Bill Kelly Show

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

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Topics Include:

·        Foreign interference

·        Gov’t to suspend advertising on Meta platforms

·        Grocery Rebate

·        And more…

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

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RCMP officers have arrested two people and charged one with three terrorism offences in a first-of-its-kind case.

The Mounties charged Patrick Gordon Macdonald, a 26-year-old Ottawa man, with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and commission of an offence for terrorist group (wilful promotion of hatred).

What kind of precedent does it set?

GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst

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Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world's largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops.

ALSO: Xi Jinping personally warned Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

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

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Ontario plans a massive expansion of the Bruce Power nuclear plant on Lake Huron, almost doubling its capacity by adding up to 4,800 megawatts of electricity production — enough to power almost five million homes.

It would be the first major new construction of nuclear reactors in more than three decades and is rekindling debate over emission-free atomic power and its radioactive waste versus renewables like solar and wind power as the world decarbonizes in the fight against climate change.

GUEST: Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy

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Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have reached a new deal with the federal and Ontario governments for as much as $15-billion in subsidies for their electric-vehicle battery factory in Windsor, bringing an end to a months-long saga in which the companies halted construction on the project while they pushed for greater financial backing.

The agreement was announced by Stellantis late Wednesday afternoon through a press release. It was subsequently confirmed by Ottawa in a statement issued by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Construction of the plant will resume immediately, according to Stellantis.

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

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A report about a conference in Toronto on Sikh terrorism was posted in May on the website of a now defunct Canadian-based think tank.

The problem?

There’s no evidence the Star could find that the conference took place or that the listed speakers even exist. But multiple Indian news outlets picked up the report, treating it as news.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser said in June that India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada, but experts say authorities have let India’s activities fly “under the radar” and that it’s time they paid closer attention to disinformation linked to Indian sources. Canada is home to the world’s largest Sikh diaspora.

GUEST: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor with the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University

GUEST: Kayla Andrade, Founder of Ontario Landlords Watch

GUEST: Sara Beyer, Senior policy analyst with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

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In a volatile world, François-Philippe Champagne is making the case for boring — selling Canada, one deal at a time.

GUEST:  Muhammad Ali, Vice President with Crestview Strategies

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Canada is almost certainly headed toward some kind of inquiry into foreign interference in its democracy.

But if its focus is solely on China or Russia and other state actors, it won’t be tackling the potentially far more troubling forces that proved so disruptive to Canada during last year’s convoy protest.

Is the country ready to take that dark dive into foreign interference — the non-China variety?

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

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To honor Canada Day, we discuss the Rolling Stone’s definitive rundown of the greatest Canadian artists in the history of pop music. Is every single significant Canadian musician on here? Nope, and people aren’t happy about it.

GUEST: Lou Molinaro, Instructor at Durham College and the Harris Institute for Music

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Topics Include:

·        Conservatives edge ahead of Liberals in voter support

·        Trudeau boxed in from calling early election

·        Harassment complaints in House of commons

·        And more…

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

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Canada’s inflation rate is one of the lowest among G7 countries, after a considerable drop in May — just in time, some fear, for another rate hike by the Bank of Canada in July.

Which begs the question: if inflation is falling, does bank governor Tiff Macklem really need to push rates higher?

GUEST: Armine Yalnizyan, Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers

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Topics Include:

·        Prosecutors prepared to hit Trump

·        Biden to visit Europe

·        July 4th

·        And more….

GUEST Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News