Wednesday is my 500th show on sauga960am! And I have two impressive political commentators to help me celebrate with appropriate topical discussion about where the country is going post the federal election. My two panelists, one an NDPer and the other a Tory, worked together in broadcasting and even though they hold very different political views, have formed a deep friendship. They believe their friendship is a great example of what we need more of, listening to others and friendship across the political divides. As a Liberal I’m honoured to participate. My panelists are:

- Marcella Munro is a Principal with McMillan Vantage Policy Group. She is a former journalist and has been working in public affairs and communications strategy and consulting for 15+ years. Marcella worked in NDP political circles, and specifically for the BCNDP and Alberta NDP and as well she worked closely with former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

- Tasha Kheiriddin is a principal with Navigator Ltd., Canada's leading high stakes advisory and communications firm. She is the national political columnist for the Postmedia chain of newspapers where she writes weekly on political and current affairs issues. She also lectures at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and serves as Vice President of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation.

Brian focusess on the Real Estate business with Leor Margulies. Leor is the real estate group leader and senior partner at the law firm of Robins Appleby LLP in Toronto. He specializes in lowrise and high-rise development for both large and midsize builders in Ontario, as well as construction financing for most of the major financial institutions in Ontario and has been on the BILD Board of Directors and executive since 1999.

Brian talks to Naira Velumyan about her program the Academy of Social Competency.

Naira is a Registered Phycologist, and Communication and Relationship Coach, Etiquette Expert, Art Consultant and Entrepreneur. She has launched a program for teens called the Academy of Social Competency.

🏅Successful people are confident about their goals and ideas; they are resilient and move forward despite challenges and failures.
🏅Successful people are in active interactions with others — they communicate, collaborate, lead, ignite, network, engage, influence and share.
🏅Successful people constantly learn and can transform their weaknesses into strengths.
The Academy of Social Competency created a program that helps young people to grow their self-confidence, communication and leadership skills. Our curriculum is organized in nine steps and includes:
🔹Body Language
🔸Self-Confidence
🔹Storytelling
🔸Acting
🔹Communication
🔸Personal Image
🔹Public Speaking
🔸Stress Management
🔹Acting

Brian interviews Naailah Auladin about her journey to find the secret to a positive sex life and comfort with sexuality. Naailah left an abusive (physically, emotionally, culturally) relationship of 17 years in 2019, took two years to find herself, her voice, and her purpose. She moved to BC and lived in over 7 different cities to explore and experience the different lifestyle and cultures while studying social and cultural behaviour of these different places. She is currently in Scottsdale Arizona, consulting on a sustainability project. As part of her healing, she wanted a safe platform for sexual education. Currently, she believes, the topic of sexuality is either on one of the two ends of the spectrum, sexual taboos on one side and oversexualiztion on the other.

Brian interviews Natasha Sokolovski. Natasha has worked in the public sector for over 10 years across 5 different division lines. She is an impact driven leader who is motivated by helping people. Like everyone else in the world, Natasha experienced some set backs from COVID-19. After 3 years in management with Children’s Services her employment contract came to a sudden end. Instead of falling victim to her circumstances, Natasha quickly pivoted. She obtained her mortgage license and now works for Dominion Lending Centre.

Brian interviews Dr. Olga Morawczynski. Dr. Olga is the Founder of Bounc3, an innovative online brokerage that transforms how life insurance is sold to small business owners and self-employed Canadians. We also discuss the disruptive role technology is having on financial services, and incubator IFH Lab and www.fintechcadence that helped her get started and the role and life of an entrepreneur after many years of corporate life. Dr. Olga Morawczynski is an passionate entrepreneur who leverages breakthrough technology to improve financial health. She has worked in over 20 countries, and her innovations have reached millions.

I focus on China's embattled developer Evergrande which is on the brink of default. Tonight we discuss why it matters. Snowed under its crushing debt of $300 billion, Evergrande is so huge that the fallout from any failure could hurt not just China's economy. Contagion could spread to markets beyond China. My panelists are:

- Charles Burton - Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, European Values Center for Security Policy.
- Mark Borkowski, president of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisitions Corp

Brian interviews Mark Borkowski, president of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisitions Corp. Mark and I discuss the state of the Mergers & Acquisitions market for small and mid size businesses in Canada which he says is on fire and has never been better. Multiple are at an all time high as is US and Private Equity interest in buying well run profitable Canadian firms. We discuss CPC’s, SPACs, how to sell your company and where and how people looking to make a million should invest, start a business!

Brian interviews Laura Friedman Williams. Laura is a New Yorker and author of the recently published book “Available: A memoir of sex and dating after a marriage ends”. This is her first book, exploring the various roles we take on through the course of our lives and how they come to define us, and it has been featured in The Financial Times, Cosmopolitan UK, Vogue UK, and The Daily Mail. This is a follow up to my first interview with Laura a month ago. I read her book over Labour Day and was blown away at how personal, frank, tantalizing and provocative it was.

Brian interviews Nollaig Crombie. Nollaig is Head of Department of Design & Creative Media, Letterkenny Institute Technology in Northwest Ireland about trends in animation and illustration, digital art, animation and design and living in rural Ireland! She has a BA (Honours) in Visual Communication; and an MA in Interactive Design. Nollaig’s keen interest and experience in the visual arts, encompasses many different media – animation, illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture/bronze and interactive design. Her appointment as Head of Department in 2005 has seen the department grow its offerings and international networks.