The Deb Hutton Show

Is the city of Toronto in a state of decay? Did you see ever see Tina Turner live? We take your calls on both! Our Smart Speakers for today are Lindsay Broadhead Senior Vice President, Communications + Public Affairs - Toronto Region Board of Trade and Sunil Johal - policy expert, David and Ann Wilson Professor in Public Policy and Society.

Richard Lyall - President of RESCON, shares his thoughts on the Mayoral housing debate. Shoutout to Dixon Grove! 
Alisha Stubbs, Norwich Councillor who quit last night in protest as colleagues approve ban on Pride flags.
And community advocate Idris Orughu joins us to share his thoughts by the Peel school board to change the name after agreeing to name the the new community center: Kola Iluyomade Centre of Black Excellence.

We take a listen to Pierre Poilievre's conversation with Jerry Agar. We listen to your experiences with Uber. And Eric Alper joins us to talk about the Queen of Rock Tina Turner, and her passing. 

Marieke Walsh - senior political reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau joins us to discuss David Johnston saying no to a public inquiry. Bonnie Crombie is considering a run for the provincial Liberal leadership role. If she runs, she plans to stop the downloading of services to municipalities. We take take your calls.

Matt Elliott - Contributing columnist at the Toronto Star joins us to discuss Toronto's mayoral race and taxes. And on Smart Speakers we're joined by 
Jamie Ellerton - Founding Partner at Conaptus and long-time political strategist, Matt Gurney - Journalist and co-founder of The Line, an online magazine and Sarbjit Kaur - co-founder KPW Communications.

Is a ban on donating to homeless people crossing a line? 
We get your thoughts. And Brett House, Professor of Professional Practice in economics at Columbia Business School and a Fellow with the Public Policy Forum, the Munk School and Massey College joins us for Dollars and Sense.

Are you surprised Johnston didn’t call for an inquiry? we take your calls. Our science expert Dan Riskin answers are questions about commercial space travel, strange noises in the sky and Ivory-billed Woodpecker may not be extinc. Ksenia Tchern - partner at Abramovich and Tchern Immigration Lawyers discusses Ontario changing the requirments for immigrant engineers gaining accreditation.

Entertainment Court with Richard Crouse. Could re-imagining malls help solve the GTA housing crunch? We speak to Rob Spanier about this. Smart Speakers with Jim Richards and Genevieve Tomney.

Smart Speakers Showdown! We speak with Vivian Stamatopolous about a Toronto family suing a long-term care home over ‘horrific’ bed sores and alleged neglect of father. We speak with Matt Cauz about Kyle Dubas being out as Leafs GM. 

Kyle Dubas out as Leafs GM. A theatre group wrote an opera about the TTC.  WestJet may need another 48 hours to get back to 'stable state'. What is Doug Ford saying about the Stellantis EV battery plant? Have the Sherman murders turned into ‘Succession’? We speak to Kevin Donovan about this. What’s the oldest family recipe you have?