Kvetch & Release

Jon Liedtke discusses released unredacted documents revealing post-WWII US intelligence smuggled Nazi collaborators into Canada. Liedtke criticizes Ottawa’s 40-year cover-up as institutional self-preservation, highlights the stark contrast in treatment between Jewish refugees and war criminals, and demands full disclosure.

Liedtke states Alberta’s 75% rejection of separation completely shuts down the movement. He heavily criticizes Premier Danielle Smith for the expensive, hand-counted referendum that catered to conspiracy theorists. Further, Liedtke insists that following reports of foreign interference and election loopholes, Ottawa should immediately secure future Canadian votes.

Jon Liedtke criticizes the decision of The Parole Board of Canada to grant full parole to Toronto 18 ringleader Zakaria Amara, - citing his lack of extremist beliefs - arguing that prison behavior metrics fail to assess terrorism risks properly and advocating for revoking citizenship and deporting dual-citizen terrorists.

Jon Liedtke discusses foreign interference in Canadian politics with Gene Valaitis. Liedtke argues foreign meddling is inevitable and criticizes Canada’s bureaucratic, delayed enforcement. He highlights how hostile actors exploit domestic issues, such as Alberta separatism, and calls for real-time tracking and mandatory disclosure of third-party political funding.

During his Liedtke’s Got a Take segment with Gene Valaitis, Jon Liedtke discusses an open-source developer who used AI to build free clones of popular software from ADOBE and MICROSOFT. Liedtke argues that replicating software functionality isn’t IP theft or piracy, predicting this shift could disrupt the subscription-based software model for big tech.

Jon Liedtke discusses the U.S. proposal to live stream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Liedtke criticizes the move as sensationalized clickbait rather than a deterrent or threat to national security. He also faults the Canadian government for failing to block the broadcast.

Jon Liedtke argues that Prime Minister Carney’s foreign policy is failing after prematurely recognizing Palestinian statehood based on broken promises from Mahmoud Abbas. With delayed elections, ongoing "pay-for-slay" programs, and Hamas exploiting loopholes, Canada surrendered its diplomatic leverage for worthless paper while taxpayers continue funding the regime.

Jon Liedtke asks Official Opposition and Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre about Canada’s missing foreign policy leverage regarding global tariffs and the Palestinian Authority violating official statehood requirements. Poilievre responded that the government must immediately stop funding broken foreign regimes and proposed building massive strategic reserves of Canadian energy and rare critical minerals to aggressively negotiate tariff free United States trade.

Jon Liedtke discusses Trump’s pre-midterm strategy regarding Iran and rising gas prices. Liedtke argues Trump’s contradictory rhetoric—threatening escalation while claiming a diplomatic pause—fails to fool energy markets or lower gas prices. He warns that post-election loss of Congressional control could trigger severe military escalation.

Jon Liedtke joins 610 CKTB’s Gene Valaitis for his regular weekly segment, Liedtke’s Got a Take!

Jon Liedtke discusses the Ontario government’s enormous OSAP scandal after seven private colleges received $385 million in grants, equaling the funding of all 24 public colleges combined. The province responded by freezing funding across the entire private college sector and referring the matter to the OPP for an investigation while leaving thousands of legitimate students completely stranded.