prison sentences have been repealed after a bill passed by the Senate. But will this bill lessen the incarceration crisis?

GUEST: Kim Pate, Senator for Ontario

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur development, but critics say it will lead to higher property taxes, weaken conservation authority powers, and not actually make homes more affordable.

The new law is just one move among many in a flurry of recent housing changes from the Progressive Conservative government, including plans to open some areas of the protected Greenbelt land to development and allowing the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to pass bylaws with just one-third council support.

GUEST: Emma McIntosh, Reporter for The Narwhal

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The next bank of Canada rate hike is scheduled for December 7th, but is the Bank overshooting with its hikes?

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

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The bankruptcy of Stellantis’s Jeep joint venture in China could spell trouble for other global automakers whose output has plunged over the past five years in the world’s largest car market, as domestic players rapidly overtake.

GUEST: David Adams, President & CEO of the Global Automakers of Canada

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Ottawa can help repair frosty relations with New Delhi by cracking down on diasporic funding of the Sikh independence movement that is seeking to create a sovereign homeland known as Khalistan, India’s new envoy to Canada says.

Sanjay Kumar Verma told The Globe and Mail that India has long been concerned that some segments of the Sikh community in Canada are offering support and money to secessionists who want to separate Punjab from India. Punjab is an Indian state where the Sikh religion is the majority.

GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Security program, and former CSIS analyst

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Topics Include:

·        Trudeau offers scathing assessment of police during occupation

·        Trudeau says he made the right call to use the Emergencies Act

·        And more….

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

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On Thursday, Ontario's labour minister signed a new immigration deal with the federal government that's been a long time coming. The federal government has unique immigration agreements with each province intended to address specific provincial needs.

The old deal expired on Thursday. McNaughton had been negotiating with federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, and his predecessor Marco Mendicino, for some time.

The new one, which McNaughton repeatedly called "historic" in an interview with QP Briefing, "will allow Ontario to tackle the labour shortage head-on, by using immigration as a major economic tool," he said.

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer

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Topics Include:

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News 

Topics Include: Welcome back, Elon Musk & Twitter, China claims it's got the first world kerosene powered engine & more!

GUEST: TECH TALK with Adam Oldfield