Jon Liedtke joins 610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis for his weekly segment, Liedtke Has a Take!

Canada's power grid is vulnerable for blackouts during intense summer heat waves. We discuss how rigid green policies, the rapid adoption of heat pumps, and the massive cooling demands of expanding AI data centers create a dystopian threat of systemic grid failure.

Jon Liedtke joins 610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis for his weekly segment, Liedtke Has a Take!

Liedtke argues that outsourcing space exploration to billionaires risks replacing democracy with corporate autocracy and digital feudalism. Mega-corporations controlling life support will dominate lunar bases. Over time, future generations born on the Moon will naturally sever ties with Earth, sparking an asymmetric conflict for independence from Earth's political governance. He also draws a parallel with Hiram Walker's corporate whiskey town, Walkerville, in what is now Windsor Ontario.

On 610 CKTB, Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis for Liedtke Has a Take to discuss his latest column, The Comeback Delusion: Why Canada Risks Being Dunked on the Global Stage - Kvetch & Release which uses recent sports events to criticize Canadian geopolitics. He argues that Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal elite exhibit a delusional, weak "house league" mindset. Consequently, Canada faces a critically underfunded military, compromised domestic security, and vulnerability in upcoming U.S. trade negotiations.

Jon Liedtke opines on Ottawa’s sudden reversal on the CRTC’s 15% tax on US streaming services like Netflix. Framed as a consumer win, Liedtke calls it political panic ahead of USMCA trade talks, criticizing bureaucratic overreach, legacy media special interests, and weak negotiating posture with Washington, & he draws parallels to 1970s CRTC rules that damaged Canadian radio.

Jon Liedtke joins 610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis to discuss his latest column, Diplomatic Decorum & Canadian Defiance: Carney & Ford’s Tag-Team vs Trump, which analyzes Trump’s renewed 51st state threat amid Canada’s recession. I contrast Carney’s soft diplomatic approach with Doug Ford’s combative stance, commend Poilievre’s domestic focus, and warn that Canadian boycotts harm border economies like Windsor and Niagara.

610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis and Jon Liedtke discuss the Canadian government's response to rising Canadian antisemitism following a prime ministerial speech. Liedtke condemns a new anti-hate advisory council as public relations theater, explains rising Jew-Hate nationally is out of control, and lambastes recent immigration failures that systemically exacerbated ongoing national issues.

Hosts Gene Valaitis and Jon Liedtke discuss controversial plans for America's 250th anniversary, including a proposed $250 bill featuring Donald Trump and a White House UFC cage match. Liedtke critiques these developments as an autocratic, corporate hostile takeover of American civic institutions, noting massive celebrity boycotts of the celebration.

Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis on 610 CKTB to break down the "forensic decommissioning" of the Late Show, arguing CBS sacrificed Stephen Colbert to secure a multi-billion dollar merger approval. He connects the Manhattan "signal landlord" strategy to Ontario’s own "managed silence," linking corporate bribes to Doug Ford’s $200 voter rebates in a singular era of decommissioned dissent.

610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis and KVETCH and RELEASE's Jon Liedtke discuss the Ticketmaster-Live Nation monopoly, highlighting the shift from physical ticket ownership to "digital serfdom". Liedtke critique skyrocketing prices—far outpacing inflation—and high service fees, exploring U.S. antitrust lawsuits, and his proposal for the Royal Canadian Mint to print secure physical tickets.

Jon Liedtke explains to Gene Valaitis on 610CKTB the "Bigotry Tax" - the legal costs paid by taxpayers when school boards appease protesters by removing the Pride flag. He argues inclusion is a statutory requirement, not an optional value, and the flag is a low-cost legal compliance tool. Liedtke urges officials to uphold the law and prevent financial ruin.