The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The Conservatives are calling on the government to come up with a “robust plan” to counter China’s alleged foreign interference in Canada, following a Global News report that Canadian intelligence officials have warned of covert activity by Beijing during the 2019 election campaign.

What do we need to do to protect ourselves better?

GUEST: Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch.org and Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute

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Premier Ford says his government is back at the bargaining table with the union representing 55,000 education-support workers and has an “improved offer” for CUPE’s lowest paid employees.

The two sides decided to return to mediator-led negotiations on Monday after agreeing to end the escalating war that led to a two-day walk-out, the historic use of the notwithstanding clause, and threats of a general strike by several Canadian unions.

Schools reopened on Tuesday, after CUPE members returned to their posts backed by a promise from Premier Ford that Bill 28 would be repealed “in its entirety.”

GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for Global News

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We discuss the main takeaways from the 2022-midterm elections.

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

It’s only been a few days since Premier Doug Ford invoked the notwithstanding clause to try to prevent a strike by education workers. Even so, much ink has been spilled over what a terrible idea it is. How it undermines a fundamental right. How it damages the rule of law. How it weakens democracy. How it punishes the lowest-paid education workers even though the government is running a substantial surplus.

All of these things are true. But here’s another thing that’s true: undermining collective bargaining rights is bad for business. And in a year characterized by inflation and volatility, Ford has injected even more economic uncertainty into every single unionized sector.

GUEST: Jen Hassum, Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute

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

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GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News 

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

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

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The populist radical right has been on the rise for some time, with candidates and parties on the far-right fringe of the political spectrum reaching new heights across the world.

So why is the ideology of the “New Right” so dangerous?

GUEST: Johannes Steizinger, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University

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The Ontario government has decided to override Hamilton’s decision not to expand urban boundaries. It will now compel the city to do so, something Housing Min Steve Clark has been threatening to do for months.

What’s the impact on Hamilton?

GUEST: Luca Bucci, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders Association

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Scott Radley:

A historic and controversial bill that will outlaw a proposed strike and impose a contract on education workers has been passed by the Ford government.

The vote was marked by cries and heckles hurled by union members seated in — and escorted from — the public gallery.

The law was introduced to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on Monday in response to a threat of strike action from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents some 55,000 Ontario education workers.

ALSO: Trudeau to Ford – use of notwithstanding clause is wrong

GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer

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Canada is ready to weather the harsh winter winds cooling the global economy, despite being set for “significantly weaker growth,” according to the government’s fall economic statement on Thursday.

The update from Chrystia Freeland, the Liberal finance minister and deputy prime minister, keeps the government’s fiscal “powder dry,” reserving major spending items for the next federal budget in the spring. But it contains a few targeted measures such as boosts for low-wage workers and student loan interest relief to support Canadians struggling with inflation and interest rates.

GUEST: Karina Gould, MP for Burlington, Minister of Families, Children & Social Development-

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Emergencies Act Inquiry topics Include:

·       How did money flow to convoy protesters

·       Investigation into police officers leaking information

·       So far, nothing to support using the Emergencies Acy

·       And more…..

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Tempers flared in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday during the ongoing debate on Premier Doug Ford’s attempted use of the controversial notwithstanding clause to try and block Friday’s planned education workers’ strike. The outcome lead to 18 NDP MPP’s being kicked out of legislature.

GUEST: Bhutila Karpoche, MPP for Parkdale-High Park, Critic Early Childhood Development, GTA Issues and Childcare. She was one of the 16 MPPs booted yesterday

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Things are escalating in the labour dispute between the Ford Government and it's 55 thousand educations workers represented by CUPE.

OP-SUE now says if there is a strike in the morning, it's eight thousand education workers will be on the picket lines in solidarity.

GUEST: Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education

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The “triple threat” of a bad flu season, COVID-19 and the resurgence of a childhood viral illness is putting a strain on the health system, Ontario’s top doctor said Wednesday,with a decision on masking recommendations possibly coming in a couple of weeks.

GUEST: Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Toronto Metropolitan University University

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Three criminal laws that were passed by the Stephen Harper government have now been struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The trend's latest casualty came Friday, when the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a 2011 change to the Criminal Code that required sex offenders to be automatically added to the National Sex Offender Registry — a lifelong designation for anyone convicted of two sex offences or more.

Why are they unraveling?

GUEST: Jeff Manishen, Criminal Lawyer, Ross & McBride/ Former Crown Attorney