It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

Topics include: Improvements to Google Maps, appliances skyrocketing your energy bill, ZTE and Huawei getting banned in Canada.

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Doug Ford and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives have been artfully dodging the press and public by refusing interviews and appearances in what Steve Paikin calls a “peek-a-boo election campaign.”

GUEST:  Steve Paikin, Host of ‘The Agenda’ on TVO

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After years of pressure from cyber security experts, the Canadian government has banned the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment in 5G infrastructure.

GUEST:  Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

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How are the mid-term election primaries going in the United States? What are the effects it will have on the elections at the end of the year?

GUEST: Brian J. Karem Political Commentator for CNN, Columnist for Salon.Com and The Washington Diplomat, and Host of the podcast "Just Ask the Question",

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast with guest host Shiona Thompson:

Polling trends and predictions post Ontario leaders debate.

GUEST: Oksana Kishchuk, Director of Strategy and Insights with Abacus Data

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Op Ed in The Conversation 4 ways Doug Ford has changed the province’s politics

GUEST: Mark Winfield, author of the Op Ed. Political Scientist and Professor of Environmental Studies with York University.

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A new study from American computer software security giant McAfee found “almost all parents worldwide recognize their role as their child’s online protector but reveals gap between intent and effort.” Link to the press release by McAfee.

GUEST: Sachin Puri, Vice President of Marketing at McAfee

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Polling trends and predictions post Ontario leaders debate.

GUEST: Oksana Kishchuk, Director of Strategy and Insights with Abacus Data

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Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, arrived Tuesday in St. John's, N.L., to begin a three-day Canadian tour that will largely focus on reconciliation with Indigenous people.

Does this effort mean anything?

GUEST: Dr. Dawn Lavell-Harvard, Director of the First Peoples House of Learning at Trent University

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Economists are predicting that Canadian home prices will fall as much as 20 per cent this year as higher interest rates begin to hit the country’s booming real estate market.

Mortgage rates are expected to climb again as the Bank of Canada aggressively hikes interest rates to deal with runaway inflation. Economists expect higher borrowing costs will lead to a significant price drop in some of the hottest markets.

GUEST: Lou Piriano, President of the Realtor Association of Hamilton/Burlington

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The leaders of Ontario’s four main political parties faced off on Monday night, debating a series of topics including healthcare, affordability and the environment.

PC Leader Doug Ford and Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca clashed several times during the debate, exchanging jibes over their respective government records. Ford has been premier since 2018, while Del Duca sat in previous Liberal cabinets.

GUEST: Alan Hale, Reporter for Queen’s Park Today

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A racist ideology seeping from the internet's fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black.

Ideas from the "great replacement theory" filled a racist screed supposedly posted online by the white 18-year-old accused of targeting Black people in Saturday's rampage. Authorities were still working to confirm its authenticity.

So what is the great replacement theory?

GUEST: Dr. David Hofmann, Associate Professor of Sociology with the University of New Brunswick and a Senior Research Affiliate with the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS)

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Google, one of the web giants at the heart of the federal government’s online news bill, says the legislation could lower the quality of journalism in Canada, contributing to a worrying spread of misinformation online.

GUEST: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of “Trusting the News in a Digital Age”?

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

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

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Several grassroots New Democrats say they’re gearing up to throw out longtime Leader ANDREA HORWATH if she doesn’t deliver on June 2.

Queen’s Park Observer spoke with seven NDP sources — including current and former members, staff and organizers — who say there’s an organized grassroots push in the works to pressure Horwath to step down if she fails to form government, or worse, loses the Official Opposition status they managed to secure with 40 seats in 2018. The sources were granted anonymity in order to speak candidly and because they fear repercussions.

Read the full article HERE.

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

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GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News