Newstalk Today

Topics:

1.  Inflation Rate: Are you changing any of your spending habits or shifting life plans
2. around affordability? Are any government entities or policies effectively addressing this? What's the next step there?
3. Conservative leadership race rhetoric: Is the rhetoric around Pierre Poilievre as a candidate for Conservative leadership getting over the top? Does that expand to the leadership race as a whole?
4. Canadian government online harms consultation: Are you concerned about this? How far should the government go in censoring / controlling content online?
5. 24 Sussex: Does the PM need a new residence? Why? Is that a smart use of our money?  Netflix: Would a price increase or commercials turn you away from the service?

Evan Solomon speaks with Mayor Jim Depew of Raymond, Alberta.

On today's show:

• Pierre Poilievre and other MPs own rental properties: is that a big deal?
• Toon Dreessen, President of Architects DSA on possible changes at 24 Sussex
• Rick Peterson, Chair of Peterson Capital and co-founder of Centre Ice Conservatives on finding the political middle in the Conservative leadership race
• We hear from you on if Canada should hold on to the monarchy and monarchy as celebrity
• Overhyped or Underplayed with Scott Reid
• Michael Geist, Law Professor at the University of Ottawa & Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law on new records from Canadian Heritage into bills regulating online media
• Riskin It All with Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist

Evan Solomon speaks with Jacky Hunt-Broersma, who is attempting to set a new world record for back-to-back marathons by running 102 marathons in 102 days. 

On today's show: 

• Elon Musk says the ‘woke mind virus’ is making Netflix unwatchable. What does this mean? We take your calls.

• Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, the 'Food Professor', on the potential of the avian flu disrupting retail. 
• Journalist Daphne Wesdorp joins from Kharkiv, Ukraine. 
• ‘The War Room’ political panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji and Tom Mulcair.
• Tania Cameron, a woman from Kenora, who is one of thousands of stranded Sunwing passengers.
• Jacky Hunt-Broersma, who is aiming to run 102 marathons in 102 days. 

Evan Solomon speaks with Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca, who says his party will ban handguns across the province in their first year in office if elected in June.

On today's show: 

• We play Evan's full conversation with Conservative leadership candidate Leona Alleslev. 
• Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca on his party banning handguns if they are elected in June. 
• County Colchester Mayor Christine Blair on the two-year anniversary of the Portapique mass shooting. 
• Canadian Stephanie Arthurs, who experienced major delays and issues with WestJet flying back to Calgary from Cancun.

Evan Solomon breaks down a new survey which suggests almost one-third of Canadians aren't making enough money to cover basic monthly expenses. Then, we take your calls: Are young people losing hope they will ever be able to make ends meet? 

On today's show: 

• Jason Tharp, a children's author, who was barred from reading his book about a proud unicorn to a group of students in Ohio.
• Tim Laidler, president of the Veterans Transition Network, on dialing back on Afghan rescue efforts because of burnout and bureaucratic roadblocks.
• Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalist, on Infowars filing for bankruptcy protection as Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits.

Guest host Graham Richardson chats with Nova Scotia's Mattea Roach, who won her seventh consecutive game on Jeopardy! Wednesday night.

On today's show: 

• Vice-Admiral Mark Norman on the badly damaged Russian warship Moskva and the latest in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 
• Overhyped v. Underplayed with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator.
• Nova Scotia's Mattea Roach, who has won seven consecutive games on Jeopardy! 
• Kristi Cassidy, a seamstress and Etsy seller from Rhode Island, who organized an Etsy strike to protest increased fees on the platform. 
• Glen McGregor, senior political correspondent with CTV National News, on convoy organizer Pat King facing new charges. 
• ‘Riskin It All’ with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.

Evan Solomon chats with Bill Browder about his new book ‘Freezing Order'—the gripping chronicle of how he exposed Putin's global corruption and everything Putin did to stop him.

On today's show: 

• Ian Lee, associate professor with Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, on the Bank of Canada raising its key interest rate.
• Frank Caputo, Conservative MP and shadow minister for Veterans Affairs, who is in Normandy pushing back against a proposed condo development on Juno Beach.
• Irvine Ferris, mayor of Portage la Prairie, on the historic snowstorm in Manitoba.
• The War Room political panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.
• Bill Browder on his new book 'Freezing Order: A true story of Russian order, money laundering, murder and surviving Putin’s wrath'.

Evan Solomon speaks with famed NHLer Chris Pronger, one of the highest earning professional hockey players of all time, on the financial issues many pro-athletes face in retirement.

On today's show: 

• We carry the NYPD press conference on the Brooklyn shooting that left multiple people injured.
• We play the full debate between Jean Charest campaign co-chair Tasha Kheiriddin and Pierre Poilievre campaign adviser Jenni Byrne.

• Chris Pronger, former NHL player, Stanley Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist.

• Robert DePalma, a graduate student at the University of Manchester, who helped uncover the fossil of a dinosaur killed in the famous asteroid strike. 

Evan Solomon speaks with Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest on what a government under his leadership would look like. 

On today's show: 

• We play Evan’s full conversation with Jean Charest, Conservative leadership candidate.
• Cindy Clegg, organizer of ‘Save Juno Beach’, provides an update on the campaign to stop a proposed condo development on Juno Beach. 
• Molly Labenski, a Queen's University PhD student in the English department, on why owning a dog can be a selfish pursuit. 
• Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP, on the federal budget being the first big test of the Liberal-NDP confidence deal.

Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent from across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.

This week's show features panelists Michael Cooke, Chair of Canada’s Journalists for Human Rights and former editor of the Toronto Star, and Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, BC.

Topics: 

1. Do you think anything in the federal budget will help solve Canada’s housing crisis?
2. Has Canada done enough to help Ukraine?
3. The federal government has approved the Bay du Nord oil development off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
4. A new study suggests anxiety about the pandemic has led to unethical behaviours in the workplace.
5. A U.K. post office is hiring people to spend five months on an Antarctic island surrounded by thousands of penguins and a handful of colleagues. Does this sound like paradise or a nightmare?