The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be called to testify at hearings into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end anti-mandate protests earlier this year.

The Public Order Emergency Commission, led by former Ontario Superior Court justice Paul Rouleau, is scheduled to begin hearings next week, with the mandate to assess the government’s use of the Act for the first time since it became law in 1988.

When it comes to convoy matters, what was done right and what can we learn from in the future?

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

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Topics Include:

·       Hockey Quebec cuts ties with Hockey Canada

·       Hockey Canada sought to change public narrative on sexual assault

·       Hockey Canada board members defend leaders

·       And more…

GUEST: MacIntosh Ross, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Western University

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With high inflation and rising interest rates, a new survey has found nearly one in five Canadians say they're putting off buying a home.

The online survey, conducted by Royal LePage and Leger, included 1,565 Canadians. Of those who were surveyed, 19 per cent said the cost-of-living pressures and higher interest rates led them to either postpone or prioritize purchasing a home since the start of 2022.

GUEST: Mike Heddle, Hamilton based Broker with Royal LePage State Realty

GUEST: Luca Bucci, CEO of the Ontario Builders Association

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Support staff in Ontario schools have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike should negotiations with the province and boards falter.

Of the 45,433 support staff who voted, 43,821 said they were in favour of job action — a 96.5 per cent approval rate.

No job action is planned at this point, and talks between the two sides continue this Thursday and Friday.

GUEST: Laura Walton, President of Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU-CSCSO) and Educational Assistant

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Questions about how prepared the region and the rest of the country actually are to cope with what is already an onslaught of natural disasters poised to worsen as the seas warm up further and the ice cap melts.

The federal government is leading national discussions on climate adaptation, emergency response, the adequacy of insurance and proper infrastructure, and it hopes to release a strategy by the end of the year. Meanwhile, it’s busy adding in some short-term commitments.

Sluggish progress on confronting climate change has left our infrastructure vulnerable. How is Ottawa’s neglect going to affect us nationally? 

GUEST: Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Toronto Star

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Ontario CUPE education workers vote in favor of strike mandate Continued…

GUEST: Stephen Lecce, Ontario Education Minister

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Several years after Hockey Canada began using player registration fees to build a large financial reserve known as the National Equity Fund to cover sexual assault claims and other lawsuits, it channelled a significant portion of that money into a second multimillion-dollar fund for similar purposes.

Known as the Participants Legacy Trust Fund, the reserve was created by the organization and its members with more than $7.1-million from the National Equity Fund. The money was earmarked “for matters including but not limited to sexual abuse,” according to Hockey Canada documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.

GUEST: Dr. Ann Pegoraro, Co-Director of The National Research Network for Gender Equity in Sport

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

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Ukraine is formally applying for a fast-track membership to the NATO military alliance, but experts say it will likely take years for the country to actually become a member.

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

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GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News